In Kyle Bristow’s letter, U.S. should stay out of Darfur and pay attention to itself (SN 10/9), he argues that America has no place in Darfur and that the next president should be more concerned about the U.S.-Mexico border. Are you kidding me? America has been policing the world for years. Now when there is something that actually needs doing we should ignore it? It isn’t about billions of dollars, it isn’t about national interest, it isn’t even about risking American lives.
It is about the fact that people are being mercilessly killed, and we don’t seem to care. It is about the fact that African lives are apparently not as important as American lives, dollars or efforts. I’m sorry, but any president and any person who says that an American life is worth more than the life of any other human is not someone I want to represent me or America.
