Today’s Washington Post includes an op/ed commentary by U.S. Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) seeking to reignite American compassion for and Administration action on Darfur. The senators write:
The Bush administration has helped reduce suffering in Darfur, but the situation is dangerously adrift. And when the history of this tragedy is written, nobody will remember how many times officials visited the region or how much humanitarian aid was delivered. They will only remember the death toll.
Christians, particularly, should be in fervent prayer about the genocidal murder, religious violence, starvation, and disease in this region in which so many of our Lord’s “least of these” are suffering.
