Genocide is abhorred and detested throughout the world. It not only destroys unalienable universal human rights of the victims, but also disgusts the people who have to watch the innocent blood that color the globe red. Holocaust, Rwanda, Iraq, Afghanistan, and too many more… The world has vowed to stop further acts of genocides, but the evil deeds have rooted throughout the world, drinking the blood of innocent people. In Sudan up to 450,000 people have died and 2.5 million are thought to be displaced. The U.S is given a chance to keep the vow and stop the bloodbath in Sudan. Resolutions, Acts, and treaties have been passed to disarm, ceasefire, and bring peace but have not helped Sudan. CPA has served no use, and Darfur Peace Agreement has made backward steps by dividing and weakening the rebel force. U.S has taken action by aiding Sudan with food, supplies, and money but the aids have only fed avarice of Sudan’s government and have proven to be ineffective. Many people in the U.S strongly advocate more aggressive actions from the U.S, but the fear of facing guerrilla warfare and another Iraqi war has silenced their voice. Also China’s reluctance to accept resolution and acts regarding Sudan has caused hostility between the U.S and China.

People’s point of view

U.S is in a very uncomfortable spot regarding the Darfur conflict. Although the U.S has sent aids (money, food, and supplies), it has proven to be little and almost no help in soothing the conflict. Many people in the U.S, reflecting upon their morale values, Rwanda, and many other genocides, feel that the U.S should take more aggressive action. However people are afraid to define their definition of aggressive. Aggressive could mean militarily, and seems like the only one, but the pain the citizens of the U.S received from the notorious Iraqi war has resulted the word aggressive to be undefined by the people. Meanwhile, the people are waiting on their government to define the word that they used.

Government’s point of view

The U.S is currently going through an unsuccessful war and some of the reasons that have caused this war to be unsuccessful are having to fight a guerrilla warfare and having to set up another stable government for a country. People in Sudan are filled with anguish and pain while their innocent blood water the ground. Their unalienable human rights have been crumbled into dusts while the dreadful screams and cries have become the national anthem. The U.S government is pressured by the voice of the people and its moral values, but is unsure about which step to take. The Iraqi war has put the country in a great amount of debt and any more blood shed by the U.S troops would anger the citizens. If the U.S troops are sent to the Dar fur conflict, the U.S would be acting without the permission of Sudan and will be fighting guerrilla warfare and another war against a government of the country that the U.S must stabilize later on. It will be very similar to the Iraqi conflict and will be hated by the people and result in another failure. Just as the U.S didn’t have national interest in sending troops to Rwanda, the U.S does not have national interest in Sudan. Although it is painful to admit the truth, the truth is that the U.S can not always act based upon humanitarian issues and moral values. The U.S is a country, not the UN or the AU, and there has to be a weighed national interest when helping a certain country. (Weighed meaning that the cause for an action is more important than the factors the U.S will risk) Although the U.S will feel sorrow and pain for not sending military help to Sudan, the U.S must do so for the benefit of the nation. The U.S will aid the UN, AU, and Sudan with money and supplies. Although many lives may be taken, the U.S will depend on time and the world as a solution to this conflict.

Some questions to think about

The U.S has been a “taking country”. Although we act as the UN or use the humanitarian reasons to move our troops, the truth is that we benefit in a certain way from doing so. Due to this, the U.S receives many criticisms from around the world. This controversy will always be here as the U.S’ moral values and benefits collide with one another. It is true that the U.S benefits from using its powers on a country, but the U.S also acts upon humanitarian and moral reasons and gives great amount of help and development to other countries .

Do not look only at the bad, but also at the good. When you find worms in your garden, the first thing that comes to your mind is how nasty and dirty they are. However when you think through, the worms are the ones that allow your garden to flourish with wholesome vegetables.

One final thought

What if the U.S didn’t have the Iraqi war? Would that have made the U.S to take military action in Sudan? eh?

Richard Yoon

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