[Stoat]

This isn't a perfect analogy of course, but when I read this I was reminded of Saddam's Iraq, where the ploy was to endlessly deny wrongdoing and demand proof, then when proof is provided it's rejected and dismissed....efforts to provide additional proof are rejected by specious National Sovereignty and paranoid 'they're all out to get us' drivel.  I suppose they think that they can lead the UN around by the nose for 20 years like Saddam did, and the way that things are going, they just might be right.

In the meantime, untold thousands or even millions die.

And the United States is lambasted as 'imperialistic' and 'brutal'?

Ask any of the common people (and even most in their 'government') of Sudan where they would rather be right now.

[spinestein]

[The UN Security Council is divided over a resolution on Sudan, on issues including imposing targeted sanctions, and the referral of those suspected of war crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court.]

Of course they're divided. Some of the countries are democratic nations that believe in unalienable rights, and some of the countries are totalitarian dictatorships that don't.

[drt1]

Anytime the UN is involved in ANYTHING you can expect this kind of bureaucratic dithering. If you didn't know these were real Human Beings who were being systematically slaughtered you might think you were listening to a couple of accountants quarreling over the accuracy of the Earnings Before Taxes number on a tax return.

The UN will provide some answers to the Sudan, the Sudan will dispute them, the UN will study the issue further, conduct negotiations and submit the matter to the Security Council where it will be .... Studied some more.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

This isn't a perfect analogy of course, but when I read this I was reminded of Saddam's Iraq...

Ah but don't forget the mantra from 1991 up until 2000 was that 10000 children die every month due to US sancations on Iraq. Interesting that Human Rights watch stopped doing reports after Iraq was liberated.