Today I was reading an article in The New York Times about how the Sudenese government has been painting its own planes to look like UN and African Union planes, thus breaching U.N. Security Council resolutions. At last I thought someone will take action! How could the UN sit by and do nothing after this gross disregard for international law? Instead the UN is in essense saying "Silly Bashir, UN planes are for the UN. Next time use your own."
This evening I looked at the online New York Times and saw how President Bush had made a speech today at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum about the genocide in Darfur. Yes! He finally refered to Plan B. Yes! He threatened Sudan with real sanctions. BUT HE TOOK NO REAL ACTION!
President Bush bowed to pressure from the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to give the UN more time for political discourse. This happened even after the facts revealed about the Sudanese use of "fake" UN planes. Thankfully, President Bush spoke strongly. But giving Bashir "a short while" has been said before. How many "short whiles" will it take for someone to stand firm and demand results?
The time for action is now. Within the next few weeks, we'll see how far Ki-moon's negotions will go. The United States needs to take action.
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