After reading chapters 4-6, I feel like the book may be gaining some momentum since where we left of on chapter 3. I can see how Don Cheadle and John Prendergast are starting to make more resolutions on how this cause may not be lost anyways, and how if there's hope, we may make a difference. I really enjoy the style in which this book is written because, I never read any book like this. I feel that even though this book has a realy strong subject, it could be just a little more straightforward and powerful if the whole text was shortened up a little.
I also like the fact that they are tying the present to the past. As I mentioned on a previous discussion that our class had, I believe that: "History is the study of the PAST, in relation to the PRESENT to prepare for the FUTURE". I am therefore glad to see how Don Cheadle and John Prendergast are doing just that. They are presenting the current case, they are tying it to a similar past case, and they are explaining how this and future genocides can be solved.
As Ryan Follin mentioned in his blog: "I believe the suggestions they offer will be ineffective", and "I truly believe that Darfur is a lost cause". But we lose nothing with trying and nothing is lost until nobody cares.
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