The International Criminal court just released a warrant for the arrest of the president of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir. In response, the president is forcing all aid groups to leave. This is going to leave the situation even worse, and people already standing in line for hours for water and getting only seeds as sustinance in refugee camps. If the ICC continues with the warrant (and doesn't postpone it as some are requesting), the president's arrest has the potential to create a monster cultural situation that will "dwarf" the genocide, rape, abuse, and hunger that already exists there. But this man is a war criminal - he has commited crimes against humanity. I don't understand what justice looks like here.
It frustrates me that this crisis - and that is what it is - isn't making news on the US websites. You have to go looking for this kind of information. I don't understand why.
I don't know how to solve the problem, but I think the first step in that direction is recognizing that there are lives behind the faces and the direness of the situation. I don't know the practicalities of justice, but it certainly is not ignoring the situation.
And I don't speak judgmentally - I am as guilty as any.
"Over here in America, we have no enemies. Our only enemy to justice is apathy. Therefore, if you leave here and do nothing, you are automatically part of the problem." - A Wise Man
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