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08/10/2004:

"Neglect of Sudanese, regrettably, follows historic pattern"

What's more important -- the possible death of a few hundred Americans by terrorist attack in the next few months, or the very likely death of 300,000 Sudanese by next spring? The vulgarity of the question isn't nearly as offensive as the answer. In spite of decades of never-again pledges, one more genocide is ravaging an African province the size of Texas, because the war on terror ensures that all other calamities command only a coalition of indifference. Relatively limited but forceful steps could be attempted to stop the mass rapes and massacres of black Africans by Arab horsemen. An oil-embargo would starve the oil-revenue-dependent Sudanese government; a Western-funded but African-manned military intervention would restore order and prevent famine. But it's an election year. There's a convention to script, homegrown fears to stoke, deceptions to refine. Let Sudan eat cake, so to speak.

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