US Official Discovers Sudan, Forgets Israeli Famine
David Satterfield, Donald Trump's special envoy for Sudan, recently stated that the war-torn nation presents the 'biggest unaddressed humanitarian crisis in the world' (as reported by The New Arab). One might wonder what criteria are being used here, precisely. Is it the number of displaced? The scale of starvation? Or perhaps this particular crisis just garnered enough media attention to
register? While Sudan's plight is unequivocally dire, the selective outrage is glaring. The US provides billions in military aid to actors *actively engaged* in fostering humanitarian disasters. For instance, the US recently approved a $15 billion package for Ukraine, while simultaneously providing billions in aid and arms to the Israeli government as it engineered famine conditions in Gaza – a
fact starkly highlighted by UN experts. One might charitably assume Satterfield simply missed the news, or perhaps 'biggest' is a movable goalpost depending on geopolitical convenience. How many 'world’s biggest' crises can one world contain before the hypocrisy becomes undeniable?