CM Can I ask you what were doing in Sudan if it is not a failed state ???
The UN mandate in Darfur is to support the peace agreement, the peace process and ceasefire agreed. That by no means it is a failed state. The Sudanese government is facing rebels who are basically insurgents fighting for more political power and wealth.
Its rather amazing that people will mouth off on matters that they do not know much about.
To have a failed state you must have a complete break down of law and order, government fucntions and lose territory to other armed elements where the government does not have control. That was the case in Liberia, DRC and Sierra Leone. Those were failed states that the UN has supported and they have recovered.
Sudan and Pakistan are not failed states. Put it this way sweethearts if Iraq and Afghanistan are not failed states, there is no bloody way Sudan or Pakistan can be classified as such.
And Posh spice you are the one comparing Pakistan to Sudan. Reread your first post.
As for my comments, you don't like what I say you don't have to read it or respond. Its pretty damn simple. It will help with your stick your head in the sand mentality.