On Tuesday November 25, 2008, Kuyok Abol Kuyok, of the Sudan Tribune, wrote a glowing article about Barack Obama’s then recent victory in the US Presidential race.

US/Sudan relations were strained at this time as President Bush was reported as negotiating with the Sudan Government to normalize relations. In case you live under a rock, Darfur is in Sudan, which is home to what is expected to be one of the largest modern day genocides. Normalizing relations would turn a blind eye to genocide. Not good.

But, not to worry because even outside of the US, Obama’s message of hope rang loud and resonated with many developing nations. Sudan in particular was one of such nations. On April 18, 2008, Obama made a statement regarding the negotiations that the Bush Administration was reportedly making with the Government of Sudan,

“I am deeply concerned by reports that the Bush Administration is negotiating a normalization of relations with the Government of Sudan that would include removing it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism…This reckless and cynical initiative would reward a regime in Khartoum that has a record of failing to live up to its commitments. First, no country should be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism for any reason other than the existence of verifiable proof that the government in question does not support terrorist organizations…”

Obama had done it again – boy did Darfur hope, and hope hard.

But wait, sorry guys, you’ll have to take a rain check.

On Monday, October 19th the Obama Administration began its first steps toward what else…normalizing relations with the Sudan Goverment.

I’m honestly at al loss. This isn’t like raising American taxes a few percentage points – this is normalizing relations with a country guilty of genocide.

Have you no morals Barack Obama?