Coincidence, Or Not?

As if on que (see last post) , I open todays Missoulian and find the headline "Arabs Joining Rebels in Darfur" and a story by Associated Press Writer Alfred de Montesquiou ( I have name envy!)which tries to explain some contradictions and contingincies. While he speaks of the "complexity of the ethnic bloodshed" he is condemned to the use of largely ethnic labels, using one fighters lighter complexion to create a distinction the general public might begin to understand.

In contrast to this, Mahmood Mamdani speaks of a process of "Arabisation" where "Arab is a pejorative reference to the lifestyle of the nomad as uncouth;regionally it referred to someone whose primary language is Arabic. Remember , they are both very dark and Muslim. In this sense ,a group could become "Arab" over time, in other words, it is a cultural identification. Either way, Sudan has oil, China wants oil, things are far beyond grim, like so many places cursed with Black Gold.

Went to two peace rallys in as many days and was surprised to hear speeches by a 9/11 conspiricy believer on both occasions. Spent part of the afternoon attempting to analyze this convoluted movement with my comrade CheBob but find it a labyrinth both frustrating and perplexing. Help us out here, you commenters with some insight, wtf? I gave my standard Stop The Next War anti-capitalist harangue but felt as if all politics had been sucked out of the atmosphere by the Vast Illuminati-Cover Up-Gatekeepers-False Flag OperationDude.