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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 03:18 PM Mar 21

America making Sudan's humanitarian crisis worse

By Nicholas Kristof / The New York Times

AWEIL, South Sudan — The world’s worst humanitarian crisis today is probably the web of famine, civil war, mass rape and other atrocities in Sudan, a nightmare that the United States has formally described as genocide.

Many tens of thousands have been killed, 11 million Sudanese have been displaced, the most lethal famine in decades may be underway, and UNICEF warns that children as young as 1 year old are being raped.

Yet the Trump administration is now cutting back on humanitarian assistance, aggravating the starvation. And neither the Trump administration — nor the Biden administration before it — has been willing to call out the United Arab Emirates for having armed a brutal militia called the Rapid Support Forces that — according to survivors of its rampages — are committing massacres and rapes.

Do President Trump and his aides care about suffering in a distant land? I don’t know, but I think when we hear individual stories it may be more difficult for us to turn away.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/kristof-america-making-sudans-humanitarian-crisis-worse/

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America making Sudan's humanitarian crisis worse (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 21 OP
Putin/Trump want more war refugees to flood Europe and the US. Irish_Dem Mar 21 #1
Isn't Sudan where Trump wants to send Palestinians? Along with Somalia and Somaliland - also "beautiful". AloeVera Mar 21 #2

Irish_Dem

(67,145 posts)
1. Putin/Trump want more war refugees to flood Europe and the US.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 03:23 PM
Mar 21

The more immigrants and refugees, the more Putin puppets get installed into democratic countries' high office.

Putin and Xi have deliberately started world conflicts for this purpose.
Trump is also now onboard.

AloeVera

(2,414 posts)
2. Isn't Sudan where Trump wants to send Palestinians? Along with Somalia and Somaliland - also "beautiful".
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 04:26 PM
Mar 21

Just lovely.

But this is interesting:

And neither the Trump administration — nor the Biden administration before it — has been willing to call out the United Arab Emirates for having armed a brutal militia called the Rapid Support Forces that — according to survivors of its rampages — are committing massacres and rapes.


So umm... maybe the US should stop funding genocidal regimes and turning a blind eye to allies who fund terrorist paramilitary forces. It never ends well.
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