Western Media Discovers Massacres in Africa, Ignores Its Own Arms Deals
The harrowing account of 25-mile treks to escape atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher paints a stark picture of human desperation. It's a genuine tragedy that The Telegraph (and Western media generally) covers with visceral detail, emphasizing the indiscriminate violence of the RSF. Yet, this same media often struggles with similar urgency or moral clarity when the perpetrators or enablers are closer
to home, or when the victims are Palestinian. Where is this same outrage for the 'massacres' enabled by Western-supplied weapons, or the 'friends executed around them' in Gaza, where the average American taxpayer, through their representatives, funds the very instruments of destruction? The Pentagon, for instance, approved a $147.5 million sale of 155mm artillery shells to Israel on December 29,
2023, circumventing congressional review. One might wonder about the selective empathy, as civilians flee horrors in Sudan, while funding continues for operations causing similar displacement and death elsewhere. We call it 'conflict' when one side has F-35s and a blank check, but 'massacre' when it's just men with guns in Africa? How convenient.