Essayist Roger Rosenblatt on the tragedies of Sudan. Except for the recent U.S. bombing raid on the Sudan in pursuit of terrorists who attacked American embassies, a raid whose legitimacy is being questioned today, the Sudan remains a remote and unsought country. People do not get at the Sudan. It is one of the most inaccessible places in the world. The land is either flooded or dry as death.
Thorn trees stand at lonely distances from one another, like pall bearers.
The planes erupt in gray bushes made of wire and in silver grass. You cannot gain access - not that anyone has tried since that country offers no geopolitical advantage to the powers, namely us. Sudan has been at war 32 years out of its 42 years of independent existence. Sudan is the most inaccessible place in the world - not because it is difficult to get to, but because no one is interested. Here is what makes the news.