"Time is Up!"

"Time is up!"

Those words are beginning to ring out worldwide since the Sudanese government officially rejected the United Nation's latest efforts to bring peace to Darfur.

Why has the Sudanese government rejected this newest proposal?
The answer is because of one line found in Chapter Seven in the resolution for the Darfur peacekeeping force, writeen by the UN.

The line says this: "use all necessary means."
This line is referring to the African Union/United Nation's hybrid force and how they are to protect the persecuted in Sudan.

President Al-Bashir of Sudan is not "comfortable" with a well-equiped 25,000 strong peace-keeping force working within his country's borders, especially if they have free reign to "use all neccesary means'" to keep the peace.
Why is President Al-Bashir "uncomfortable" with a PEACEKEEPING force?
Because Al-Bashir and his government are supporters of the genocide in Darfur. Proof of this has been found when Janjaweed soldiers have murdered the innocent using Sudanese army weapons.


Since Sudan rejected the latest proposal, worldwide outcry is beginning to increase at a rate yet to be seen in the face of this bleak event on humanity's history record.

"Time is Up!"
Those words are beginning to spread worldwide as groups like the Save Darfur Coalition are joining together to put more pressure onto the United Nations, America, and China in a desperate effort to stop the genocide.

The Save Darfur Coalition is still hoping that this problem can be solved politically, but the coalition is beginning to gear up for what appears to be the inevitable. The inevitable being a military takeover of Sudan.

As more and more activists worldwide continue to raise awareness and support for Darfur, more and more people are calling on the Western world to put politics aside and do what needs to be done.
One Darfur activist had this to say,

"Al-Bashir is 'uncomfortable' with the United Nations sending a peacekeeping force? Fine then. Let's see how 'uncomfortable' he gets when UN forces shoot their way into his presidential palace..."

As liberal as that may sound, I couldn't agree more. The Sudanese government doesn't want to yield, I'm fine with that. Let's force them to yield.

I'm a conservative person for the most part, and I would like to see the situation in Darfur be solved peacefully, but not at the cost of more lives.

I came across a verse in Proverbs a few months ago that has made me want to be solution to this situation that is growing bleaker by the day for those that are being raped and slaughtered in Darfur.

Proverbs 24:11-12
Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who guards your life know it? Will He not repay each person according to what He has done?

God makes it clear in His Word that we are to rescue those that are part of genocide. He doesn't say how we are to do that, He just says to do it. In my interpretation of it, that leaves more than enough room for a military takeover of Darfur, if not the whole of Sudan.

Activists worldwide in the next few months will be putting more pressure than ever on those who can stop these tragic events. Now is the time to act, now it is possible for us to make a difference. When the genocide began, only a few voices spoke out against it, now millions do. With every person that joins in the efforts to end the genocide, more of an effect is being made. The UN is now commited to stopping the genocide in Darfur, no matter what the cost. But we can make the end come sooner, and all our voices are needed to make that happen.

"Time is Up!"

Join those that are screaming those words. Go to www.savedarfur.org.

There is a petiton you can sign there, ways you can get involved and ways your church can get involved.

"Time is Up!"

It's now or more killing for years to come...and you can help decide which it is.

In Christ,
Hackett