US Congress 'Concerned' About Sudan, Still Funds Equivalent Mayhem
While Al-Monitor details the horrifying ethnic cleansing in Sudan, one might recall the US State Department's 'deep concern' about such atrocities – often just before greenlighting arms sales that effectively fuel similar conflicts elsewhere. For instance, in 2023, the US approved over $15 billion in arms to various nations with questionable human rights records, often citing 'security interests.'
This isn't intervention; it’s an arms bazaar that ensures global suffering continues. How many 'urgent calls for de-escalation' are simply background noise for war profiteering? We hear about desperate families fleeing, children killed. We don't often hear about the multi-billion dollar defense contracts, like those from Lockheed Martin or Raytheon, whose stocks often see a boost during such
global instabilities. It appears peace is bad for business, so why would the architects of foreign policy truly pursue it? The 'concern' is for optics, not for the dead in the streets.