Wednesday 24 September 2008

GHANA: WHY ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT OMAR BASHIR OF SUDAN?

Opanin, Omar Bashir and the murderous regime he leads, are engaged in ethnic cleansing in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan. With respect, Mr. Rawlings, despite all his many sins, never engaged in ethnic cleansing in our country.


In any case even Mr. Rawlings knows (deep down in him!) that one day he may very well be tried for the 1981 military coup - so do not compare him to the mass murderer Omar Bashir.


As it happens, Mr. Rawlings married a black African woman - and his own mother is a black African woman. Omar Bashir, on the other hand, is busy superintending the mass murder of Sudanese citizens: for the sole reason that they are of a darker hue than his - an affront to all black Africans.


The crafty Omar Bashir and Co., who are only slightly lighter-skinned than most black Africans, think black Africans are sub-human. Omar Bashir and his ilk despise black Africans - and want to wipe them off the face of the earth, with impunity.


They regard themselves as "Arabs" not Africans - although most white Arabs of the Arab world, regard the "Arabs" of Sudan as second class humans: fit only to be their slaves.


Why should a decent nation like ours entertain this criminal, who is committing crimes against humanity on a daily basis in Darfur - and has gotten away with it, thus far?


The annoying thing about Omar Bashir and Co. is that they are getting away with mass murder - and are clever enough to get the rest of black Africa's clueless leaders to support them in resisting international pressure to end the pogrom they are busy carrying out in Darfur. This is being done through the agency of the Janjaweed - whom they train, arm and supply regularly, for that end.


The irony in all this, is that were the leaders of black Africa to have had the misfortune of being born in Darfur or Southern Sudan, Omar Bashir and Co. would be killing them like flies, even as we speak. Yet, those supposedly intelligent leaders of the continent embrace that evil monster.


We should not entertain this black racist and mass murderer in our country - for his presence in our country is an affront to Ghanaians: a dignified and civilised people who are proud to be black Africans.


Black Africa's leaders must not give succour to this African version of Adolf Hitler - a true monster and an evil ruler indeed! Ghana ought to arrest him and hand him over to the ICC the moment he lands on Ghanaian soil. If the government cannot or is unwilling to do so, then they must not allow him into our country. Period.


Common decency demands that if the government of Ghana (and that of the other member-nations of the African Union!) has no intention of lifting a finger in defence of the black African population of Darfur, then at the very least, let them not give succour to their oppressor: who is busy plotting their end and terrorises them daily!

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