I chose an article written in the New York Times called "Holding Mr. Bashir Accountable." The anonymous author makes a strong argument that Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of Sudan, should be held accountable for his war crimes and that Obama, the UN and other countries should help with the situation. "He [Obama] should encourage China to stop supplying the weapons wielded by Khartoum’s army and militias and call on the rest of the world to tighten sanctions on Mr. Bashir’s cronies in hopes that they will finally oust him."
The author establishes social significance by providing strong, convicting evidence against Bashir. The author shows that Bashir has committed violent crimes against the people of Sudan and is very straight forward in stating what he/she thinks needs to be done with him.
"The judges [of the International Criminal Court] said that Sudan’s president played an “essential role” in the murder, rape, torture and displacement of large numbers of civilians in Dar fur."
The Author basically stated at the end what he/she believes Obama should do, but the requests of action are pretty strong. He/she says that Obama should send troops over to Sudan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/opinion/07sat2.html?ref=todayspaper
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