Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, writes at the Guardian’s comment-is-free site about that “never again”, and how hollow it sounds in the light of what’s happening in Darfur:
There’s a genocide going on in Darfur. That much is widely accepted. And although there is a lot of room for disagreement about what, exactly, to do about it, I’m rather puzzled at the large number of people who seem to think that no one should do anything at all. […]
[T]he legitimacy of the United Nations and the entire post-second world war international apparatus was in large part based on that “never again” oath. Given that no one seems willing to follow up on that, what role remains for these organisations? And given that they’ve failed at perhaps their most important mission, how can they be trusted with any others?
If you have a strong stomach, you might feel like looking at the comments.
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