Disgusting.

Brushing aside the evidence, France and Germany declined to call the

killings genocide. Pakistan, currently a member of the U.N. Security Council,

warned of the danger in terminating engagement with Sudan's government. China,

the leading foreign investor in Sudan's burgeoning oil fields, said it might

veto a tough Security Council resolution. - from WaPost lead editorial on

Sudan.

Just vile. You can see why the Fox News set denigrates the French as much as they do. As much as I like Europe, and even though I'm a multilateralist, I've got to admit, I don't believe that France and Germany can be counted as allies. They aren't our enemies, obviously, but seriously. These seem to be pretty irreconcilable differences here. If our values really are that far apart, I just don't see how we can label these countries as allies.



I watched The Killing Fields again last night. I just can't believe that we haven't done anything to stop the most disgusting slaughter that I've ever heard of in my lifetime, when this administration is now basing almost the entirety of our rationale for invading Iraq on humanitarian reasons. So fucking hypocritical. The Janjaweed people in Darfur aren't just killing and mutilating the mostly Christian black Africans living there. They are also raping the women, hoping to impregnate them with a lighter skinned baby. That is absolutely the most repugnant thing that I've ever heard, that is genocide.



France and Germany should be ashamed. And if the UN can't come together on this issue, how can anyone argue any semblance of its continued relevance.