BBC NEWS | Africa | Google Earth turns spotlight on Darfur. (More coverage of the use of Google Earth at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth, Google Earth Blog: Crisis in Darfur - The Google Effect, Ogle Earth: Darfur)
I finally got to take a look at the "Crisis in Darfur" layer in Google
Earth. I'm reminded once more of the need for prayer and advocacy on my
part and the part of those around me. Following the list at What Can I Do to Help Prevent Genocide? is a start; engaging with | Save Darfur is another.

I'm pondering Nicholas Kristof's words in Driving Up the Price of Blood - New York Times:

All this makes genocide easier to stop than people
imagine. Where it arises from a weighing of costs and benefits, then it
is possible for outsiders to impose additional costs and change the
outcome. That’s what we need to do. The U.S. should lead other
countries in pushing hard on all sides for a negotiated peace agreement
among the warring factions, for that is ultimately the best hope to end
the slaughter in Darfur and in neighboring areas in Chad and the
Central African Republic.

I find President Bashir’s ruthlessness pretty easy to understand. What
is harder to fathom is President Bush’s refusal to stand up to the
genocide for four years. Why not impose a no-fly zone, why not hold an
international conference on Darfur, why not invite survivors to the
White House for a photo-op, why not give a prime-time speech about
Darfur?

Perhaps the explanation for Mr. Bush’s passivity is the same as the
explanation for Mr. Bashir’s brutality. Maybe Mr. Bush has made his
calculations, looked at the number of calls and letters he gets about
Darfur, weighed the pros and cons, and decided that Americans really
don’t care enough about genocide to make him pay a major price for
allowing it to continue.