Posted on 09/03/2009 6:58:44 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
CNN) -- We have been part of an extraordinary social phenomenon over the past four years surrounding Darfur: the development of a genuine anti-genocide people's movement. It's succeeded in cultivating a number of true champions in the political sphere, led by three former senators: Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
Now that Obama, Biden and Clinton are in office, and another fierce anti-genocide advocate, Susan Rice, is in as ambassador to the United Nations, we felt there finally would be a consequence for the perpetrators of the genocide, the regime officials in Khartoum, Sudan.
But rather than the kind of tough actions the these top officials had all advocated in their previous jobs and on the campaign trail, President Obama's Sudan envoy instead began to articulate a friendly, incentives-first message that even Sudan's president, an indicted war criminal, publicly welcomed. Our chins hit the floor in disbelief, because our chins had nowhere else to go.
The administration is preparing to announce the results of its Sudan policy review soon, but the policy direction has already been set, and it is of urgent concern. There is no clear decision for the U.S. to take the lead in revitalizing a peace process for Darfur, or to create real costs for non-implementation of the existing North-South peace deal.
But this isn't just a debate about policy towards one country. President Obama, like President Bush before him, has called Darfur an ongoing genocide. So the policy that will be unveiled soon on Sudan will have global ramifications, because it will be the president's first chance to articulate his policy on responding to genocide.
The rhetoric and promises on genocide of the president and his colleagues over the past few years were exactly right.
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They simply aren't people of the character necessary to "persuade" anyone about anything.
The Sudanese President knows Obama is about the weakest President we've had, and that there will be no consequences for anything.
Before the election he was going to invade Waziristan.
If by here you mean FR you are correct. But I seriously doubt the authors of this article, who are both veteran reporters who have written first hand about Darfur, are Freepers. They, like 52% of the country, are starting to wake up with a really, really big hangover. And socialism isn't nearly as pretty in the daylight as she seemed at the party.
They can’t possibly be that naive.
I don't think this really has anything to do with religion. The democrats have always appeased and bribed evil regimes. And yet somehow these veteran foreign war correspondents believed a few campaign promises. They are surprised that the Obama administration isn't taking a hard line against the thugs who committed the brutal acts that they have witnessed and written about for years.
And yet they are still hopeful. It must hurt to live with so many contradictions.
I suggest reading the second paragraph again.
What's going on in Sudan is "killing" and "enslaving". They use ethnic, economic, social and religious differences as an excuse ~ but that's not the real cause. Sudan is holding out for an older, simpler age when you went out and raided your enemies. You stole their women, ate their cattle, murdered their men and burned everything to the ground.
There's nothing in Sudan that Michelle's going to let Obama take advantage of!
Kind of like a discussion of the ice increasing in the Arctic over the last year but then reminding everyone "2007 saw the lowest levels of sea ice in summer ever observed" just so you can stay in good sted with the guys who assign grants to study climate.
They ARE the same.Left = Ends Justifies Means = say or do anything to gain power. Then do what you want.
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