The New Republic has an editorial on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The editors argue for vigorous action on the part of The West and use as their justification the Rwandan links with the nightmare in the eastern DRC and the West's very inaction during the Rwanda genocide in 1994. Both mobilizing the countries of the West to act and then translating that action into success on the ground is easier said than done. Inaction in Africa is always the default mechanism with half-measures the cosmetic follow-up. TNR's advice is, alas, as unlikely to be heeded as it is unobjectionable.
