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This is genocide. And it is happening NOW
June 18, 2004
In Sudan, 320,000 people will be murdered this year. That's not just a boring statistic, writes Nicholas Kristof.
The United States Government says it is exploring whether to describe the mass murder and rape in the Darfur region of Sudan as "genocide". I suggest that President George Bush invite to the White House a real expert, Magboula Muhammad Khattar, a 24-year-old widow huddled under a tree on the Chad-Sudan border, from where I am writing this column. |
since the virtual evaporation of two of three justifications for invading iraq (WMD and links to terrorism), the white house has been left with good ol' humanitarian gain.
well, here's a real need for intervention on humanitarian grounds, that makes iraq look like a holiday in the sun.
what position should george bush take on this? what should he do?
* this post quotes a news article, but it's really intended as a discussion of US foreign policy, which is why it's in this particular forum.