Damned if you do, damned if you don't - the U.S. is to blame

Two articles from the Canadian Globe and Mail. [bolding mine]
"U.S. finds 'genocide' in Darfur
Bush's use of politically charged term could spark international action on Sudan"
by Estanislao Oziewicz

The politically loaded word could trigger action under the international treaty on genocide. But Canada, a party to the treaty along with the United States, again refused yesterday to say whether genocide has occurred.

AND,

But the Canadian government says it is still not in a position to determine whether genocide has occurred.
Certainly we agree that the atrocities in Darfur deserve robust international attention," said Sébastien Théberge, speaking on behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew, who is currently travelling in Europe.

"It does not currently appear to meet the legal definition of genocide. However, we will continue to assess and look for available evidence."

"Conservative Christians pushed hard for G-word"
By MICHAEL VALPY

The U.S. administration's use of the G-word -- genocide -- for the violence in Sudan was lauded yesterday by the American evangelical right and interpreted by a specialist on religion and politics as a direct result of conservative Christians' influence on President George W. Bush.

The specialist? Timothy Shah with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, part of the Pew Foundation.

"The discussion about genocide has been going on for a while, and I think there's been disagreement about whether the G-word applies here. So I think there's another part of the explanation for the timing -- namely that it's taken this long to reach a definitive conclusion."

Asked when the U.S. administration last had used the word genocide, Mr. Shah replied: "They certainly didn't do it with respect to Rwanda. Part of what is happening here is a sense, obviously, of regret about that -- exactly 10 years ago."

You mean the Clinton administration regrets Rwanda?

THIS, while the editorial urges Canada join the U.S. to urge intervention. And this religious hit piece. (See the last paragraph.) The American guilt is in the leftwing Independent, too. While "The European Union has refrained from declaring genocide in Sudan, maintaining that it is for the UN to decide." It's called passing the buck.