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  • A More Perfect Union, A More Perfect World
    holly commented on the article | about 3 years ago
    A More Perfect Union, A More Perfect World

    The genocide (Holocaust) in Darfur needs to be one of our priorities.  Too many people and politicians alike talk about the 'Greatest Generation' and America's role in ending the Holocaust, giving lip service to the idea that our ideals, our strength, and our compassion are still as present with us today as they were then.  The truth is, however, that we stand idly by.  We watched the genocide in Rwanda take place.  We need to, as a people, and as a HUMAN RACE, do something to end the slaughter in Darfur. 

    As for guns, I lean toward gun-control, but I can see the logic in what you are saying.  Definitely if the people of Darfur could protect themselves the situation would not be so dismal.  I wonder, however, what guns will do to protect them from planes that strike from above and the Janjaweed on horseback who have guns with the advantage of speed.  While I believe women are very capable, I wonder about the effectiveness of guns when the men who would do most of the fighting have largely been killed already.  I wonder if arming will create a quagmire like the rebel armies fighting in Sierra Leon or a circle of retribution like we see between Isreal and Palestine.  Would we raise a generation of child soldiers?  Better than losing a generation of children.  Arming the people and giving them some defenses may help more than it hurts. 

    Either way, help needs to go beyond that.  We need to step in and provide protection.  We need to disable the Janjaweed and those who slaughter the people of Darfur.  I realize that the economy and our engangements in Iraq and Afganastan diminish what our contributions may be, but they must be more than they are now.  We need to lead in prioritizing human life and ending genocide.  How much genocide is enough to act?

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