...blatant double standards....
....ok so we have all unavoidably seen the TV onslaught of Bush and the 'religious reich' going to legal and social extremes to "protect" Terry Schiavo from being "killed" (i.e. being allowed to die after 15 years of brain death)...
...yet...
When it comes to the hundreds of thousands of people being killed (raped, tortured, etc.) in Sudan in what the US (and the rest of the world has acknowledged as a genocide), George Bush and his extremist administration has blocked the UN from prosecuting the killers in Sudan...
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/24/sudan10367.htm
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“After labeling Darfur a genocide, the United States is now blocking the credible threat of prosecution by the International Criminal Court, which could immediately deter further violence in Darfur.” -- Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Program
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“As the Security Council delays, the situation in Darfur is only getting worse,” said Peter Takirambudde, director of Human Rights Watch’s Africa Division. “The people of Darfur need a vastly enhanced protective force. But in the meantime, targeted sanctions and justice could have an immediate impact. They should be a top priority for passage by every Security Council member.”
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The violence in Darfur has continued, despite fewer allegations of air attacks on civilians in the past two months. Almost two million people have been forcefully displaced from their homes in the past two years of the conflict. Most of these displaced civilians have become virtual prisoners in camps and towns due to ongoing attacks, rape, looting, and assault by government-backed militias known as the Janjaweed.
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...do you ever get the feeling that this administration doesn't believe in protecting people at all, and is merely using the Terry Schiavo scenerio as a political tool?