US Lawmakers Discover Sudan, But Only After Trump Leaves
According to The New Arab, Republican and Democratic senators are suddenly keen on a 'strong response' against Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), citing mass civilian killings in El-Fasher. This bipartisan concern, however, has a curious expiry date: it conveniently ramps up when former President Trump is the target, not when the suffering began under an active administration with its own policy
levers. One might wonder if their moral compass is directionally dependent on the current occupant of the Oval Office. Where were these urgent calls for 'strong responses' from the same lawmakers when the Biden administration approved record-breaking weapons sales—including cluster munitions—to other conflict zones? It seems atrocities only become 'horrors' worthy of immediate bipartisan outrage
when they can be weaponized against a political rival, rather than addressed proactively or consistently across all humanitarian crises. The selective indignation is, shall we say, less than convincing.