From the BBC, we have “words” from the former Governor of Texas that cast all of America in a light of shame and corruption.

First, and glaringly, Bush decided to make the claim that America, and the G8 nations are doing a lot in sub-Saharan Africa. You know, the angry letter and pissy speech kind of help that actually saves no lives and makes the corrupt and bloddy government … well, do nothing to change.

Frei: You were very tough in your speech about Darfur. And, yet again, you called what’s happening there genocide?

Mr Bush: Yeah.

Frei: Is enough being done by your administration to stop that?

Mr Bush: I think we are. Yeah. You know, I had to make a seminal decision. And that is whether or not I would commit US troops into Darfur. And I was pretty well backed off of it by – you know, a lot of folks – here in America that care deeply about the issue. And so, once you make that decision, then you have to rely upon an international organisation like the United Nations to provide the oomph – necessary manpower… You know, I read – did call it (SOUND GLITCH) genocide, and I think we’re the only nation that has done so. Secondly, I did remind people that we’re sanctioning leaders. That we have targeted [Sudanese] companies and individuals, including a rebel leader, who have yet to be constructive in the peace process. We [are] beginning to get a sense of these things as they’re affecting behaviour. We’re trying to ask others, by the way, to do the same thing. Some of who are reluctant; some who aren’t. And then, finally, I pledged that we’ll help move troops in. And yeah, and as I also said you might remind your listeners, that I’m frustrated by the pace.

 Ass.

 Frei: The Chinese government has been saying – part in response to this that – “America is [slipping back into] Cold War thinking.”

Mr Bush: Yeah. Well, you know, they’re… I think that’s just a brush back pitch, as we say in baseball. It’s… America is trapped in this notion that we care about human life. We respect human dignity. And that’s not a trap. That’s a belief. And that many of [us] in this country recognize that the human condition matters to our own national security. See, I happen to believe we’re in an ideological struggle. And, those who murder the innocent to achieve political objectives are evil people. But, they have an ideology. And the only way you can recruit for that ideology is to find hopeless folks.

 What did he say there? What does that mean?

Bush has, so far, failed to lead a charge to challenge the horrors of the Darfur crisis. He thinks that a strong position on human rights abuses is to stand a a lecturn and speak in short sentences. Ooooo! Scary.