Biden: When a nation engages in genocide, it forfeits its sovereignty

Posted by Staff on April 23, 2008 |

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Darfur, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) says that if it were his choice, he would “literally, not figuratively” unilaterally deploy U.S. forces to Darfur because “when a nation engages in genocide, it forfeits sovereignty.” He said that the only way to take action is for the United States to mobilize the rest of the world. (0:45)

 
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April 23, 2008

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