Monday, April 30, 2007

UN still defines genocide out of Darfur

It has been over two years since the UN study of Sudan found no genocide, merely "counter insurgency".

See, according to the Genocide Convention of 1948 if the UN finds genocide, it has to do something about genocide. But the UN sees driving people from their homes and killing hundreds of thousands along the way as counter-insurgency measures. Thus, when someone resists having their child tossed into the air and being speared on a bayonet, they are an insurgent, not a victim of genocide. Clearly.

This is one of those "blame the individuals, don't blame the group" dynamics so familiar to frats and cheerleader squads. This is from the UN report: “in some instances individuals, including government officials, may commit acts with genocidal intent.” But that is not genocide, at least not until... what? How many individual acts by the government of Sudan or it's right hand, the Janjaweed militias, does it take to add up to genocide?

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