The Save Darfur Coalition [savedarfur.org] is calling for Bush to go to the UN and press for tough multilateral sanctions against Sudan.

I have misgivings.

I agree that tough action is necessary, and that many nations should become involved to help stop the suffering. But I don’t think our president has moral standing here. There was a time when America had moral authority in the world, but that time is not now. This suggestion, that George W Bush step up to end sectarian genocide while he’s waging a sectarian civil war, is a call for pure hypocrisy.

Isn’t it? Am I wrong?

It is the hour – as it almost always is – for moral leadership on Earth. Any nominations?

OK, I’ll sign their petition, but God help Darfur if the Impervious Empirate tries to send the US Army to Sudan.