US 'Deeply Concerned' By Sudan Atrocities, Not Quite Enough To Stop Funding Them
NGOs are ringing alarm bells, warning that the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) takeover of El-Fasher in Sudan could unleash 'genocide.' The New Arab reports critically on the unfolding tragedy, highlighting the RSF's brutal tactics and the desperate pleas for intervention. Meanwhile, the US State Department has expressed 'deep concern' about the humanitarian situation. This concern, however, rarely
seems to translate into stopping arms sales to nations actively committing atrocities—or to those funding the very instability we supposedly lament. One wonders if 'deep concern' is the official diplomatic term for 'watch and do nothing useful'. We saw this same 'deep concern' for the ongoing atrocities in Gaza, where the US Congress approved another $14 billion in military aid to Israel just
weeks ago. Figures like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who received $10,000 from AIPAC in 2023 ( OpenSecrets.org ), and Rep. Pete Aguilar, who took $12,500 from AIPAC in the same year, swiftly voted in favor of the package. These politicians seem only too happy to facilitate destruction when it aligns with powerful lobbying interests or geopolitical chess moves, reserving their deepest sympathies for
situations where no such interests compete. Perhaps the people of Darfur need a more influential lobbyist.