Rapid Death

By Rashid Abdel Rahim

In social psychology, extensive studies discuss the impact of a name on its bearer.
David Tiso, an American psychologist at the University of Arizona, states: “A name forms a fundamental pillar in shaping a person’s self-perception.”

This applies perfectly to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which was initially created to provide “support” for specific missions and to do so “rapidly.”

It fulfilled this role in border patrol operations. However, over time, it became a mercenary force, carrying out tasks in exchange for money and power.

The RSF was hired for rapid support missions in Yemen for financial compensation. It was later contracted to prevent migrants from entering Europe, receiving payments from the European Union.

In its war against its own country, the RSF first served as a mercenary force for Arab tribes, then became a private army for the Dagalo family, offering its “rapid services” to foreign powers seeking influence in Sudan. It was funded by wealthy nations and recruited mercenaries from neighboring countries.

The allure of profitable gun-for-hire operations led the RSF to turn against its homeland, blindly chasing wealth and power. However, it failed to recognize the Sudanese Army’s strategic trap—the “Umm Zayrdu” ambush—and expanded recklessly, without foresight.

Drunk on the profits of war, the RSF adopted slogans based on its very nature: “Readiness, Speed, and Decisiveness.”

It mimicked the Sudanese Armed Forces, trying to appear strong and organized, but it soon began to collapse. The wealth it amassed through looting and extortion brought it neither stability nor legitimate power.

Lacking a coherent ideology or political foundation, RSF fighters claimed they were fighting for democracy—even as they occupied homes, believing that luxurious residences belonged to “corrupt Islamists” and were therefore rightfully theirs, to be seized by force.

Their greed and hunger for power led them to manufacture false slogans, claiming to fight against “the 1956 state”, without realizing that many of their own forefathers helped establish that very state—as rulers, ministers, and tribal leaders, such as the Madibo family and Khalifa Abdullah.

An organization with such a shallow vision and bankrupt ideology could only produce a culture of violence, looting, and destruction. The language of its fighters and leaders consists of war cries and slang used in robbery and pillaging, such as “Ablada,” “Gari Dangas,” “Feltagai,” and “Ambaga”—terms used to mock, humiliate, and dehumanize their victims while plundering their property and abducting their women.

One day, this war will end. But for the RSF’s fighters, supporters, and mercenaries—and for those who benefited from their “paid services”—nothing will remain but bitterness, regret, and despair.

And by then, it will be too late for remorse.

Source: Al-Muhaqiq News