Time to think outside the box on Darfur
Arming South Sudan with non-nuclear cruise missiles
By Isiah R. Scott, Jr.
Afro cnetric analysis:
“Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border”(front page New York Times, Feb, 28) captures the tragic reality of the Bush lead Sudanese death march to South Sudan.
The New York Times article demonstrates the urgent need for Black Americans to strongly support Dr. Garang 2004 plan to arm the Sudanese Liberation Army with non-nuclear cruise missiles configured on centric Columbian Plan B helicopter-based mobile strike force model to defense southern Sudanese cities and people from attacks from Chad, Uganda and the central government of Sudan.
The deepening crisis in Darfur makes very clear that its time for African Americans to lead an American debate on a new level of support for the self-determination of South Sudan and the right to military defense its people by any means necessary.
The South Sudanese army needs to protect the return routes to South Sudan for the projected 4 million Sudanese returning to the south from the north. The long-term security of South Sudan, Darfur and other southern Black African regions is located in the construction of a national defense structure, not begging the UN for the African Union or NATO protection.
Americans would feel very different about supporting Israel if they had to come to its rescue every time there was a dispute to its Arab brothers. Freedom is something peopele fight and die for. South Sudan is in a similar situation, but had billion of dollars of oil.
In order to systemically develop South Sudan agriculture and oil production, the country must be sure for foreign investment. Most of the 90 billion of US investments in Sudan, will be relocated to the oil rich southren region, once it can be protected.
South Sudan is about twice the size of the state of Texas. The country has less paved than Mercer country New Jersey, and no national paved road transport system.
The first phase of its national defense structure will depend on heciopter centric defense.
The Bush administration, fearing the China government reaction allows the Janjaweed free will to operate in both South Sudan and Darfur.
Given the international arms embargo against the southern freedom fighters and lack of money for a modernization of its force level, the southern Sudan security forces levels are unable to secure the major cities and road much less protect a new country or clear the Janjaweed forces from southeastern Sudan.
Vast areas remain outside SLMT administrative control, as was the case of Vice President Garang crash near the border of South Sudan and Uganda and the new Chad.
The lack of a regional pave road system adds to the SLMT military burden and limits its range. Also, there is the issue of white and chinese foreign troops both in southern Sudan and other forces massed on the border. Particularly the 1,000 French troops and airfields in Chad positioned to take the Block Ba oil fields claimed by the French multinational oil firm Total SA.
While the southern Sudan military forces lack the force level, arms, equipment, logistical support and mobility to secure the cities of southern Sudan.
The US and western countries have refused to allow the southern Sudan forces to buy modern cheap short-range land-based non-nuclear cruises missiles and uplinks to military satellite-based real-time battle field intelligence or GPS locators to attack and destroy the Sudanese and Janjaweed forces known forward operational bases and air fields threatening the security of southern Sudan.
In an address before the US Congressional Black Caucus last fall in Washington, Dr. Garang warned of the possibility of a southern death march and asked for African American support for a UN funded a force of 30,000 heavily armed Sudanese, foreign and southern Sudanese force to neutralize the Darfur fighting.
Dr Garang was working with Secretary Powell on such a force before Powell was removed from his position. The idea of a heavily armed southern Sudan army was rejected by the oil companies, Bush administration, China and France, in part because it would raise the force level of 10,000 SPLA forces and integrate them deep into any UN command and control structure created to defense South Sudan. Also, the southern Sudan army would be in striking distance of the French forward bases in Chad.
A modern SPLM forces would be tactically protecting the multi billion-dollar Block Ba oil fields from a land attack from French forces from Chad. This same SPLM forces of 10,000 troops could then have been easy redeployed by hectoliter from Darfur and positioned to protect the masses of southern Sudanese moving south against attacks by Sudanese military and Janjaweed forces.
An independent southern Sudan army could allow the country leadership to make political choices independent of the multinational oil companies.
The Bush administration and their Chinese counter parts rejected the idea.
The SPLM leadership is now forced to dependent on the passive threat of US naval cruise missiles in the Red Sea on the day-to-day good well of the Oval Office.
Two hundred attack and transport helicopters and a few batters of cruise missiles positions in South Sudan would remove the need for either NATO or African Union troopers on the ground in South Sudan.
The Darfur problem could be politically worked out between the countries of Sudan and South Sudan.
The United States and the People’s Republic of China could lower their nuclear force levels in East Africa. Black Americans must think outside the political box and start the public debate on arming the southren Sudanese peoeple, rather than sending American troops.
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