A Million Voices for Darfur

..............”What if instead of mourning a genocide, we could stop one...
................... ...................... ........and what will history say about us if we don't?”

     My appreciation of all of you who have acted on behalf of the victims in Darfur…..I offer it as the only reward you may receive for your efforts. There has been little, if any, feedback for your calls and e-mails – other than the polite, rehearsed lines of White House interns, or those self-aggrandizing form letters from your governmental representatives.
     Nevertheless…..you have become part of the world’s moral conscience, in an age when humanitarian crises abound.
     The genocidal violence in Darfur has intensified and spread to Sudan’s neighbors, Chad and the Central African Republic. The Sudanese-backed Janjaweed continue to murder, torture, rape and enslave black farming families. The 7,000 African Union troops, trying heroically to protect these families, are falling apart without support from the world community….and in spite of the U.N.’s recent efforts.
     Please…..Stand and speak out once again.
     The Genocide Intervention Network (of the Save Darfur Coalition) has “graded” our congressional representatives unsparingly throughout the U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton (202-224-4451) and Charles Schumer (202-224-6542) have each merited an A+.
     Please request that a NATO force be sent to the region dominated by the brutal Janjaweed. Why NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)? Genocidal leaders have shown, time and time again, that they are unimpressed by international opinion and U.N. diplomacy. The newly created 25,000- member NATO Response Force can deploy in five days. It can apply force to decimate the Janjaweed militias, secure the refugee camps, and eventually enable the U.N. peacekeepers to do their work.   
  Please, stand and speak out, once again. If you do not agree with my ideas, please express yours.

          Thank you.        
          Diane