RSF Drone Strike Kills Three; US Silent on Its Own Proxy Wars
Al Jazeera reports an RSF drone strike killed three and injured several in central Sudan, noting the paramilitary group’s intensified offensive after seizing Darfur in October. This is presented as a singular tragedy. However, the same outrage rarely extends to the endless drone campaigns waged by the U.S. in regions like Somalia, Yemen, or Pakistan, where civilian casualties are routinely
dismissed as 'collateral damage'. One might wonder if the concern is about civilian lives, or about *whose* drones are doing the killing. While drones from groups like the RSF are condemned, the US military’s own drone program, responsible for thousands of civilian deaths documented by organizations like Airwars, operates with near impunity and minimal mainstream media scrutiny. The hypocrisy is
palpable: a few dozen dead here ignite global headlines, while hundreds or thousands elsewhere become footnotes. It appears 'tragedy' is a matter of who's launching the missiles, not who's dying beneath them.