Millions In Dire Need In Sudan As World Focuses On Gaza.

[revmclaren]

(My heading)

With so many atrocities occurring in the world, I have wondered why in our little 'created' bit of the real world that focus has been telescopicaly focused on one event and one humanitarian crisis above all others.

Why hasn't this link from al Jazeera been shared here at least once in the months since Hamas made their murderous attack on Israel and Israel responded with absolute force. There are literally thousands dying in Sudan daily and millions are going without the basic needs in life. This is HUGE news. Waaay beyond anything that is happening in Gaza, but is strangely relegated to 'not as important' by some on the internet including pontiff's and politicians.

Maybe the images of starving children, women, and men dosen't have the ummf that people killed by bombs has. I dont really know, but the suffering is as great and the number is 30+ times larger.

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The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has fractured the country and put at least 24 million people – more than half the population – in dire need of assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/20/sudan-facing-humanitarian-crisis-as-relief-funding-dwindles

Truly a humanitarian nightmare pushed onto the back burner of conciousness that needs to be pushed out in the open.

[debm55]

1. Thank you. There are a number of countries where women and children are suffering.

[revmclaren]

3. Absolutely. It is shameful that focus is

centered on a conflict just over 2 months old.

Some of the deadliest conflicts are years long.

But...Israel!

[MerryBlooms]

2. r&k Thank you. So many horrors, so little attention. 😥

[revmclaren]

4. Too many horrors, so much suffering.

[debm55]

6. It's as if Gaza and Palestine are the only places that people are dying and suffering and the media plays right into it.

Makes you wonder doesn't it? Why the very heavy emphasis on only one place that people are dying. Don't the others matter?

[revmclaren]

11. I could say, but i dont want a hide.

[Abolishinist]

21. I'll see your say, and raise it one.

I could say TWO things, but I don't want TWO hides. So there!

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. How about SA and all oil rich provinces stop buying Lambo's and start investing in their people?

[revmclaren]

9. Not really a fix, that would be a bandaid

on an axe wound. Saudi Arabia is but one country in the ME.

Other rich countries in the middle east and elsewhere could Help, but I dont see that happening soon.. The U.N. could pass another useless condemnation of the violence but that would do squat. Maybe UN peacekeepers...who am I kidding.

Realistically...what do you propose.

What would stop the waring factions from hating each other? Wanting control? Abusing power?

These people need food...medical supplies...drinkable water...

Too much focus elsewhere right now.

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. Propose a better fix, I see too many instances of really stupid people who have ridiculous wealth, based on being

a product of the Lucky Sperm Lottery.

[LeftInTX]

20. UN could probably get a Security Council Resolution passed (who's gonna veto it?)

And could get peace keeping forces in there.

[mcar]

7. Where are the protests?

[Arazi]

8. Or a hundred threads on DU?

[revmclaren]

10. That is the question.

[debm55]

12. But alot of us know the answer to the question. At the beginning, I asked about why there were no protests over Ukraine

Never did get an answer. Back to the lounge for me. I check here daily, don't post hardly at all here. Too much rabble rising to suit my taste. I can say more, but I won;t

[revmclaren]

14. I will try my best to post an ignored atrocity

daily to point out that the world is not just Israel and Gaza.

This is unintentionally or intentionally being forgotten. We as liberals cannot allow this to happen

[debm55]

15. : myself did not like the veiled message to Biden .Take care ,

Last edited Fri Dec 15, 2023, 10:39 AM - Edit history (1)

[revmclaren]

16. Been quite a few non veiled statements about Biden

recently. Happens each cycle here against the democratic candidate.

[David__77]

17. I'm glad the US is not shipping weapons there that would be used to kill children.

[JI7]

23. US gives more weapons to Arab nations than Israel and those nations fund Sudan and other places in conflict

[Duppers]

18. Where is the US media?

[Skittles]

19. I donate regularly to Doctors Without Borders

I like the work they do......it is just crazy the sheer number of humanitarian nightmares in this world

[JI7]

22. Why this is not as bad as what is happening in Gaza

the explanation that is given usually goes something like this

something something something zionist something something something jews something something something zionist something something something jews. This is the explanation given for why Gaza deserves more attention than Uighurs in China, Sudan, Syria , kurds and many other things.

[revmclaren]

24. It boggles the mind. Myanmar is in the midst of an ongoing

genocide of its people. Thousands raped, almost 1 million forced to flee. Still multiple posts on Gaza daily.

I'll be posting about Myanmar tomorrow. Must get some rest.

[limbicnuminousity]

25. In some ways

for some people taking an aggrieved stance is easier than dealing with the inhumanity along the southern border in Texas or the assault on civil rights in Florida or the level of disinterest bordering on ennui for the state of inner city public schools.

Blame is easier than responsibility. Generally speaking, knee-jerk responses are not solutions.