Tartarus isn't a city in Turkey

Martin Kelly, a British blogger, sums up the problem with the White Man's Burden in a post that starts out with a plea (and a quick response) to "Save Darfur! Why?":

"Hell is the eternal repetition of unachievable tasks."

Before we start on yet-another thankless attempt to save the poor bastards in Darfur, we might want to consider that, along with Kipling's admonitions about attempting "to veil the threat of terror" in the "savage wars of peace"...