Comments on: Ten Reasons Why “Save Darfur” is a PR Scam to Justify the Next US Oil and Resource Wars in Africa

By: Cynthia Hewitt

Cynthia Hewitt — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:29:50 +0000

Hello,
I just want to SO thank you for putting this information in one easily accessible place. It drives me bonkers that people want to just jump up and support the Save Darfur folks, knowin nothing about what is happening, and taking the U.S. interest as sincere. In the meantime, the U.S. is manoevering for all it is worth to re-colonize Africa for its resources. When prsident Kufuor of Ghana told Bush to his face, “No base!” I could have jumped for joy.
Peace.

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And to you, Cynthia, thanks for coming by.

By: Ann El Khoury

Ann El Khoury — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:18:57 +0000

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your comment. Its a very interesting topic and as I understand it one related to a campaign to whitewash the DDT pesticide as a panacea for eradicating the still-prevalent global problem of malaria.

I certainly agree with your position here, that:

Malaria cannot be conquered today without a combination of better medical care, education, strong governmental agencies to carry out government malaria-fighting programs …

I agree that mosquito nets should also be an important part of the fight against the disease, rather than DDT, and that funding could be re-directed towards nets, health and education systems.

By: Ed Darrell

Ed Darrell — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:43:42 +0000

I’d be interested in your views of the various campaigns against malaria, some of which I suspect of being fronts for corporations.

Have you ever looked at them?