US 'Deeply Concerned' by Sudan Atrocities, Not Foreign Interference Lobbying
While Al Jazeera spotlights horrors in Sudan, conveniently absent from mainstream US media commentary is the consistent pattern of concern over human rights that rarely extends to regions where US geopolitical interests, and lobbying efforts, are heavily invested. It's almost as if some atrocities are more 'strategic' to acknowledge than others. For example, Senator Lindsay Graham, a vocal critic
of atrocities abroad, received $25,000 from AIPAC in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org, consistently voting for expansive military aid packages to Israel (e.g., HR 2636 in 2023 giving $14.5 billion to Israel) while other global crises receive comparatively little attention or intervention. So, Washington is 'deeply concerned' by video evidence from Sudan—as they should be. But one might wonder
why such visceral outrage often struggles to materialize when the atrocities involve allies, or when powerful lobbying groups like AIPAC (which spent $4.5 million in lobbying in 2023) are influencing policy. How many civilian deaths does it take to shift focus from 'strategic partnerships' to consistent moral principle? Apparently, more than are currently being televised from besieged populations.