<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bacd8c72-864a-416f-ad5c-90913d4796cd/4958FF7B-9888-4C31-B2CC-7D1C870054CA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080901901.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080901901.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.washingtonpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080901901.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">After four years of brutal raids, ethnic cleansing and systematic rape in Darfur, Sudan -- and nearly three years after the Bush administration declared this a <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8364-2004Sep9.html">genocide</A>-- the <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/United+Nations+Security+Council?tid=informline">U.N. Security Council</A> has finally approved a credible peacekeeping force. For 2 million displaced people in the camps, this is a wisp of hope on the horizon. For the 200,000 dead, it comes too late.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080901901.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">The most disturbing part of the latest <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/United+Nations?tid=informline">U.N.</A> negotiations was the continued leverage exercised by the regime in <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Khartoum?tid=informline">Khartoum</A>, which has a long history of mass killing. In the polished manners of the United Nations, blood on your hands is not a disqualification for a seat at the diplomatic table. With the expected help of <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/China?tid=informline">China</A>, and the disappointing support of <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/France?tid=informline">France</A> and <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/United+Kingdom?tid=informline">Britain</A>, the Sudanese envoy weakened the mandate of the peacekeeping force -- no weapons are to be seized from the militias -- and removed the threat of sanctions if Khartoum fails to cooperate.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4958FF7B-9888-4C31-B2CC-7D1C870054CA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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