Sunday, September 18, 2005

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NYT's Kristof has written a lot about the Darfur atrocities and the Bush administration's unwillingness to step in. This is his latest on the topic, and as usual, he strikes readers to the core w/ his wrenchingly evocative stories of human suffering. Every time I read about this tragedy, I'm left wringing my hands at the gall of Bush & buddies, at the blatant contradictions that, for many, have come to define this president's term. To stand behind the 'right to life' claim in opposing abortion rights while at the same time disregarding *more than 70,000 dead in Sudan* is beyond comprehension. Too much potential for failure? god knows he's working his magic/precluding failure in the abortion rights arena, so no worries there. Or maybe the situation's not close enough to home? Then again, Iraq's 6,000 miles away and that didn't stop him. What's that? There were other issues at play? Oh, yeah. And as Kristof states, if Bush needs further convincing to push him over the edge, why not take comfort in knowing your evangelical base strongly supports interference? If that doesn't get him...

Posted by princess kanomanom @ 10:02 AM