{"id":36429,"date":"2024-11-17T00:21:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36429"},"modified":"2024-11-17T00:33:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T21:33:16","slug":"beware-wise-ones-and-know-your-enemy-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/17\/beware-wise-ones-and-know-your-enemy-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware, Wise Ones, and Know Your Enemy (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>By Professor Ahmed Magzoub Ahmed<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Sudanese people must identify the primary and genuine stakeholder driving this war, understand their objectives, and uncover who financed it, provided political and media support, and took charge of its leadership\u2014especially as they have witnessed the soldiers thrown into its flames.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Identifying the true stakeholder reveals Sudan\u2019s real enemy, enabling the development of a military, political, media, and social strategy to confront them, thwarting their post-war plans\u2014or even crushing them and their collaborators who carried out the schemes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For the keen political observer, it\u2019s clear that the planning for this war is not new. Its forms and tools\u2014military, economic, and political\u2014have varied over the past decades.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The enemy has employed phased tactics to mislead many observers and participants by fabricating justifications for the war that are far from its real objectives. Initially, the colonizers claimed they came to &#8220;develop these nations,&#8221; branding themselves as colonialists. Later, they introduced the rhetoric of \u201csupporting the oppressed\u201d whose rights had been stripped, despite having laid the foundation for this oppression through policies like the Closed Districts Ordinance, depriving regions of essential services and later exploiting their inhabitants for their agendas. They then popularized the concept of \u201cmarginalization,\u201d fostering armed movements, recruiting supporters, and backing these plans with groups of collaborators who sold out their homeland for a pittance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some well-intentioned individuals fell for these schemes, genuinely believing in the existence of targeted oppression and marginalization. Their enthusiasm for these causes played directly into the hands of treacherous leaders adept at manipulating public sentiment for their ends. These leaders were given media platforms, funding for travel, workshops, and conferences, and access to international organizations and embassies to act out their assigned roles. They convinced others that certain tribes monopolized power or that specific ethnic groups controlled the country. To reinforce this narrative, they weaponized the media, saturating it with slogans, illusions, and promises of victory.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Many were swayed by these campaigns, tricked, and drawn into believing they had an internal enemy worth fighting. This deception extended to the armed groups themselves, who were led to believe in fabricated adversaries, making their combat seem justified and even obligatory. Through agents and collaborators, the true stakeholders turned these groups into tools and fuel for their destructive designs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Understanding the true enemy is crucial for identifying their goals, methods, and collaborators. This knowledge allows for the use of appropriate strategies and tools for the battle, addressing the root causes rather than superficial symptoms. Defining objectives is the first step to success in any confrontation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This war is not tribal; it is not a conflict between the Zaghawa and Misseriya on one side and the Sudanese people on the other, nor is it a battle between western tribes and those of the north.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The misconception of this war as tribal has spread because the stakeholders behind it sought to give it such an appearance by selecting specific executors and leaders and encouraging them to rally their tribal members as the core fighting force. Should we then succumb to the falsehood of labeling this war as tribal?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is imperative to recognize that the ultimate goal of those who ignited and supported this war is to transform it into a prolonged tribal conflict, weakening the state, breaking its will, and dividing Sudan into easily digestible fragments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Does the participation of Arab migrants from West and Central Africa indicate that the war is ethnic, aimed at reviving lost empires or restoring vanished power? If those rallying these groups were genuine in their claims, they would have begun by addressing their grievances and granting them rights in their home countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In truth, these groups have been manipulated, exploited, and trapped to serve as instruments in the hands of the true enemy\u2014those seeking to tear Sudan apart and exploit its resources.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The war is not between western tribes and northern ones, even if the stakeholders attempt to color it as such. It is true that the rebel force (formerly known as the Rapid Support Forces) originated from the Border Guards, which were geographically and tribally specific. However, this does not make the conflict a tribal one. Their participation is the result of manipulation to serve others&#8217; goals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This war began decades ago, even before Sudan\u2019s independence, when the colonizers realized that the people would no longer accept humiliation and subjugation. Their strategy evolved, adapting to each stage and donning the appropriate guise. This war is, in essence, a battle against those who aim to re-colonize Sudan, erase its identity, plunder its resources, and exploit its people. It is a war among global powers\u2014America, France, China, Russia, and Germany\u2014seeking to maintain spheres of influence. These powers may align temporarily but diverge when dividing the spoils. Each prioritizes its own interests, as evident in the current shifts across Africa, from Mali and Niger to Ghana and the political upheavals in Tunisia and Libya.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To disprove the claim of tribalism, let us ask ourselves: does the Zaghawa tribe have a specific grievance against the \u201cIslamists\u201d? If so, what is it, and since when? The enemies and their collaborators have successfully convinced some of the rebels&#8217; rank-and-file that their fight is against the \u201cIslamists.\u201d Yet, I swear that most of them do not even understand the term but merely parrot it like parrots.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The forces spearheading this new colonial and cultural subjugation project are represented by a certain funding state and its hired agents. After their plans, implemented post-April 2019, began to unravel\u2014alongside the failure of Volker\u2019s UN mission and the international political support from the Quartet and Troika to install their chosen collaborators\u2014they had no choice but to escalate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Their final step was the coup of April 15, 2023. They had prepared everything for it: political statements, international recognition, financial support, and political backing from local agents. Confident in their plan, they underestimated the resilience of Sudan\u2019s armed forces and the people&#8217;s resolve.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Despite attempts to corrupt Sudan\u2019s youth with drugs and buy off community leaders with ill-gotten wealth, their plans failed spectacularly, thanks to divine intervention. The unity of Sudan\u2019s people, young and old, shocked the world.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This plan, with all its apparent sophistication, was destined to fail. The real battle transcends geography, ethnicity, or tribal affiliations. It is a larger conspiracy, armed with every ingredient for success, yet thwarted by the will of a sovereign people under divine guidance.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Professor Ahmed Magzoub Ahmed The Sudanese people must identify the primary and genuine stakeholder driving this war, understand their objectives, and uncover who financed it, provided political and media support, and took charge of its leadership\u2014especially as they have witnessed the soldiers thrown into its flames. Identifying the true stakeholder reveals Sudan\u2019s real enemy, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36430,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36429\/revisions\/36430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}