Demagogue

Don Cheadle and John Prendergast have an op-ed in the Boston Globe

The failure to act forcefully in Sudan and Congo highlights how little progress the world has made since the events of 1994. These debacles also remind us that the world body charged with leading the response to crises of this kind -- the United Nations Security Council -- remains unwilling or unable to confront the perpetrators of mass atrocities in the world's peripheral zones. Divisions within the Security Council over whether to act remain huge, and the divisions themselves become an excuse for inaction.

The Wall Street Journal has a good article on the probability that Sudan will be referred to the International Criminal Court for prosecution - and the Bush administration's opposition to it

But the Bush administration opposes the idea, not because it could bring Americans before the court but rather for the legitimacy a referral could impart to the fledgling tribunal. "We are studying options and the ICC is not one of them," says a U.S. official who monitors the court.

Nonetheless, Amnesty International is calling on the UN Security Council to refer the case to the ICC.