Darfur Liberals and Iraq

A reader writes:

You wrote:

"I don't see how Darfur liberals can be so blithely indifferent to a looming genocide in Iraq that we have precipitated, while urging intervening to mitigate one elsewhere."

I think it goes something like this:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

Iraq is beyond our ability to help. The likely genocide that is to follow was set in motion very early on in this war and our lingering there will do nothing to change that. Our presence there may be making things worse at this point because what resistance the Sunni could muster against that potential atrocity is spending it's energy fighting us. On the other hand, there's much that we could do in Darfur with even a modest effort.

Just no ground troops, please.