Hypocrisy at work / supporting genocide?  I read today that the
death toll in Sudan's Darfur Genocide has passed 30,000, with
1.4 million people driven from the homes by the Jangaweed
militia. A new UN Report indicates that Sudan has done little,
if anything, to stop the bloodshed.  In turn, it appears that
the UN Security Council is going to do little, if anything, to
assist the people of Darfur. So far in this 17 month crisis, our
government has done little but to deplore the massacres. The
latest statement I could find from the White House suggests that
Darfur is simply someone else's problem:  "The President
commends the African Union's deployment of cease-fire monitors
and a protection force to Darfur. We welcome the deployment of
155 Rwandan troops to El-Fasher, Darfur and the commitment to
deploy approximately 150 Nigerian troops by August 30. We hope
this will help improve security and create conditions in which
humanitarian assistance can be more effectively provided to the
Sudanese people.  As the U