Bush Urges World To End Darfur Crisis

During Rwanda Visit, President Calls On All Nations To End Genocide "Once And For All"

(CBS/AP)  Speaking on soil once stained with the blood of Rwanda's genocide, President Bush called Tuesday on all nations to step up efforts to end "once and for all" the ethnic slaughter still continuing in Sudan's western Darfur region.

The president said the U.S. is using sanctions, pressure and money to help resolve the Darfur crisis. But Mr. Bush, frustrated at the lack of willingness of some other countries to do the same, sought to give his campaign for their increased involvement added weight by making pointed remarks on it from the Rwandan capital.

"The Rwanda people know the horrors of genocide," Mr. Bush said. "My message to other nations is: `Join with the president and help us get this problem solved once and for all.' And we will help."

Rwanda was the first to deploy peacekeepers to the violent Darfur region in a joint African Union-U.N. mission. The United States has trained nearly 7,000 Rwandan troops and spent more than $17 million to equip and airlift them into the region. The U.S. has committed $100 million to train and provide equipment for peacekeepers from several African nations deploying to Darfur.

"I'm not comfortable with how quick the response has been," the president said.

Mr. Bush spoke after a somber visit to the haunting Kigali Memorial Centre. Exhibits there tell the story of Rwanda's 1994 genocide as well as other ethnic slaughter around the world. Mass graves on a trellis-covered hilltop outside hold some remains of about 250,000 people. Over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were shot, clubbed and hacked to death in just 100 days by extremist Hutu militias incited by the then-government.

"It's a moving place. It can't help but shake your emotions to their very foundation," Mr. Bush said after walking through its rooms and gardens. "There is evil in the world and evil must be confronted."

Speaking to reporters today in Rwanda, the president took the time to comment on the news that Fidel Castro would be stepping down in Cuba.

Mr. Bush called on the international community to help Cuba transition to democracy, reports CBS News senior correspondent Bill Plante.

The president also pushed Rawandan President Paul Kagame on the continuing conflict in neighboring Congo, where Rwanda has a troubled history.

Many of the Rwandan genocide's perpetrators fled afterward into Congo, prompting fears here of a resurgence. As a result, Rwanda invaded Congo in 1998 and the back-to-back multination wars there killed a staggering 5.4 million people and decimated that country. Rwanda was accused of plundering Congo's resources before the war ended and it pulled its soldiers out in 2002.

Sporadic violence has continued to plague Congo's volatile no-man's-land in the east since, and some suspect Rwanda of still supplying armed groups there. Mr. Bush said he and Kagame talked "for a long time" about last year's peace accord between Rwanda and Congo and last month's fragile cease-fire forged between Congo's government and several armed groups. The U.S. helped broker both.

"The most important thing is to get results for the agreement and that's what we discussed today, on how to help bring peace to this part of the world," Mr. Bush said.

[mom_o_truth]

DDDD-i-c-k is the man in the bush.

[liberalme]

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U.S. strikes within Pakistan %u2014 without notice

In the predawn hours of Jan. 29, a CIA Predator aircraft flew in a slow arc above the Pakistani town of Mir Ali. The drone''''s operator, relying on information secretly passed to the CIA by local informants, clicked a computer mouse and sent the first of two Hellfire missiles hurtling toward a cluster of mud-brick buildings a few miles from the town center.


What are we doing in Pakistan?? Who authorized this strike?
Musharaff was notified as the operation was underway.

So now the US can just go and plant bombs in any country? And we should not expect retaliation??

[ov442]

How does Bush justify his lies to invade Iraq basically for nothing, where virtually nothing of interest to the US was going on there, no ties to al quaida etc -- While the ethnic slaughter has gone on in darfur for years and he has done absolutely nothing to save the millions of innocent villagers being killed and raped and maimed and orphaned?

Now he says, after he put us in the horrible situation of killing 4000 american troops in Iraq and having accomplished nothing but killing saddam and his family, and making the Iraqi''s lives far worse with lack of basic needs like running water, sewer, electricity, and security, that the World should do something about Darfur, the World doesnt have his supposed agenda, if he talks his big talk about his agenda, then he needs to order our troops into that country now. and apologize for being 5 yrs too late for the 300,000 people hacked to death with machetes.

[b-easy63]

But he is not the evil, depraved, blood thirsty, idiot that some people claim. The same ones who call him stupid, charge him with masterminding the most devious plots. The same type of stuff went on with Nixon which eventually led to the Jimmy Carter fiasco.

