During his campaign Obama promised a firm stance against the massive slaughtering that has engulfed Africa's largest country for over six years.
In fact the Obama administration will not be taking a firm stance, but instead will once again play the balancing act of foreign diplomacy in which “incentives and pressure” will be utilized. Obama has labeled the human rights situation in Darfur a "genocide" but will at the same time engage, rather than isolate, the murderous government of Sudan.
To engage a government that has been labeled genocidal seems to go against all past political philosophies when it comes to the United States' relations with foreign governments continuing to conduct widespread violations of human rights laws. Simultaneously, an iron clad stance against the government of Sudan leaves little room for creating improvements for its citizens.
The Obama administration stands behind the belief that in order for changes to be made, the government of Sudan must want to adhere. While the specifics of what incentives and pressures will be used, they have said that while working with this new policy a strong eye will be kept on the situation in Sudan - progress being rewarded and increases in violence bringing consequences.
Questions have begun to be raised over whether this lightened stance has anything to do with Sudan's help in America's fight against terrorism. If these allegations prove true, and leniency is being given to Sudan because of its role in fighting terrorists in the middle east, then all bets are off and the United States is in bed with a genocidal government for its own personal gain.
Let's hope this is not the case and purely, these recent policy changes will bring widespread peace and aid to the suffering people of Darfur.
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