{"id":39059,"date":"2013-12-27T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39059"},"modified":"2013-12-27T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T22:20:14","slug":"losing-the-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39059","title":{"rendered":"Losing the peace in the South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul sends us a link to Foreign Policy<\/a> which digs into the rise of violence in the South Sudan. They find Hope & Change behind it;<\/p>\n

It’s an extraordinary and painful development, given America’s major role in securing independence for South Sudan. But the toughest part for Americans to swallow may be that it’s the U.S.-backed leaders of South Sudan — the supposed good guys — that are responsible for plunging the country into chaos and threatening to wreck America’s signature achievement in the region. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The country’s quick descent into the inter-ethnic violence has stunned American observers, who had long viewed the Sudanese government in Khartoum as posing the greatest threat to South Sudan’s future. But it’s South Sudan’s own unresolved internal political and ethnic differences that appear to be endangering the country’s hopes. Sudan was the site of one of Africa’s longest and bloodiest civil wars, with as many as 2 million dying from combat, hunger, and disease in a conflict that lasted 22 years.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In Washington, U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who has championed South Sudan’s cause in the United States and at the United Nations for more than two decades, warned this weekend that the United States’ longstanding support was in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

“For all those who choose the path of peace and democracy, know that the United States will continue to stand with you, as we have at every step of your journey,” said Rice, who has spoken to both Kiir and Machar in recent days, according to a source close to her. “But, I must also be clear: If a different choice is made, if individuals or groups seek to take or hold power through force, mass violence, or intimidation, the United States will have no choice but to withdraw our traditional, robust support. Killing will only lead to deprivation and isolation for the people of South Sudan.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who would have thought that folks who had been fighting a guerrilla war for two decades wouldn’t be able to peaceably govern a new country? Certainly, no one who has ignored human history could have thought it would happen. And, oh yeah, there are now 40 Army troops in Sudan to evacuate Americans there, and another 150 Marines in the neighborhood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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