As the people in the Republic of South Sudan celebrate their newly-won independence, they’re thanking the immediate past President of the United States:
Christian groups had been championing the southern Sudanese since the 19th century. And their efforts paid off in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected president of the United States. He elevated Sudan to near the top of his foreign policy agenda, and in 2005, the American government pushed the southern rebels and the central government — both war weary and locked in a military stalemate — to sign a comprehensive peace agreement that guaranteed the southerners the right to secede.
On Saturday, one man held up a sign that said “Thank You George Bush.”
As the new nation’s independence became official, its “president, Salva Kiir, wearing his signature black cowboy hat given to him by Mr. Bush, signed the interim Constitution.”
Nice to see the New York Times acknowledging another foreign policy triumph of Mr. Bush.
Good news.
Coutndown to the current administration abandoning them in 5… 4… 3…
Yes, this truly is good news, and is one of those moments that makes me think about the myriad differences between GWB and our present administration. Obama and the Democrat Party have been so outclassed, no words suffice.
Didn’t George Clooney make some smug, celebrity queefs about his concern for Sudan? Will he thank Bush?
Was it the Sudan, or was it Darfur, V? I have never been able to keep up with the Flavor of the Day. 🙂
Here‘s an article about Sudan’s
slaughtering of their peopledragging their people kicking and screaming into the future.Darfur is essentuially another front in the same battle.
(FYI, I first heard of Darfur in the 80’s, thanks to CBN).