I’ve been wondering why, with real genocide occurring in Sudan, the world hasn’t acted. It’s no mystery why George W. Bush has turned a blind eye – Iraq was never really about saving Iraqis (and the real reasons for the Iraq war don’t apply in Sudan), and our forces are spread too thin to do anything in Sudan now anyway.

So here comes Howard Dean voicing some of these concerns, and a challenge to the world to deal with Sudan:

Now is the time for the world community to act if they are serious about encouraging an enlightened leadership role for the United States. My challenge to the U.N. and Europe is simple: if you don’t like American diplomacy under George Bush, then do something to show those of us in opposition here in the U.S. that you can behave in such a way that unilateralism is not necessary.