Turncoating on Genocide

During his first term in office, President Bush said about the Rawandan Genocide, "Not on my watch." This pledge apparently was just as half-hearted as his pledge to fire anyone in his office affiliated with the CIA leak and his pledge to investigate price gouging in the oil industry. Two years into his second term, genocide is occurring - not in Rawanda, but in the Sudanese region of Darfur. It is on his watch, and he's not doing anything about it. This is not a recent occurrence. War erupted in this region in 2003 and conditions have been seriously declining since late 2004. Now 2006, it is a humanitarian crisis. According to SaveDarfur.org, "Not since the Rwanda genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of slaughter, rape, starvation and displacement." The World Food Program, the UN, and the Coalition for Internation Justice report that 3.5 million people are now hungry, 2.5 million have been displaced due to violence, and 400,000 people have died in Darfur thus far. It's time to hold President Bush to his word. To sign a postcard denouncing the genocide and asking President Bush to stand strong in his pledge, go to this link: SafeDarfur.org.