One wouldn't want to get between practitioners of the Religion of Peace and a good genocide, would one? But hey, they're only killing Christians. Just like in Nigeria.

God I hate NPR. Every foreign policy story is framed by two overriding objectives: Paint the US (and Israel) in as unflattering a light as possible. I used to think of NPR as being overly liberal. They are not liberal at all. Liberal people would
1) Explain that the "protestors" are supporters of those conducting genocide
2) Explain that the US reaction, while too reserved for my liking, is light years better than the enabling appeasement displayed by Europe and that paragon of human rights the UN
3) Actually be more concerned about the fate of Christians in southern Sudan than whether their tormentors like us or not
To people like NPR genocide in southern Sudan is the inconvenient little story. The BIG STORY, the overarching theme for all world events, is how much people dislike the US, how war-mongering and interventionist we are. Little stories are covered only in a way that fits the story line of the BIG STORY, creating a parallel universe in which Gitmo is the moral equivalent of Stalin's gulag. As far as NPR is concerned, so what if a few (hundred thousand) Christians are killed in southern Sudan? The point is Muslims in Khartoum don't like us, just like Muslims in Karachi don't like us, just like Muslims in Paris don't like us, just like... hey, it's almost like there's a patter or something. Well the point is people don't like us, therefore we are bad, bad, bad.
What is it about guilt that makes a person thirsty for an organic fair trade triple soy latte?

Your tax dollars at work. This program was made possible by fools, I mean members like you.