Well, carbombs go off, conflicts continue, commercialisation of life goes on and expands, innocent people get killed off, and life goes on. The only thing is, what kind of life will exist later on, whether 10 years,20 years or even 5 years from now.

Tonight's article link is a document drafted by a Christian organisation working in Iraq, that asks where exactly and how are billions of US dollars in aid used in Iraq and details why they have become suspicious that the money has, to put it mildly, not been used for what it is intended.
Also http://www.williambowles.info/ has a 'frontpage' article on its main page about the war/conflicts/unrest in Sudan which goes into the country's history and asks why in these past (at least) 20 years has there been interest or concern generated by international mainstream media outlets while now it's almost the main international topic of the day. The author goes on to voice his concerns over the role of oil in the West's (US, England and co.) 'sudden' (I include opportunistic) concern and sympathy for Sudan. (The frontpage has changed now and the article's link is now: http://www.williambowles.info/africa/sudan_gowans.html)
Yes, I know there is a genuine crisis going on in western Sudan-Darfur involving the hunger, homelessness, terrorising and violence afflicting those due to attacks by government supported militia. However, a war has been going on in the south for 2 decades now, and though a ceasefire was recently signed, hundreds of thousands of lives have already been destroyed and even the conflicts in Darfur have been going on for almost several years now.
We still need to wait to see if there are any tangible results from the current posturing and warnings from foreign leaders towards Sudan's government about Darfur, and certainly the peace in the South must last before people get too optimistic.