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April 18, 2007 - President Bush speaks on Darfur during a visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
Love him or hate him, President Bush has been on the forefront of the international genocide debate concerning Darfur. Bush was the first to call the mass killings "genocide", setting himself, and America for that matter, apart from the U.N. This week, Bush was prepared to give a scathing speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, but reluctantly agreed to tone his remarks down after a series of phone calls with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who still believes that diplomacy can stop the bloodshed.
Though the speech did not introduce new, tougher U.S. sanctions on Sudan, as orginally planned, it does demonstrate Bush's willingness to react economically, if not militarily. Bush said in his speech that, "President Bashir's [of Sudan] record has been to promise cooperation while finding new ways to subvert and obstruct the U.N.'s efforts to bring peace to his country. The time for promises is over -- President Bashir must act."
More than 200,000 people have died during these four years of human rights violations, and the U.N. still wants to talk Sudan into being a good boy. Speaking softly has failed; maybe it's time for a big stick.