HAS SUDAN GONE DOWN THE TOILET? ..... DOES ANYBODY CARE?

By Bob Walsh

 

Smoke rises during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan on Aprl 19, 2023. 

 

The United States has withdrawn from (abandoned) it's embassy in Sudan.  That being said several other countries have also done so, including Saudi Arabia, who started the ball rolling.

Some 12 years or so back the U. S. supported the idea of breaking off South Sudan from Sudan in some hopes to bringing stability to the area.  It didn't work.  Both Sudan and South Sudan are involved in serious internal violence which is for all intents and purposes civil war.

A combination of long-term drought, poverty and two high level officials of the former government fighting over who will be the big dog is tearing Sudan apart.  The violence and stupidity are rampant.

So far it appears that the U. S. is being smart enough to stay the hell out and let the locals sort out their own problems.  With luck it will stay that way.  Damn shame for the locals, but we've got enough problems of our own that we don't need to buy into theirs too.