Esquire Magazine today named genocide scholar Samantha Power one of the most influential people of the 21st century – citing her critical involvement in the Save Darfur movement and a 2003 Pulitzer prize for her book A Problem from Hell.
What Norman Podhoretz is to the neocon movement Power is to this as-yet-unnamed force. (Neo-internationalism? Moral interventionism? Machiavellian idealism?) She espouses talks–firm talks–with rogue states, a respect for internation-al law, and a moral and pragmatic duty to intervene–with troops if necessary–in cases of genocide.
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The opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Save Darfur Coalition.
Rusty says:
I dissent — Samantha Power sold out her principles, and Darfur for that matter, for political power. When Obama backtracked from his position in 2005 endorsing some form of unilateral intervention in Darfur, Power stood by mute. In fact, Obama basically stopped talking about Darfur once he ran for president — do a “nexis search” if you don’t believe me. With courage like that from the self-described “genocide chick,” I’ll take cowardice.