Matt Stoller is spot on…
I went to the rally against genocide today sponsored by Save Darfur. My favorite speaker was Tom Lantos, though I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Barack Obama, George Clooney, Nancy Pelosi, and of course, Manute Bol. One sign I saw struck me as particularly compelling. It said “Out of Iraq, Into Darfur!” From a humanitarian perspective, that’s a pretty tough equation to argue against. In Darfur, you have the most extreme form of terrorism imaginable – the elimination of a people wholesale. And Bush hasn’t really done much of anything about it, despite a bipartisan consensus in Congress.
This is shameful. We can stop this genocide, and we choose not to.
Bryan says
I’m so glad people are speaking out about this! It’s absolutely heartbreaking!
How’s life in northern Missouri (it is Missouri, right?)
kairos says
Well, not northern MO. I’m close enough, though…. 🙂