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What does it mean?
Coulter criticizes Western inaction on Darfur and questions the utility of military intervention.
In plain terms
She says the world is failing to stop genocide in Darfur effectively.
What can you take from it?
International responses to humanitarian crises can be slow and ineffective.

Where it applies

  • foreign policy debates
  • humanitarian crises

Putting it to work

  • critiquing foreign policy

Questions to consider

  • Is intervention always the answer?
  • Why do crises linger?

Another view

The quote dismisses complex geopolitical interests in the region.

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