The Irony of Abdel Wahid

I guess SLA leader Abdel Wahid Nur is not yet a reader of my blogging.  His comments to the Sudan Tribune today help drive home the points that I made on Save Darfur's blog Friday.  It seems like Abdel Wahid remains intent on making headlines rather than actually engaging in unity talks.  He goes directly after U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration:

"Instead of playing a positive role in the resolution of [the] Darfur conflict in order to stop the ongoing violence against Darfur people, the special envoy of President Obama to Sudan abandoned his mission and has become a problem and an obstacle due to his non-neutral position."

He continues to argue emphatically that his rejection of the Darfur Peace Agreement was the right decision, without even acknowledging the suffering of the Darfuri people over the last three years:

"Days vindicated the rightness of our position to not accept solutions that do not fulfill the demands of Darfur people."

And finally he makes claims that bear no resemblance to reality:

"This is not something about Abdel Wahid versus Scott Gration; this is about rebels from all different factions unifying to help and ensure that the will of the people of Darfur is carried out in a process that can make a difference."

Where is Abdel Wahid in the midst of all of these unity talks?  Rather than making positive constributions, the article states that he sacked six commanders who dared show up in Addis Ababa and agreed to work with others factions on a common negotiating platform.