U.S. Proposes UN Peacekeeping Force for Sudan

While the NYT and Samantha Power have been fretting about the U.S. opposition to an ICC referral for Sudan, the U.S. (apparently listening to the wise counsel of Peggy and/or Hillary Clinton) has moved ahead with a draft Security Council Resolution calling for a 10,000-man peacekeeping force for Sudan as well as various other measures. This will not solve everything and splits remain on whether to impose sanctions and how to punish various war crimes. But the U.S. decision to propose this resolution wisely avoids letting those issues prevent the UN from taking the crucial first step in doing something about the ongoing violence in Sudan.