Coulisse

In the first out the the eight stages in genocide, people classify others into certain groups like the Germans and Jews. The next stage is symbolization; we give names to the classifications such as “Jews”, and we specify them by how they dress or their ethnic background. Dehumanization is the next stage; one of the group denies humanity of the other group. As in, they think that the others are less human than them; vermin, animals, diseases, even property. Then organization; people are put into militias and specially trained and/or armed. Stage 5 is polarization; basically, they drive the groups apart, such as outlawing intermarriage or social interaction. Next is identification; the victim group is separated out, and death lists are drawn up. People belonging to the victim group may be forced to wear identifiers, kicked into concentration camps, or even starved. Then comes extermination; when the mass killings roll in, and the act is dubbed “genocide”. The reason for being called exterminationis because the killers of the victims do not believe that they are human. The last and final stage (maybe even the most revolting aside from the previous step) is denial; the killers of the genocide is where they dig up graves, persist to burn bodies, and basically try to cover up the evidence and witness. They deny that they’ve done anything wrong, and continue to thrive until they are forced from their power.

 Now, as for the Bush speech….
Basically, he’s backing out. Bush decided to not send troops, and he quotes, “My message to to other nations is: ‘Join with the president and help us get this problem solved once and for all’.” Before that, in the article found here, it says exactly, and I quote the article, “Bush, who famously once wrote “not on my watch” in the margin of a report on the Rwandan killings, decided not to send U.S. troops into Sudan, focusing instead on imposing sanctions, applying diplomatic pressure and training and transporting other nations’ soldiers for peacekeeping there.” Now, I specifically quote the article for that, so don’t get all up in my case.

Moving on, Bush has withdrawn from the plan, and he wants other countries to also step in and help. Normally, I would be against that, but right now, I have to agree. We’re still in Iraq right now, and we can’t send more troops out of the country, to go stop something and put our lives in even more danger, not to mention our relationship with China is an issue. So kudos for you, Bush.