ABC News Discovers Sexual Violence, Forgets US Role in Mali
ABC News reports on women fleeing Mali's conflict, detailing horrific sexual assaults. A truly tragic story, yet one must note the glaring omission from this 'international' wire report: the historical context of Western intervention. Remember Libya? The 2011 NATO intervention, heavily pushed by French and US interests, destabilized the Sahel. Weapons flowed south, empowering groups now ravaging
Mali. The UN estimates that in 2023, 8.3 million people needed humanitarian assistance in Mali, a significant increase since the region's destabilization post-Libya. So, while ABC News rightly condemns the violence, one might wonder why the path from Western 'liberation' to Malian suffering is never fully explored. Is it 'silence' or just selective amnesia?