I don't have answers about what Americans should do about the genocide in Sudan, but someone should do something.

Currently the UN is "considering" sanctions while as many as 10,000 a month are dying.

Certainly the US can provide leadership to rally the world to boycott the Sudanese govt., to stop the sales of arms there, and to pressure the Sudanese government to allow international observers and relief agencies in the country to attempt to meet the immediate needs of people who have no food, clean water, shelter or medicine as the result of the Arab/Islamic janjaweed militants armed attacks on Sudanese civilians. 1.2 million people's lives hang in the balance.

While I agree with John Parker's fears that the Bush administration may try another Iraq-style invasion (which I think would be equally disasterous) he seems to argue in favor of allowing the genocide to proceed unabated. This is not right.

Certainly US interests are tainted by the prospect of taking over oil fields or enriching the corporations, but these known facts do not give us carte blanche to ignore the immense human rights catastrophe taking place in Sudan every day.