I probably should have done a cartoon about Sudan before now -- not that it will accomplish much. As you might imagine, it's difficult to extract anything funny from that situation.
Don't the faux-human rights activists who supported the war in Iraq look like wankers now? "Saddam gassed his own people!" they repeatedly bellowed, referring to the atrocious massacre of the Kurds in 1988. Well, now we have a real, live genocide happening as we speak. Where are the armchair liberators now? Such fickle freedom fighters they are.
I'm off to San Diego soon for the alternative newsweeklies convention, so posting may be light or nonexistent over the next several days. We'll see if I can get my hands on somebody's laptop.
How to Get Americans to Care About Genocide
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