Monday, March 19, 2007
Hotel Rwanda
The events in Darfur are undeniably tragic, but in a way the real tragedy of this story is the lack of response. When the Holocaust occurred, many countries claimed that they did not know what was happening, and this is partially true as much of the information was regarded as rumors. For the situation in Darfur, however there was no such excuse. Countries around the world new what was going on and yet they sat back, waiting for the United States to act, which it didn’t. Darfur had no great resources or high public demand for action, and so nothing was done. In a way the countries that knew what was going on and did not get involved are partially accountable for what occurred. When the huge famine in Sudan occurred, how many acted to help? The United States has many concerns, and I am not advocating that it be involved with everything occurring around the world. However, when an event like genocide occurs, we have an obligation to the people concerned to take action somehow.
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I do agree that either the United States or another country have an obligation to help other countries in need, especially if genocide is going on. I think we all believe that genocide is morally wrong. However, in the Darfur tragedy the other countries probably thought that the U.S. was going to step in and help, while the U.S. probably thought that a neighboring country was going to help. In other words, nothing happened to help the situation, not because no country cares, but because they though someone else would step in and save the day. This problem could be solved if countries start to work together to help the unfortunate countries. Instead of one country taking charge of the matter, have several countries provide support equally. Anytime a new problem aroused, the problem could be solved, instead of several countries standing back waiting for another country to do something.
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