A Witness from among themselves
It is very ironic for Roger Winter, the former American peace envoy to
Sudan
to criticize the Bush Administration as having failed in its policy towards
Sudan
. If the failure
Rogers
has in mind is the American Administration misjudgment of the right course the
Sudan
is taking in its dealing with international community, then one can say he has scored a credit.
But if his criticism is based on the same line of the other
US
officials who recommended sanctions against the
Sudan
, then he is certainly wrong. Roger was a senior official of the US Administration who knows
Sudan
very well and is also aware that the country is made to suffer the effects of US imposed sanctions without any justification. He also knows that the
Sudan
government follows the policy of open diplomacy in its dealing not only with the
US
government but with members of international community. Therefore he is a witness among the American officials who had been exposed to
Sudan
and is expected to say nothing but the truth about the
Sudan
. In addition to that if
Rogers
did not tell the truth, then his aforementioned statement would be no more than intended for local consumption. Again
Rogers
could have gone public with that opinion at an earlier time also to clear his conscience. But failing to do that raises a big question mark about the credibility not only of
Rogers
himself but that of the other American policy makers. Call that double standard you may understand that double standard policy is really what characterizes American policy. Fortunately
Rogers
has proved a witness amongst themselves.