Time Out

The U.S. is patting itself on the back because it really came down hard on Khartoum this month. U.S. Special Envoy to Darfur, Andrew Natsios, told Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that this was it, he had to accept a UN team/hybrid force by the end of the year... or else! Or else what? While there's speculation about what Sudan's punishment might be if it does not behave, no direct sanctions were laid out on the table. It sure doesn't seem like the U.S. is confident that Sudan will comply. When asked whether she thought Khartoum would heed the U.S. warning, Condi replied, "We will see."

Meanwhile, after an attack on aid workers and more cross-border attacks, the humanitarian situation turns so grim that the refugees are fleeing from Chad and the Central African Republic back into war-torn Darfur.

When we didn't listen to our teachers in kindergarten, we were given a time out, isolated from the group, not allowed to play with the toys. Meanwhile, Sudan doesn't behave, and it gets away with murder.