Sudan War

Open Email to:
Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Dear Rep. Royce and Sen. Menendez,
The war in South Sudan is heating up.. The two sides are fighting about who will control the oil there, and the economic benefits thereof. However, they will not admit this. Rather, they will claim that the war is about ethnic differences. Let's remember that there were ethnic differences long before oil was discovered in South Sudan, and while there may have been a few skirmishes, as is characteristic of black African countries, there was not all-out war.
The key point relating to US interests in South Sudan is that there aren't any. We have no designs on Sudanese oil. It is merely an insignificant contributor to the world oil market. The only reason we are there, in the form of an embassy and related support is to justify the US position of worldwide power, which has no practicality other than ego satisfaction. We should not have been there in the first place. For Americans now working in the oil fields or missionaries trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, the US Embassy and related forces should not be justified to protect these people. Since it now appears to be too dangerous to be there, these people should all go home and the US should close its embassy.
However, we appear to come back to ego, since President Obama’s sent 50 American troops "to protect assets such as the U.S. Embassy in Juba". He also told congressional leaders he is prepared to commit more American assets if the fighting worsens. He said, “As I monitor the situation in South Sudan, I may take further action to support the security of U.S. citizens, personnel and property, including our embassy, in South Sudan),” Notice that he did not say that we should all get out. He obviously wants to continue meddling in something that's none of his business and asked great cost to American taxpayers.
What about the humanitarian aspects? 800,000 people were killed in the ethnic war in Rwanda. Should we try to avoid that happening in Sudan? Well, it's their war. They started it, and they can finish it. If it gets to 100,000 people killed, I'll be sorry, but I will not have had any business to meddle with other people's private lives, including death.
The Bible also says there will always be wars. It doesn't say why; only that is a fact of life. One can also think of it as a God induced method of population control. This does not encourage me to personally start wars or contribute to their continuance, but I and my country do have the option of not being involved, unless our personal or national lives are threatened.