Posted by runningralph at 06:13 PM : Feb 19, 2008


Being a mediocre, arrogant leader who thinks killing thousands is worth a legacy of some sort will get no accolades. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" So Good ol'' stupo Bush --has done enough to build a super highway to hell. Plus he is a liar, even worse than Bill Clinton. (but maybe not as bad as Hilary)

[b-easy63]

What is it with you Nazi''''s. Without HATE and division your fuhrer has no job! Who can for get the horrible trash with the "Marriage Amendment" or the Swift Boat Ads? Here''''s a pathetic COWARD who never carried a rifle in Combat AND a Nazi Vice who had 5 deferrments USING the division within our ranks for his OWN political goals! How can anyone be a fascist is beyond me... it''''s got to be the most disgusting think on this planet... bar none. Sieg Heil Bush

Posted by MCVet at 06:00 PM : Feb 19, 2008


Gee McVet--with that dead on description--you could be talking about Bush or...Hitlery "--Obama plagarized a speech, will galvanize he black vote and will run a campaign like Jesse Jackson---" Clinton!! LOL

[b-easy63]

Why don''''t you & the rest of the childish, myopic Bush bashers google what he has done for Africa during his term?

Morons

Posted by easeup at 11:21 AM : Feb 19, 2008


What he has done for Africa will have to wait until everyone finishes reading the thousands of instances of what he has done TO the Middle East. LOL

[b-easy63]

Let''s see...after years of trying to destroy the Middle East and secure a corner on the oil market--as Bush prepares to leave office--he finally notices the horror of Dafur, the situations in Kosovo and elsewhere? Too little to late, junior, better brush up on how to sneak from country to country and try to convince authorities that immunity to war crimes--get outta jail free cards--are good for outside the US too. LOL

[liberalme]

The same ones who call him stupid, charge him with masterminding the most devious plots. The same type of stuff went on with Nixon.
Posted by runningralph

And Nixon was---can we say--"impeached"? And people actually went to jail??

I''ve said it before--Bush and co make Nixon look like Mother Theresa!

[runningralph]

Bush is not as bad as liberals claim. He is an honest man who tries to do what is best for the US. He is not the best leader we ever had or the smartest. But he is not the evil, depraved, blood thirsty, idiot that some people claim. The same ones who call him stupid, charge him with masterminding the most devious plots. The same type of stuff went on with Nixon which eventually led to the Jimmy Carter fiasco.

[mcvet]

Your moron.org HATRED blinds you.


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Posted by mbcsmith at 04:38 PM : Feb 19, 2008
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What is it with you Nazi''s. Without HATE and division your fuhrer has no job! Who can for get the horrible trash with the "Marriage Amendment" or the Swift Boat Ads? Here''s a pathetic COWARD who never carried a rifle in Combat AND a Nazi Vice who had 5 deferrments USING the division within our ranks for his OWN political goals! How can anyone be a fascist is beyond me... it''s got to be the most disgusting think on this planet... bar none. Sieg Heil Bush

[mcvet]

Is there HONESTLY anyone in the Reich who ACTUALLY believes that ANYONE in the entire world is listening to this babbling idiot? Honestly folks he''s about as bad an embarrassment as this nation has ever suffered. Sieg Heil Bush

[liberalme]

Don''''t worry. He probably HATES you as much as you HATE him.
Posted by mbcsmith

Noooooooo problem--I don''t want to be liked by evil!

[liberalme]

You know, you liberals complain about Bush''''s efforts to secure our nations oil supply.
Posted by bizzzz

What happened to going after Bin Laden?

How come we don''''t set up windmills off the East Coast to provide energy?
Posted by bizzzz

They''re actually talking about it in SE Florida.

What have you contributed? What suggestions do you have?
Posted by bizzzz

How about ending a potential never ending war that began as going after weapons of amss destruction--or bring enough democracy to drive out millions of Iraquis--neither of which had anything to do with Bin Laden.

How about securing OUR boarders from the current threats from Bush about a bigger attack than 911? (wonder what he thinks he knows-or planning).

Should we ride horses to work?
Posted by bizzzz

After todays news about oil going up over $100 a barrel--perhaps we should!!

[jason101other]

Suddenly Bush has become the humanitarian. lol. Makes you wonder...

[inventagod]

Bu$h Urges World To End...

[mbcsmith]

Everybody should know by now that George Bush doesn''''t care about black people.


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Posted by CBS_Oliver at 04:09 PM : Feb 19, 2008


What a RACIST. You LIBS count on the black vote every election and then pi$$ on them when it''s over.

[mbcsmith]

Posted by trillion1 at 04:25 PM : Feb 19, 2008

Your moron.org HATRED blinds you.

[trillion1]

mbcsmith, I would be honored if bush hated me as much as I hate what he''s done to this country. The funny thing is bush doesn''t give a *** about me.. or you. Hey, you''re paying as much for gas as I am, your food prices are going up with everyone elses, you and the other pro-bush sheep are being s@rewed the same the 70%+ who want him gone. All he cares about is staying in "power" and if he can get a few people like you he''s happy.

[cbs_oliver]

Posted by bizzzz at 02:28 PM : Feb 19, 2008

We know there is oil there.

That''s why the big buz on Darfur.

Everybody should know by now that George Bush doesn''t care about black people.

[denn034]

Better late than never. What about the religious motivations behind the violence though?