Jihadists in Africa

A "senior Administration official" I was in a meeting with a few days ago says the Sudanese government is threatening other African governments that it will bring jihadists to their countries if they don't let off the pressure over Darfur. So the African governments are backing down. Same for the US and others - we're not advocating for the imposition of a no fly zone anymore because of concerns that Khartoum would lash out against civilians and aid workers in retaliation.

Normally I am not a big fan of ganging up against the little guy, or the US throwing its weight around as the superpower, but in this case, why oh why are we letting some piddling undeveloped country push us around?