What to do about Darfur...?

We all know about the current situation in Darfur. Today I read an article which was reporting on the activities of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Currently he is on a state visit to the neighboring country of Ethopia. On March 4 an arrest warrant was issued for him by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. al-Bashir is responsible for the 300,000 deaths and 2.5 million homeless citizens that are a result of his campaign against rebels, but it seems impossible for him to be arrested for his crimes. Only the countries who are members of the ICC could take him into custody, and Ethiopia is not one of them. They claim that arresting him would be "not in the interest of peace".

As we have been discussing the causes and effects of war in class, this article made me think about how situations like this can be handled. al-Bashir has forced 13 international aid agencies to leave the Darfur region. These aid agencies are in many ways the dieing peoples only chance of help, and it is becoming increasingly clearer that actually arresting al-Bashir is a lot harder than issuing the warrant. People in Darfur are dieing every day, and I completely believe that it is up to other countries to help stop it. America has taken action against genocides in the past, like in World War II, but we are already in way over our head in the Middle East. So, who's responsibility is it to come to the Darfur people's aid, if anyone? One is hardpressed to find countries with a history of deploying troops to aid in foreign conflicts like America. It's hard to say that the world should stand by as innocent people are being killed, but its equally hard to ask whos job it is to fix it. I would say that every country who can help, should help in a situation such as this. Obviously, this would never happen, but if it doesn't then it is difficult to predict when the violence will end. I don't have too many ideas on the subject myself, but I think our class could definitely brain storm a few possible ways to help the situation. I will say that reading this article has definitley reminded me of how terrible the Darfur conflict is, and I will certainly be paying more attention to it in the future.

Here's the article if you want to read more.