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Originally posted by rockyroad
When was the last time you read about any of the 1770's ragtag group attacking a village and slaughtering hundreds of men, women, and children, simply because that village supported the existing government?? Don't be fooled - the gov. there is rotten, but so is the SPLA...not the time or place to get into this, but I lost a college friend (who was serving there as a missionary) to these "freedom" fighters...he was trying to deliver food to starving people...nothing more to say...

I am not defending anyone's choice or support of a goup in Sudan. You may not like their tactic, I may not like them, but one's perspective is jaded by their experience. Manute Bol's views on the SPLA is jaded by the atrocities committed against his people by the govt. Remember that the Sudan is in the midst of a "civil" war (hate that term) and those fighting will justify most any action as an act of war and think it is acceptable. Once again, it is all in your perspective.

I am sorry about your friend, I truly am.