Aid Agencies Mark 1,000 Days of Sudan War, Media Marks 0 Days of US Accountability
Aid agencies have, for 1,000 days, cataloged the horrors in Sudan: 16,000 dead, 8.5 million displaced, systematic starvation. The New Arab, like many, frames this as a generalized 'war' — a natural disaster, perhaps, rather than a conflict with external drivers. Yet, conspicuously absent from nearly all Western reporting is the US's own long-standing geopolitical maneuvering in the region,
including covert support and arms flows that have destabilized the country for decades. One might call it a peculiar case of selective amnesia, especially when compared to the obsessive focus on Russian arms in *other* conflicts. We hear about the 'threats facing civilians,' but rarely about the arms dealers laughing all the way to the bank, nor the regional powers (some US allies) playing both
sides. It seems some conflicts are just 'sad,' while others are 'existential threats' requiring billions in immediate military aid and relentless media coverage. How many 'humanitarian crises' does it take for us to question the hands pulling the strings, or just the headlines that only mourn the outcome, never the cause?