I took an interest in Darfur after visiting the Holocaust museum in Houston where I came across some vivid pictures and captions about the situation in Darfur. At that time Bush was president and the policy concerning Darfur was not going to change when it was clear that Barrack Obama would be the next president. It was a joy to know he had a different view of Darfur here's a quote from Mr. Obama "We should be engaged in Darfur. We have a self interest and a stake in preventing hundreds of thousands from being slaughtered."According to most reports, around sixty thousand have died since Obama took office and his policy concerning Darfur seems weak and uncaring, not as moving as his earlier comments.

As we hear claims from the UN-African Union, a U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur, that the war is over then why are three million refugees refusing to return home? Civil rights groups say because the Sudanese government has a military proxy group that ‘s committing atrocities outside the camps. So once the U.N presence is gone the war will heat up unless there is a respectable show that these acts of violence will not be tolerated.

We that have been touched by the horrors of Genocide and ethnic cleansing must call attention to the forgotten of Darfur; they must have a voice. I pledge to lend my voice to the cause of ending the suffering in Darfur. While lending a voice, I will ask even if I go unheard and unanswered, what about seeking a U.S. solution to the perils of the Sudan.

WE feel that president Obama will do nothing in Darfur. Here's a reason he should do something with no foreign policy victory going into the midterm: turning the tide in the Sudan would be an achievement worthy of a raving review of his skills as a leader of a new America with a real approach to leading the world. Mr. Obama has been a critic of American foreign policy for a long time but we must have more than his do nothing approach to change the worlds view of America; why not start with Darfur?

In conclusion I believe and hope that president Obama will keep his word and take a stand on Sudan that will help establish America as the bold new leader of a global world that brings unity and stability to troubled areas that seeks to win acceptance and shows concern for the whole of humanity. We can no longer be a country of special interest; we have to stand for human rights whether we have a stake or not because only this demonstration of good will can change the view most of the world has of us .The time for change in foreign policy is now and what better place to make this statement but in the Sudan.

Sources:

The Plank Barron Young Smith (August 14, 2009)

Boston Globe Senior Editor Andrew Meldrum (August 27, 2009)