TEN YEARS AGO, our nation stood by and watched as genocide claimed the lives of 800,000 in Rwanda. Once more we promised, "never again."

Now we are seeing the start of another genocide, this time in the Darfur region of Sudan. President Bush has been unwilling to call it genocide, and rather than taking the strong actions needed to stop it, he is proposing a round of sanctions against those responsible.

Time is running out for the people of Darfur. They are trapped in starvation camps controlled by their captors. Bush needs to call this genocide and lead a multinational effort to stop it, including the use of the military if necessary.

If he fails to do that, a million more may die.

Warren W. Wright

Oakland

"Darfur Genocide, Sudan Genocide, Action, Information"