America and Darfur

In the President’s State if the Union Address last evening he only mentioned Darfur as a subtext. After spending most of the speech on Iraq and the new war plan he briefly discussed AIDS, Malaria and Africa and America’s desire to help them. However, after invoking the scriptural text of Luke 12:48 (From everyone who is given much, much will be demanded) in describing America’s responsibility to the world, the only responsibility in the face of genocide that the American Government feels is to advocate for action but take none ourselves.

America has been given more than that and Darfur deserves more than just marketing and advocacy. It deserves action. Genocide is happening in front of our eyes and if we choose not to take action we will be judged for closing them. savedarfur.org