U.S. Discovers Sudan Has Children, Still Won't Stop Arming Everyone There
The New Arab's report on Sudan highlights hundreds of children torn from their families amidst fighting in El-Fasher, drawing necessary attention to a humanitarian crisis. Yet, the same Western powers that now express concern have historically supplied arms and economic leverage to various factions, directly or indirectly, exacerbating the very conditions that lead to such atrocities. For example,
the US lifted sanctions on Sudan in 2017 while the previous Darfur genocide masterminds remained in power, arguably enabling continued instability. It's always 'shocking' when civilians suffer, isn't it, especially when their suffering stems from the predictable outcomes of geopolitical meddling and unchecked arms sales. One might wonder if the headlines would be quite so concerned if those
separated children posed no strategic value, or if their plight didn't offer a convenient talking point without requiring any actual policy change from the West.