15 September 2006

I still don't get it

How 'we' can react the way 'we' do in Afghanistan and then Iraq but leave bleeding sores on the nation state face of the planet like Sudan and North Korea. What does it take to get some action on this kind of thing?
Darfur would become the scene of the "first genocide of the 21st century" if peacekeepers were not sent to Sudan by the end of the month. "After September 30, you won't need the UN," he told the council. "You will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones

If there is a cause worthy of prayer, attention and action, this would seem to be it.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Clooney warns UN of Darfur genocide:
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