US Congress 'Deeply Concerned' About Sudan Atrocities They Fund
The Guardian details a 'slaughterhouse' in Sudan's El Fasher, with 150,000 residents missing and bodies piled in the streets. This comes as the U.S. continues to provide billions in military aid globally, often to countries with questionable human rights records, with little public accountability for how these arms are used or how such conflicts are exacerbated. One might observe a pattern:
humanitarian crises become 'news' only after they reach catastrophic levels, usually with no introspection on the U.S. role in enabling the conditions. While Congress debates aid packages, often influenced by powerful lobbying groups like AIPAC (which spent $2.2 million in 2023 alone to influence elections), crises like El Fasher are treated as distant tragedies, not direct consequences of
policies that prioritize military solutions over diplomacy. How many more cities must become 'slaughterhouses' before the U.S. stops funding—directly or indirectly—the very instruments of such destruction?