George Clooney Shunned By Russia At Darfur Speech 
Thursday, January 31st, 2008

 

Our previous Heart of Gold award winner George Clooney conducted a meeting today with U.S. officials, and said that his role as U.N. messenger of peace is difficult when he is unable to give that message.  Clooney was supposed to give a speech today to a meeting of nations regarding peacekeeping in Sudan's western region, but certain countries actually objected to him speaking - including Russia - and he was not given time to talk.

Wow, that sounds like what happened to Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee on last night's debate (no, we will not stop talking about that, because CNN was so terribly biased!).

But Clooney was most definitely qualified to speak on this subject, as he just returned from Darfur and witnessed the lack of equipment for civilians to protect themselves.

In a press conference, Clooney said, "There are some groups protecting 250-square kilometers of desert with no helicopters and no radios that work.  So either give them the basic tools for protecting the population (and themselves) or have the decency to just bring them all home...And go back into your offices and wait until it's all over.  It should take too long before they'll stop hoping for the U.N. to come."

This is bull!  Let the U.N. do their job!

Read more about what Clooney had to say, and then head on over to NotOnOurWatchProject.org.

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