Coalition for Darfur: Did It Matter?

This week's Coalition for Darfur post is a reflection on the genocide declaration the US made last year, and has since conveniently forgotten.

Over a year ago, [coalition founder Eugene Oregon] wrote the post below urging the Bush administration to declare the situation in Darfur a "genocide." Since then, an estimated 400,000 people have died, Doctors Without Borders is warning that millions of lives "hang in the balance," and the International Committee of the Red Cross is warning of "chronic instability."

One year later, we have to ask if the "genocide" declaration made any difference at all.