Even Kristof Gets It

Net Henthoff continues his crusade against slavery in Sudan, and reminds us that not all problems can be settled with diplomatic niceties, and not all our enemies attack us directly.

Here Henthoff quotes St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Philip Dine:

“He says the government of Sudan has killed 2 million people. He confirms the slave trade; the government goes down to the south, kidnaps people and puts them into slavery. First he recognizes the hideous situation, and then he proposes that we make an arrangement with this … regime.”

And that