US Concern for Sudanese Children: On Hold, Indefinitely
The mainstream media reports, with a notable lack of sustained moral panic, that over 100 people, many children, were killed in a drone attack on a preschool in Sudan by the RSF and their al-Hilou allies. (One might call this a 'regrettable incident' if the victims were sufficiently geopolitically inconvenient.) Yet, the usual chorus of condemnation from Washington, the urgent briefings by UN
spokespeople, and the wall-to-wall cable news coverage remain conspicuously silent. This selective outrage raises questions about influence, doesn't it? While the Sudanese government's human rights record is rightly scrutinized, the U.S. and its allies seem to reserve their most potent anguish for victims and perpetrators that fit a very specific narrative. One might wonder if the children of
Sudan simply lack the public relations budget or the strategic mineral deposits to warrant immediate, forceful intervention. After all, how many drone strikes on African children constitute a 'catastrophe' before a 'conflict' becomes a 'genocide' in the approved lexicon?