ER has a running plot involving the strife and genocide in Darfur, which Merle noted seemed to be the extent of its media coverage. The Wall Street Journal has run a few pieces on it, including their opinion of this week’s peace agreement. They acutely summarized the past international response, noting the limited efforts from African, Arab, and Eurpoean governments before addressing our own:
This leaves the United States, the only country in the world with the capability and, potentially, the will to aid Darfuris and every other group threatened with genocide or brutal oppression. President Bush has certainly been engaged with the crisis in Darfur, more so than any of his alleged moral betters in places such as France and Sweden. Yet having endured so much opprobrium and resistance to his last two acts of international hygiene — the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq — it’s no wonder he’s reluctant to carry another burden, particularly when American interests are not directly at stake.
There’s a lesson here for all of those liberal internationalists who now demand the Administration “do something” in Darfur: If you want to stop genocide, don’t shackle the world’s only policeman.
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