From my comment on the situation in the Central African Republic, and the relative lack of response from the Canadian government:
Mark Twain supposedly remarked that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
The world today is getting ready for another one of its biennial Olympic parties. Even before the games begin, we have been drawn in by the spectacle. Other events vie for our attention as well — from the misadventures of Rob Ford to Justin Bieber.
Meanwhile, the United Nations is sounding the alarm over the desperate situation in the Central Africa Republic (C.A.R.). John Ging, a senior U.N. official, recently argued that, “the elements are there, the seeds are there, for a genocide.” The normally circumspect U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated bluntly that, “the C.A.R. is in free fall,” facing a “crisis of epic proportions.” More than a million have reportedly fled their homes in a country of an estimated 4.5 million.
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