MusingsEvery year, I write a solemn little essay, and post a link to my father’s tale. Everyone nods their heads solemnly and intones, “Never again!” … Before returning to whatever it was that they were doing.
It’s a safe bet, in that History never repeats itself in precisely the same way.
But does it mean any more than that? The slaughter in Darfur was raging a year ago, and it continues unabated today. What have we done to make good on our promise? What will we do?
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I dont think theres many people on either side of the aisle who aren’t appaled by Darfur and wouldn’t be pro some sort of intervention.
Personally I place the blame on the UN first and foremost. They should have been all over this from day one, and peacekeeping teams should have been established, authorized and mobilized to go within the first three months.
But ultimately it does come back to the US, as the worlds only superpower, and its in my opinion the biggest negative on the entire Bush administration that such a thing could happen on their watch.
In the thirties people tried to rely unsuccessfully though on the League of Nation, today one tries to galvanize UN into actions. However current awful ethnic conflicts in Africa have been passing almost unnoticed. It looks like noone would ever pay any attention to them, but mass media do not allow this to happen. Consequently most of developed nations are acting as though they are confronting with embarrassment rather than with crisis that should be resolved.
Re: Remember
To a great extent, the United States has deprived itself of the resources to intervene by invading Iraq.