Pat, Pat, Pat ..... Your heart is in the right place but your ignorance of the facts and your obvious love of blame Bush for everything is obviously shining very brightly.

The UN shopuld take the lead from the US and declare the Sudan crisis a genocide.

1. The US did so back in September and The UN has yet to do so.

2. The United States began negotiations at the United Nations (in the fall of '04)on a Security Council resolution that threatens to consider new sanctions against Sudan if it fails to crack down on the militias, and calls for the establishment of a U.N. commission of inquiry to determine whether Sudan and the militia are responsible for genocide.

Concerns:
1. The Sudanese are obviously pissed at this declaration from the U.S and Colin Powell they say it will only make it more difficult to resolve what they describe as an internal problem. (of course they are not going to admit to a genocide!)

2. United Nations -- officials from a number of Security Council member nations expressed concern that Powell's statement would complicate efforts to win broad support for a new resolution. Both the African Union and the Arab League have said there is no genocide. China and Russia dont believe either. The European Union said it does not have enough information.

Bottom line (Again) Let's stop bashing the US just because you have a contempt for the President. The US did take a lead on this issue and hopefully the UN will follow suit.

Also -- it is not like this has been a problem for the last 2 years. The Sudan conflict (civil war) whatever you wanna call it has been going on for years. It has just been brought to the front recently with the latest minority uprising.