Kristof cannot master the obvious
Kristof tells us we "need to take serious action" to end the genocide in the Sudan. We are told "serious action" includes "no fly zone[s], arms embargo, travel restrictions on senior officials," and some other undisclosed stuff.
Travel restrictions? Kristof is going to stop 'em from going to Disneyland during the holidays -- that is truly inhumane and may warrant special prosecution as a war crime in the Hague.
Kristof teaches us the "history of genocide" in which "well-meaning Americans were distressed." "Well-meaning" Kristof chose to omit from his lesson plan: (1) Stalin purged 13 million Soviets, while the NY Times' Walter Duranty lied to the American people, and won a Pulitzer prize for his fine reporting, (2) Mao culturalized 11 million Chinese and Tibetans, (3) Pol Pot cleansed 1.7 million Cambodians, (4) Kim Il Sung cleansed 1.6 million Koreans, and (5) de Gaulle cleansed 1 million Algerians.
One might have thought genocide in these places might have merited an honorable mention in Kristof's history class. Guess not.
Also, Kristof forgot to mention the genocide in Rwanda, where 800,000 people were butchered. The United States did something then. Lest we forget, the Clinton administration blocked Belgium's Security Council initiative to intervene militarily in Rwanda.
Tell us, Kristof, should we restrict beetle-wearing Albright's Eurodisney privileges for her active participation in doing nothing?
Kristof has complained bitterly about our invasion of Iraq and the absence of WMDs. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were butchered by an evil tyrant, but all we hear from Kristof's like-minded pal Kerry is: we should have allowed diplomacy a chance to work in Iraq instead of invading.
No, Kristof, the Multilateralists and Internationalists in the marbled halls of Paris, Berlin, and Brussels need to do something. Do that diplomacy thing. Show us how diplomacy works. Lest we confuse the dithering in Turtle Bay as international diplomacy at its best.
Some of us must have misread the Duelfer Report, for he told us sanctions were not working in Iraq, but Kristof believes they will work in the Sudan. Recent news reports tell us sanctions did not stop Iran from receiving nuclear weapons technology, but Kristof believes sanctions will work in Sudan. Clearly, Kristof has an inability to master the obvious.
Comically, Kristof issues a plea to President Bush to act unilaterally in Sudan to "redeem ourselves." In his next editorial, Kristof will condemn Bush for acting "unilaterally" in Iraq to end a genocide, in which half-million were slaughtered.
Kristof is truly pitiful.
Travel restrictions? Kristof is going to stop 'em from going to Disneyland during the holidays -- that is truly inhumane and may warrant special prosecution as a war crime in the Hague.
Kristof teaches us the "history of genocide" in which "well-meaning Americans were distressed." "Well-meaning" Kristof chose to omit from his lesson plan: (1) Stalin purged 13 million Soviets, while the NY Times' Walter Duranty lied to the American people, and won a Pulitzer prize for his fine reporting, (2) Mao culturalized 11 million Chinese and Tibetans, (3) Pol Pot cleansed 1.7 million Cambodians, (4) Kim Il Sung cleansed 1.6 million Koreans, and (5) de Gaulle cleansed 1 million Algerians.
One might have thought genocide in these places might have merited an honorable mention in Kristof's history class. Guess not.
Also, Kristof forgot to mention the genocide in Rwanda, where 800,000 people were butchered. The United States did something then. Lest we forget, the Clinton administration blocked Belgium's Security Council initiative to intervene militarily in Rwanda.
Tell us, Kristof, should we restrict beetle-wearing Albright's Eurodisney privileges for her active participation in doing nothing?
Kristof has complained bitterly about our invasion of Iraq and the absence of WMDs. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were butchered by an evil tyrant, but all we hear from Kristof's like-minded pal Kerry is: we should have allowed diplomacy a chance to work in Iraq instead of invading.
No, Kristof, the Multilateralists and Internationalists in the marbled halls of Paris, Berlin, and Brussels need to do something. Do that diplomacy thing. Show us how diplomacy works. Lest we confuse the dithering in Turtle Bay as international diplomacy at its best.
Some of us must have misread the Duelfer Report, for he told us sanctions were not working in Iraq, but Kristof believes they will work in the Sudan. Recent news reports tell us sanctions did not stop Iran from receiving nuclear weapons technology, but Kristof believes sanctions will work in Sudan. Clearly, Kristof has an inability to master the obvious.
Comically, Kristof issues a plea to President Bush to act unilaterally in Sudan to "redeem ourselves." In his next editorial, Kristof will condemn Bush for acting "unilaterally" in Iraq to end a genocide, in which half-million were slaughtered.
Kristof is truly pitiful.
posted by Tony Harrison at 3:15 AM
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