Darfur: Two Ways Forward.

To the humanitarian crisis in Darfur nations can intervene in two general sorts of ways: violently or non-violently. Of course there is a third way forward which is the passive non-intervention method; I am excluding this option from consideration in this post under the assumption that the crisis in Darfur requires intervention. So here I will briefly list the American government's options under both the violent and non-violent interventions. In a later post I will explore these options further.

Violent Intervention:
1) Unilateral Aggression (the US forcibly intervenes without the consent of any other sate).
2) Multilateral Aggression (the US forcibly intervenes with several states without the consent of some other states).
3) UN Mediated Aggression (UN security counsel approves intervention by force).
4) Proxy Aggression (a state(s) provides the guns/munitions, intelligence, military training and/or money to rebel forces).

Non-Violent Intervention:
1) International Diplomacy (the US government applies pressure on the Chinese government to in turn apply pressure on the Khartoum government).
2) Sanctions (the US government enforces trade embargoes against Sudan).
3) Incentives (the US government promises aide relief or financial assistance to Darfur if all the rebel groups engage in peace talks with Khartoum).