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Clooney explains how Washington and social media can help the situation in Sudan
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What is going on along the border between Sudan and south Sudan and why.
Not as much on the border although obviate which is -- the border town is basically cleared out there were -- 120000.
Knock because tribes that were there a year ago they're basically have been pushed out either killed or.
-- by the north.
But moving up the west.
Through south quarter found.
Which is.
-- Nuba mountains.
What's going on right there right now is exactly what we saw in the beginning that are for the same people.
-- well this year charged with war crimes.
Or -- The defense -- percent -- government accident all three of these men charged with war crimes -- the day.
Or that same treatment who are now.
Bombing indiscriminate.
Innocent civilians with enough to vote planes and with 300 millimeter Chinese rockets.
So that those described in the Geneva convention that is war -- so that's what they're doing.
You're saying President Obama on this trip tomorrow.
What you want to do.
Well the two things specifically.
And that does two things we talked about today in the senate it seemed to be very there's -- very open -- First is obviously it's high level meetings.
With the Chinese to talk about working together and -- it's actually done that's the most effective tool China has all of -- but -- -- -- -- Number one number two to use all those techniques we've learned going after terrorists to find their money.
And to really go after and to find where those banks in Malaysia.
That that Omar Bashir has his money because he's not behind these things with Sudanese pounds.
He's -- dollars or euros.
He's buying them with other money so we got to find that money and you can't freeze it which I think we could.
But if you can't freeze -- then at least -- expose it to his own people so they understand where that money.
John you work with George who worked with Angelina Jolie you work with others celebrities.
It's obviously Smart and effective public relations we're here today does that -- you.
Though customs and human level that it takes a movie -- to get us to pay and I say -- in the biggest sense.
To pay attention to genocide ethnic plans.
Well it turns out that there is -- there's a core constituency in the United States.
That you that they care about these things student groups.
Churches and synagogues all over the country.
Care in general about these kinds of basic human rights should.
And sometimes they just don't know so.
You -- you try all kinds of different.
Tools.
The media is a principal one.
But it turns out that one of the most effective ways to rally people.
It is the people they watch on the silver screen and they you know and and because.
Somebody likes George and the descendants and then find out he's got an interest in this country -- -- half a world away.
And they look into it may become an activist I don't begrudge somebody that why would they know if if regular media isn't covering it but they will as you just said.
If he shows -- we we do our best try to.
Combine our our our our talents and our comparative advantages.
To to take this cause the American people and to our government while you're on this trip to Sudan Cody 2012.
Video -- found out about -- -- that went viral yet and millions of people watching it about Joseph colony.
Who that is guerrillas.
To the Lord's Resistance Army has either killed or displaced millions of people in in Central Africa.
What do you make of the fact that this has hit such a nerve and despite the fact you wouldn't want what doesn't matter but you know.
I think the interesting thing about it.
What we do -- what what's important is first -- all you need some political -- to get things done.
You know president Obama's and a hundred guys.
Two to instruct.
People looking for company.
And he took some hits from it for a period of time.
They're less hits coming his way because of that video out so that helps you give it its encouragement.
Along the way it helps win I can go in and sit sit sit sit in front of the senate.
It and talk about a subject that both sides have led on you know.
President Bush was -- huge.
Huge part of this a peace agreement from the very beginning of the CPA.
Senator Lugar is building -- carry this torch as a -- care.
This is one that.
Both sides can agree on so what we also need to do along that is get political will political will -- people at all.
-- little watching who who -- you social media.
You know would we showed up the -- rally -- church groups.
And it's.
Young students and it's really strange groups of people that are often.
Together and what's great about that is that creating such a groundswell of will that you can get more things done and that's important.
