"Save Darfur" T-Shirts Finally Save Darfur

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - In an unprecedented moment during the long conflict of Darfur, Sudanese government officials and rebels alike met together peacefully in a conference hall to work out differences. Both sides have sworn to end conflict in an effort to bring peace to the land.

When asked why the Sudanese government was so willing to concede to peace rather than carry out their bloody campaign against Sudanese rebel groups, top officials cited a flood of pictures from the United States of citizens wearing "Save Darfur" t-shirts.

"We did not know there was such support for peace," said one official. "When we saw the pictures of people from Los Angeles to New York wearing t-shirts asking us to save Darfur, it brought tears to our eyes. Now we know what we must do."

Minni Minnawi, leader of the largest rebel faction in the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), had worked on signing a peace accord once before with the Sudanese government in May 2006, but watched as the plan for peace quickly deteriorated. When he received pictures of the "Save Darfur" t-shirts, he quickly made copies and distributed them among the SLA, "causing hearts to melt and wounds to finally mend."

"Had it not been for the massive outpouring for peace from normal United States citizens in the form of 'Save Darfur' t-shirts, this historic moment could not have happened," Minnawi said at a press conference with President Bush.

With the end of conflict, the United Nations and many other Non-Government Organizations have vowed to increase aid in the form of "Save Darfur" t-shirts and bumper stickers for the starving victims of brutal genocide. China and Russia have pledged to stop the sale of munitions to Sudan in hopes to bring about peace in exchange for a million "Save Darfur" t-shirts each. The United States has agreed to such a proposal.

"This is what happens when a country like the United States puts its mind to something," President Bush said in a national address. "When we get together and champion social causes by wearing t-shirts with slogans, distributing bumper stickers, publishing websites and Youtube movies online about it and every now and then, talk about it with friends and maybe donate a couple dollars, we can change the world."

In the past, many groups had been skeptical that t-shirts with slogans could cause the tide to turn in saving Darfur. In a poll in 2004, most felt that Youtube movies and pamphlets were more effective in bringing about world peace. But now, t-shirts are undeniably powerful in their ability to change the world.

"It's amazing," said Francis Stokes, a freshman at UCLA. "I mean, like, I just wore this t-shirt because everyone did it and I didn't want to look like, you know, that I didn't care about the world. But like, I never thought it would like, actually work, you know? I'm just like, totally blown away."