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The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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What made the Israel-Palestine conflict profitable for influencers (initially on both sides, I’d guess mostly on the pro-Palestinian side now) before the Iran War that doesn’t apply to Sudan?

Well from a moral perspective our tax dollars are funding the weapons used in the conflict.

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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There are large groups of people have very strongly negative opinions about one side or the other in Israel-Palestine. Only a tiny fraction of people in Europe or North America could point to Sudan on the map. And even fewer could explain the differences between the factions involved. There’s no simple good-guys-vs-bad-guys rhetoric that’s easy to join.

I mean, the RSF is very clearly the bad guys in this conflict. The reason there is no coverage is that there is widespread agreement on this point, and western govts aren't directly funding the bad guys as is the case with Israel.

western governments funding Israel?

What western governments exactly? Isn't Israel capable of funding itself through its own economy?

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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What made the Israel-Palestine conflict profitable for influencers (initially on both sides, I’d guess mostly on the pro-Palestinian side now) before the Iran War that doesn’t apply to Sudan?

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This reads like a bad parody of the Soviet "west = bad" trope. Big wide brush strokes, painting ALL Europeans as somehow enabling this when it was only a few players and likely no real European peoples made decisions beyond a few powerful people. Buffoonish thinking.

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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I mean, the RSF is very clearly the bad guys in this conflict. The reason there is no coverage is that there is widespread agreement on this point, and western govts aren't directly funding the bad guys as is the case with Israel.

western governments funding Israel? What western governments exactly? Isn't Israel capable of funding itself through its own economy?

America hands out military aid to Israel. Coupons that can be redeemed for weapons with American manufacturers. It’s a subsidy to Israel and to American military primes. This comes to billions each year.

That’s one government though. I can’t think of any other western government funding Israel in a similar way.

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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This is heartbreaking. Is there a place where I can donate? Will it help in anyway?

Edit: Thank you for your responses. Ended up donating to Doctors without borders. Hope it reaches someone. I was going to say humans are really just wild animals but then i thought that would be a disrespect to wild animals.

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are large groups of people have very strongly negative opinions about one side or the other in Israel-Palestine. Only a tiny fraction of people in Europe or North America could point to Sudan on the map. And even fewer could explain the differences between the factions involved. There’s no simple good-guys-vs-bad-guys rhetoric that’s easy to join.

I mean, the RSF is very clearly the bad guys in this conflict. The reason there is no coverage is that there is widespread agreement on this point, and western govts aren't directly funding the bad guys as is the case with Israel.

I don't get it, why? RSF fights on Ukrainian side, SAF on Russian since 2024. It's the SAF that's the bad guy now. They flipped.

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are large groups of people have very strongly negative opinions about one side or the other in Israel-Palestine. Only a tiny fraction of people in Europe or North America could point to Sudan on the map. And even fewer could explain the differences between the factions involved. There’s no simple good-guys-vs-bad-guys rhetoric that’s easy to join.

I mean, the RSF is very clearly the bad guys in this conflict. The reason there is no coverage is that there is widespread agreement on this point, and western govts aren't directly funding the bad guys as is the case with Israel.

Another reason there's no coverage is nobody in Sudan has the social media expertise and budget that Iran has.

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What made the Israel-Palestine conflict profitable for influencers (initially on both sides, I’d guess mostly on the pro-Palestinian side now) before the Iran War that doesn’t apply to Sudan?

The Sudanese population and diaspora hold no great financial or political influence globally so they have no visibility hence, no audience.

The most accurate way to say it indeed

Re: The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

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What made the Israel-Palestine conflict profitable for influencers (initially on both sides, I’d guess mostly on the pro-Palestinian side now) before the Iran War that doesn’t apply to Sudan?

Our (the US) current leadership is beholden to Israel.
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