But Sudan’s is also the tragedy of a country where a reckoning has been long overdue. Last week’s events started 20 years ago, in the marginalised western region of Darfur. A rebellion against the government was brutally suppressed by a group of fighters and raiders called the Janjaweed. Bashir, a military man who came to power through an Islamist-backed military coup in 1989, was unwilling to send his precious army into the fray, and instead stoked tribal and ethnic differences and supported the Janjaweed to act as his proxy. Hundreds of thousands died, women were systematically raped and millions were displaced.
Plus large scale and well documented slave raiding. But to admit that about the country of her birth would spoil the gig of insisting that we Brits are uniquely responsible for slavery.
So, it goes unmentioned.
“The international community applied clumsy sanctions that did little but weaken the Sudanese people’s capacity to resist their despotic government”
If that’s the worst she can say about Whitey, she’ll be called in for re-education.
moslems and violence. Who’d a thunk it?
Still I suppose it’s a legacy of colonial rule. By Egypt……Or Turkey. Oh, sorry, of course it’s nothing to do with them, it’s the Brits.
If you read a bit about Sudan before British rule, you’ll find it was much worse.
So now the evil empire has gone, the locals are just reverting to the local way of doing things.
There will soon be another million Sudanese people here, all after Nesrine’s job.
You tell the truth all too plainly, philip.
The Sudanese government agreed a deal with the Russians to let them build a naval base on the Red Sea.
The US are pissed off about it.
Cue civil war.
The pattern is dreadfully familiar.It’s almost as if there’s a causal connection between not doing waht the US orders you to, and being deposed and/or devastated by civil war. It’s quite remarkable.
TtC @ 10.12. Thank you.
The pattern is dreadfully familiar.It’s almost as if there’s a causal connection between not doing waht the US orders you to, and being deposed and/or devastated by civil war.
And this would be why, of course, the majority of the participants in these conflicts are armed to the teeth with ex-Soviet weaponry.
It’s almost as if there’s a causal connection between not doing waht the US orders you to, and being deposed and/or devastated by civil war.
It’s terrible of the US to hire the Wagner Group to join with the “Rapid Support Forces” (aka Janjaweed militias) in violently overthrowing the Sudanese “government”. Oh no wait, that’s the Russians.
I’m under no delusions about the US acting on its national interests around the world (it’s the everlasting “great game” folks), but this bizarre leftie-like tendency to judge them in isolation is pathetic. Is it daddy issues or something?
Paul Johnson often stated that the best thing to ever happen to Africa was colonialism.
He was not wrong.
I’m under no delusions about the US acting on its national interests around the world (it’s the everlasting “great game” folks), but this bizarre leftie-like tendency to judge them in isolation is pathetic.
Yes. It is interesting that where the US has pursued its interests in isolation it’s resulted in the the democratic states of Western Europe, Japan & numerous other quite pleasant countries.
Yep bis. Without the help of the US, the Japs would have conquered Oz. I’m very glad they didn’t.
Of course we’ve made a fine old mess of our affairs since. But that’s our fault.
Careful boys, praise us septics too much and you’ll have your Brotherhood of the Wog membership card revoked and secret decoder ring confiscated.
And this would be why, of course, the majority of the participants in these conflicts are armed to the teeth with ex-Soviet weaponry.
Certainly true up until now but over the next decade or three who can seriously doubt that the $80bn’s worth gifted to the Taliban by Biden46 will show up in a large number of worldwide locations.
Whether deliberate or inadvertent the arming of thoroughly unpleasant factions by both superpowers (and please let’s not go into whether or not Russia still is one) in order to contest proxy wars has become the norm. Meanwhile China trades and lends its way towards its objectives.
From what one can gather, the inventory left in Afghanistan probably won’t do the Taliban much good. Unlike what the Russians have scattering around the world – which is pretty basic tech kit – much of the abandoned US stuff needs a certain sophisticated care & attention. An IR seeking missile, for instance needs a cooler pack in the launcher to precool the seeker sensors prior to launch. The shelf lives of these is fairly short. Without them, the missile’s useless. Likewise, helicopters need maintenance, spares & consumables or they don’t fly. Same’s going to apply to most of the kit. If you’ve ever seen under the hood of a HUMVEE, it’s not exactly your Toyota pick-up. Even the civilian versions are a maintenance nightmare. Nor would you buy spares in Halfords.
@ Philip:
There will soon be another million Sudanese people here, all after Nesrine’s job.
The media is already softening us up to take them in.
Meanwhile China trades and lends its way towards its objectives.
The Uyghurs couldn’t be reached for comment.
Trying to remember who it was that said the only way to deal with Africa and its problems is to build an enormous wall all around it. Wait 100 years. Then go back and negotiate with the four people left alive. Even Google can’t help me; but it may be they’ve decided it’s a bit waaacist.
Formertory,
That was Kim DuToit
Search “Let Africa Sink”