[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Agree, but greater evil operates in the Congo."

I would not characterize what is going on in the Congo as a greater evil than Iraq,just evil. There was a thread here about 2 weeks ago,that was just horrific in it's detail of children having their arms macheted off and then roasted and eaten,while their mothers were forced to watch.The other details of cannibalism were equally as gruesome. What I asked,was- where is the African American community on this ? Why isn't Jesse Jackson et al leading the world to intervene? The Congressional Black Caucus? Where's the UN ? Not a peep out of any of them.We've got our hands full with Iraq and Afghanistan,it's time for someone else to step in and deal with this humanitarian disaster.A few French peacekeepers is not going to cut it.

[secretagent]

Where's the UN ? Not a peep out of any of them.

I read at least one of Kofi Annan's peeps here on FR. He urged intervention. Don't know if he's mentioned it again.

I can't see beneficial intervention as plausibly as doable in the Congo, and they don't present a WMD threat like Iraq did, so it looks like the genocide will just continue.

What an awful thought, but we can't afford to to try to improve human rights everywhere.