WHO Appalled by Hospital Deaths, Skips US Role In Arming Militias
The WHO is 'appalled and deeply shocked' by reports of Sudanese paramilitary forces, the RSF, overrunning a hospital and killing 460 patients. (One might wonder how many more will be appalled when they discover what these militias are armed with.) The AP notes the RSF seized the army’s last Darfur stronghold after a '500-day siege,' but omits the crucial context: the US has long engaged with and
provided training to both sides of this conflict. For years, figures like former US Special Envoy Scott Gration maintained links to Sudan's military intelligence, even as the RSF’s predecessor, the Janjaweed, committed atrocities in Darfur in the early 2000s under Omar al-Bashir. American arms and training programs, ostensibly for 'counterterrorism,' frequently end up fueling regional conflicts.
The 'global war on terror' has a long, documented history of arming factions that later turn on civilians—a detail rarely 'appalling' enough for mainstream headlines when US foreign policy is involved. How many more 'deeply shocked' statements before the WHO connects the dots between a crisis and its Western enablers?