It looks obvious

The Wall Street Journal published a good opinion column describing the international impotence to stop the genocide in Darfur.  It is describing the fecklessness and unwillingness of Europeans and the Arab countries to act in Sudan:

The U.N.’s mighty peace-making machinery then started to roll and . . . nothing. The Chinese (who have close commercial ties to Khartoum) and Russians have blocked any serious intervention. Arab members of the Security Council have also opposed any attempt to single out Khartoum.

The Arab League–so quick to denounce Danish cartoons–has also stymied any global intervention to stop the murder of their fellow Muslims. Here’s League Secretary General Amr Musa earlier this month: "In Sudan, there is a problem related to Darfur. We will listen to the Sudanese state minister to explain to us the developments in the issue of Darfur. . ." The League plans to hold its meeting next week–in Khartoum.

The French, has always a special role in moral incompetence

As for Europe, France would be ideal to lead an intervention force. The French have military bases in neighboring Chad and could establish a no-fly zone to stop Janjaweed bombing. However, Paris is already occupied with another intervention in the Ivory Coast, and with its own business interests in Sudan isn’t volunteering in any case.

And the UN Forces are, once again , providing a show of valor and determination:

But Sudan President Omar al-Beshir quickly played to type and withdrew support for a U.N. force. He also threatened that "Darfur will become the graveyard for the United Nations and foreign intervention." And rather than stand up to such threats, U.N. envoy to Sudan Jan Pronk has wilted. He’s now talking up intelligence about al Qaeda terrorists in Khartoum who could retaliate against U.N. peacekeepers. And he’s warning against any NATO intervention without Security Council approval–as if that would be forthcoming. All of this is a repeat of the same feckless U.N. pattern we’ve seen in Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq.

But the columnist is wrong praising the American administration for it actions. The atrocities happening for more than three years, more than 200,000 people already died and the US did noting but talking. When this administration decided that invasion in Iraq is vital to American interests, the International pressure did not stop it from continuing with the war efforts.

I’m not naïve to believe that my blog can create enough noise to create enough public pressure on the administration to stop the genocide in Darfur, but I have to try. I’m going to link daily for articles and blogs that making an effort to keep the world aware of the atrocities in Sudan, and maybe other will join.

When your children will ask what have you done to stop the genocide in Darfur, what will you tell them?