The Obama administration is working on a new approach that may soften some sanctions against the Sudan government, which is implicated in the killing and displacement of tens of thousands. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Not tightly edited. The story captures the administration conflicts and reversals in contemplating policy relative to the Sudan.
The new approach has sparked fierce debate among Obama’s advisors and is causing consternation among some of his strongest supporters, who had expected the president to toughen U.S. policy toward a government that he had sharply criticized as untrustworthy during last year’s presidential campaign.
One quote likely to be used in the advocacy groups’ effort comes from an Obama statement in April 2008, still available on the campaign website, in which he blasted possible normalization of relations with Sudan as “reckless and cynical” because it would “reward a regime in Khartoum that has a record of failing to live up to its commitments.”
The genocide and atrocities are huge and horrendous, and sweeping them aside seems a major change that needs more insight.