Oil an Issue, Once Again

Genocide is what was, and up until very recent the actions that were, and possibly still may occur in Sudan. Here is a country that is mainly rural, and in pre-modern times hasn't been that wealthy, if not poverty stricken. Finally Someone (China) stumbled across some black gold and the show began. Every one knows that oil is the one substance that has caused more conflict in our modern society than anything else, and this is true for Sudan. The Chinese government has been endorsing this whole oil fiasco and doesn't look as if it's going to back out anytime soon. The land that most of the oil comes from belongs to the Sudanese rebels that occupy it. So what does China do, they go and build arms factories to help the government "protect and defend itself" while its invading/ claiming its rightful land... this is the "truth" is in their eyes at least. All of this is common knowledge to the world public, but last weekend 10-27-07 peace talks occurred in Libya, the same day that i met my new co-worker who is from Libya.
Naturally we began to talk about what was happening, and he pointed out something so basic that it is very hard to miss, but no one's talking about it. He stated that the Chinese government is backing the Sudanese government and guess who's backing the rebels, America. Here we have a miniature war over Oil that has so far flew underneath the blatant gossip of our informative and "certainly unbiased media". Support for the Sudan rebels is not a new thing, its just unpopular. Its unpopular due to the nature of the support, which mainly came from religious, and very conservative organizations, there is however one "giant" source of support that is un-fundamental. His name is Manute Bol. Mr. Bol up until a few years ago was the tallest player in the NBA. His success in the NBA provided him with ample funds, most of which went to Sudan. He virtually gave most of his money to the Sudanese rebels and continues to run charity organizations in the rebel's behalf.
This conflict is very unpopular, and has caused thousands of lives. The only way America as a nation is going to get involved and to actually do something, is when there's money to be made, and finally something worth while (of course other than the thousands of lives being exterminated) comes into light and causes us to act... Oil.