Support Both Darfur And American Troops in Iraq

Do you support the people of Darfur? If so, excellent. But at the same time, it's highly hypocritical to do so without also supporting American troops in Iraq. That's what National Review's David Frum argues in a recent article, and he certainly has some highly valid points.

Both conflicts involve protecting a Muslim-majority population from vicious Islamic terrorists and murderers. The only difference is that the American military is (currently) uninvolved in Darfur, whereas in Iraq it fights side-by-side with the citizenry against the terrorists. But as Frum states, how can one, "condemn jihad in Sudan as the equivalent of genocide in our time--and pardon an even crueler jihad in Iraq as legitimate national resistance?"

The answer is - you honestly can't. Whether one supported the Iraq war at the outset or not, the current reality is that an evil insurgency is committing terror against the Iraqi people, and abandoning them to it would be immoral and unjust. No doubt, helping to save Darfur is our clear obligation. But doing the same in Iraq is as rightful a duty as well.