"Cholera spreads among Congo refugees"

The Guardian reports that Cholera is spreading in the Congo. Over the last decade there have been more than five million deaths due to the fighting there, and this is another addition to the misery of the region. I don't have any solution, but I can't help noting the difference between our response to the dreadful conditions in the Congo versus those in Iraq. We have now spent a trillion dollars and sent a total of 1.7 million men to fight in Iraq.

Of course the issue is whether outsiders could make a positive difference in the Congo. With many factions, fighting for causes that few if any outsiders really understand, supported by a variety of foreign factions (many for venial reasons) it may not be possible to resolve the situation. Still, apparently the small United Nations force has made a difference, so the situation should not be seen as totally hopeless.