Darfur: we need to pay attention NOW

"The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution last Friday giving the government of Sudan 30 days to comply with its July 3 agreement to put a stop to violence against civilians in Darfur and to allow aid through to the 1.2 million people in refugee camps, or else. Or else what remains to be seen--the watered-down resolution doesn't specify--but the ghosts of Auschwitz and Rwanda are clearly haunting the concerned nations of the world, military intervention may be on the horizon. (Britain, for one, has already said it would back such an intervention if Sudan doesn't put an end to the violence in Darfur.) Sudan's military is openly bracing for that possibility, calling the U.N. resolution a 'declaration of war on Sudan,' and the Sudanese government's actions to date suggest they are more interested in creating the illusion of compliance so they can continue their campaign of genocide. As pressure builds for action, it's important to step back and consider what an international military intervention in Sudan might require: the results of this exercise might surprise you." More here from The New Republic.