"I Guess that Genocide Thing in Sudan Worked Itself Out" - theonion.com

[JPZenger]

Vicious satire from www.theonion.com

http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4123

I Guess that Genocide Thing in Sudan Worked Itself Out

"I was pretty worried a year or so ago when the news came out that thousands of people had been indiscriminately slaughtered in Darfur....Since I'm sure I would have remembered if the U.S. had intervened in some way to stop it, I can only assume that the whole genocide-in-Darfur thing has somehow worked itself out....I also seem to recall that this genocide was causing a massive exodus of displaced refugees, with millions starving to death while attempting to flee to neighboring nations. Since I haven't seen any petitions or heard any emotional entreaties for somebody—anybody—to please, for God's sake, do something... Well, I'm gonna guess that the major humanitarian crisis must be over...

... when I first heard about the Darfur conflict, I thought to myself, "Uh oh! Sounds like another massive ethnic cleansing, not unlike Bosnia and Rwanda!" Those genocides sure were unfathomable! And not only because of the inhumanity of the acts, either—the blind indifference with which the world allowed the killings to continue unchecked was upsetting, too. Well, someone must've invaded or overthrown a corrupt government or something like that. I know it wasn't the U.S., though...

Frankly, I'm relieved that all the horror, death, and human agony is over. I mean, after all those reports of ongoing murder, rape, and looting, I confess I was a little surprised when I didn't hear much more about it, beyond some international sanctions and aid packages... Evidently, the hatred has been healed, peace has been restored, and the perpetrators of this unimaginable crime have been brought to justice. It sure is good to know it all must've turned out all right. "