Mick Hartley

As Eric Reeves reported last week:

The unprecedented UN/African Union “hybrid” mission for Darfur (UNAMID) has been badly hurt by the refusal of militarily capable nations to provide the two dozen helicopters required, at the least, for operations in Darfur. No NATO country has offered even one helicopter – a sign that, despite fulsome rhetoric, these nations’ real concern for Darfur is minimal.

Now Steve M at Blogolob has a petition to get the government to “set an example to the international community by immediately providing 5 of the helicopters required”. As he says, it must be worth a try.