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Annan Urges More Relief in Sudan: What is a Life Worth

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the world that we are in a race against time for relief in Sudan in a Reuters article by Tsegaye Tadesse:

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged donors on Thursday to fund a bigger African force to help end bloodshed in Darfur, where experts say hundreds are still dying daily nine months after the mission first deployed.

"We are running a race against time. The rainy season and the 'hunger gap' are approaching fast, making our relief operations more difficult," Annan said in a speech at African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa.

What is a life worth one might ask? It depends on the life. The death of 3,000 Americans resulting in an effort in Afghanistan and Iraq to root out the Taliban, Al Qaeda and terrorism. The cost thus far in Iraq alone: $172,544,320,764 and that changed as I was trying to write down the figure.
On the other hand, the African Union is requesting half a billion. How many dead thus far: 180,000. But of course, their skin is brown and they aren't Americans.

posted by niteskolar @ 2:40 PM