After years of struggle, South Sudan becomes a New Nation
Link to article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
Teresa’s Reflection:
This article published on July 9, 2011 by Jeffrey Gettleman on the New York Times, talks about the South Sudan celebrates its first day of Independence from its northern neighbor in the new South Sudan’s capital, Juba, where there were thousands of people to manifest their happiness including an array of visiting foreign dignitaries and the presence of the Sudan President Mr. Bashir on which hangs warrant indictment for genocide in Darfur.
In my opinion this was a special day for the people of south, but I don’t agree with Mr. Kiir’s words, because it’s very difficult to forgive the crimes committed during all these years of “captivity” (in particular it is impossible to forgive the Bor massacre in 1991).
I don’t agree with Bashir’s presence in this moment of happiness, too, because when he said “Sudan’s unity would have been better, but I convinced myself that unity shouldn’t be through war”, I believe that he has not really thought about it but it was his tactic to win over his people.
And now I want to ask you what do you think about this “Independence Day”?
Posted by Teresa
Teresa,
ReplyDeleteIt would certainly be interesting if we could hear from some of our Sudanese students at Nazareth about their viewpoints on this issue. It certainly seems that Bashir's arrival being greeting at the celebration with "the loudest round of applause" was ironic. Thank you for sharing this article.