And then there's Darfur... What's the score?

by Doris Lane, A Wes Clark Democrat

As noted, General Clark is in Kosovo this week, where he is honored as a hero of the Kosovar Albanian people. He was invited by Prime Minister Agim Ceku. According to Balkan Update, Clark will meet with government leaders, including President Fatmir Sejdiu, address the Kosovo Parliament, and confer with the Status Negotiation Group. General Clark strongly supports independence for Kosovo, with strong civil protections for the Kosovar Serb minority.

From Kosovareport

Clark, who made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. presidential elections, is considered a hero by the province's ethnic Albanians who want the province to become independent. He was reviled by many Serbs for his role during the bombing campaign.

Ahead of his visit, billboards were placed around the province's capital, Pristina, and local authorities in the western town of Djakovica named a road after him.

The U.N. is currently conducting talks aimed at steering ethnic Albanians and Serbian officials toward settling the final status of the province.

Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority wants independence, while Serbs want it to remain part of Serbia.

Let's face it, we shouldn't expect Serbians to be Clark fans, although there must be some, since I know one or two. But consider the fate of 1.5 million Kosovar Albanians who were saved from genocide on the verge of happening; and then look at Darfur.

As General Clark says in the Forward, in an interview with Jennifer Siegel as he was leaving for Kosovo:

"[Kosovo is] the perfect model for how the U.S. should be operating in world affairs. We provided leadership during the air campaign. In the aftermath, it was actually the Europeans who provided 80% of the forces, and the military leadership on the ground."

"This was really U.S. moral support and U.S. guidance," he added, "but not U.S. domination."

-more

Kosovo: 1.5. million living Albanians

v.

Sudan: 400,000 dead Darfuris

This is the score: Intervention works.