A nation the size of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. with a population of 11 million and an active military of 114.000 and 400.000 reserves or a country the size of the United States. with a population of 1.2 billion and an active military of 2.8 million with 1.2 million in reserve under communist control with a nuclear and chemical arsenal that sells weapons technology to rogue nations at odds with the United States? Civil wars and human rights atrocities are occurring all over the world. According to the 1998 world refugee survey. there are over 3.5 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. including 2.9 million in Africa. 5.7 million in the Middle East. 2.2 million in South Central and East Asia and the Pacific. Let us get back to the question of why Kosovo and not elsewhere is important. In Sudan alone there are 4 million internally displaced persons and over 350.000 refugees. In just the last decade over 1.9 million people in Sudan have died due to warrelated causes and famine. In 1998. 2.6 million Sudanese were at risk of starvation due to civil war. drought and government restrictions on relief flights. Why are not we bombing the Sudanese Government and sending in ground troops? Afghanistan has over 2.6 million refugees and between 1 million and 1.5 million internally displaced persons. Today the extremist Afghan Taliban government discriminates and completely controls the life of half its population. Women are forbidden to work outside the home and from attending school. may not ride in vehicles unless accompanied by a male relative and are denied health care in many parts of the country.
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