Too bad we don't do Regime Change for Humanitarian Reasons

[GAsux]

Don't you think this is just as much the fault of the American public and people of the world as it is any nations government? How long would public opinion in this country support a President that committed troops to Sudan to save lives, particularly if it began to cost American lives?

It's easy to seel military intervention in the Middle East because it's not hard to sex it up with stories of seedy terrorists, radical fundamentalists, and the threat of some impending doom to Americans. It's much harder to convince selfish Americans that preventing genocide in a nation which has nothing to offer in return is worth it. Much like Somalia, Bosnia, and Sierra Leone.

It's sort of a double edged sword. The international community continues to ignore the civil war, famine, and disease that is decimating the entire African continent, but it's just as much the fault of people around the world with little compassion or patience to pay attention to such things.