The sad reality that liberals have to face is that we can’t solve all the humanitarian problems in the world – at least not quickly. Not only do we not have the resources, but we don’t know how to do it. On top of that, we would meet major resistance.

This is one reason I have been against a number of “humanitarian” missions. We tie down our military (Kosovo, any one?), maybe help but often not, and meanwhile barbarity breaks out somewhere else.

Other than my own comments, I haven’t heard here about the Genocide in southern Sudan. Currently the people’s paradise of Vietnam is carrying out a de-Christianization campaign among the Montagnaards, which is just a cover for genocide. When did you last hear about this?

Similar activities are in Myranmar. Venezuela is sliding down the slope to communist tyranny. How about mourning the opposition people recently shot to death? Their families are bereaved.

Let’s face it, the world is full of brutal regimes. It is the nature of man that can only be overridden by a complex correllation of ideas and forces.