Sudanese Call for Obama to Show Leadership and Avert Genocide
Sudanese refugees say Obama broke his promise to them.
A group of African former slaves turned human rights activists are walking from New York City to Washington, D.C. at this moment. They are calling attention to the ongoing crisi of genocide and slavery in Sudan. A New York Times op-ed recently referred to the situation there as President Obamas Rwanda moment unfolding now, in slow motion.
Im speaking directly to President Obama. He was there with me when we talked about the issue in the South Sudan as a senator, shoulder to shoulder, when we talked about the Southern Sudan. Im asking you, why are you distancing yourself from me, why are you distancing yourself from the issue of Sudan? Why are you putting heavyweights to be envoys here and envoys there, and youre sending someone who has to learn on the job to be the envoy, knowing the magnitude of the problem in the Sudan?
