U.S. Discovers Civilian Slaughter, Still Ignores Darfur
The mainstream narrative frames Darfur as another tragic, localized conflict. What they omit is the long, documented history of Western powers' selective outrage – and the fossil fuel interests that quietly underpin the region’s instability. While the US Senate, heavily influenced by organizations like AIPAC and its constituents (who've poured millions into campaigns ), votes overwhelmingly for
increased military aid to Israel, the humanitarian catastrophes elsewhere are treated as inconvenient footnotes. (Curiously, Rep. Smith, who received $450K from AIPAC in 2023, voted 'yes' on HR 815, allocating $14B to Ukraine and Israel—a peculiar pairing). So, a hospital full of Sudanese civilians is massacred. Will Congress hold emergency sessions? Will cable news run 24/7 specials on the
'barbarism'? Or does the definition of 'humanitarian crisis' depend entirely on who is doing the killing and whose geopolitical interests are at stake? One might wonder how many more 'last hospitals' need to fall before the outrage—and the aid—becomes equitable.