"Genocide Emergency" declared by U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum as more nations consider military options

Today the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience upgraded (or is that downgraded?) the situation in Darfur to a "Genocide Emergency." The Committee on Conscience had previously issued a "Genocide Warning" on Darfur.

As the U.S. plans to call a vote on action against Sudan in the U.N. Security Council this week, the head of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiere) complains that the international response to the genocide as been slow and inadequate.

The Washington Post editorial page got it right yesterday, noting that international military force will probably be needed in Darfur. The Bush Administration has apparently ruled out using U.S. troops, but several concerned nations have begun to consider military options. With the Khartoun government warning that "force will be confronted by force," I'm working on an article outlining what a successful international humanitarian military intervention should look like. (Feel free to e-mail me or comment below to share your thoughts or insights.)