tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20220463.post5538668953473420443..comments2024-02-14T20:53:58.394+05:30Comments on Refugee Watch Online: Fate of the Bakassi ReturneesRefugee Watch Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03064436275994106376noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20220463.post-71752397518248678402009-05-20T09:48:26.083+05:302009-05-20T09:48:26.083+05:30It speaks to the desperate plight of Bakassi's peo...It speaks to the desperate plight of Bakassi's people, that no one has commented on this subject in the 7 months since it was posted.<br /><br />I tire of this seeming systemic lack of concern for the victims of diplomacy, as though they are somehow of lesser value than the victims of war or natural disaster. Why was Article 3 even included in the Accord, if not one of the signatories cares to honor or enforce it?<br /><br />This is a travesty being played out in obscurity. Where is Bono? Where is Angelina Jolie? Is this not "Blood for Oil?" Where are the chants of "Free Bakassi!", or, "Bakassi Libre!", in the streets of the West? Surely there are enough rebels without causes languishing with boredom in their dorm rooms or coffee houses to lend support to these people? Perhaps poor africans are out of fashion, now that we have polar bears to worry about?<br /><br />How do we go about saving these innocent victims of Hurricane Kofi, displaced by the floods of arrogance, greed and indifference? I have tried for the past three years, but I am only one man, without power or influence.<br /><br /><br />Andrew Parker<br />acparker@xmission.com<br />Salt Lake City, Utah, USAAndrew Parkernoreply@blogger.com