{"id":48558,"date":"2025-05-15T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T04:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=48558"},"modified":"2025-05-15T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T04:17:08","slug":"no-to-war-when-slogans-become-a-cover-for-defeat-and-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/no-to-war-when-slogans-become-a-cover-for-defeat-and-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"“No to War”: When Slogans Become a Cover for Defeat and Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rashid Shawish<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the outbreak of this war in Sudan, there hasn\u2019t been a single moment without pain. We\u2019ve constantly heard the cries of the souls, the moans of mothers, and witnessed displacement, destruction, and a complete collapse of life.<\/p>\n

But amidst this flood of suffering, a strange voice has emerged\u2026 A voice that grows louder when the militia retreats, and fades when it advances. The slogan \u201cNo to war\u201d is no longer as innocent as it appears. Often, it has become a slogan wrapped in fear\u2014and at times, veiled betrayal.<\/p>\n

Let us face the truth without evasion:
\nWe did not start this war.
\nWe did not choose its timing, its fronts, or its weapons.
\nWhat happened was a treacherous attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by regional powers, catching Sudanese people off guard on a Ramadan morning, with blood and destruction.<\/p>\n

They entered homes, looted shops, destroyed institutions, raped women, killed children, and violated both honor and land.
\nThis attack did not come out of nowhere\u2014it was the result of long-term planning to turn Sudan into a weak, dependent state, governed by proxy through a mercenary militia loyal only to money, weapons, and the foreign sponsors of its destructive agenda.<\/p>\n

So, when we speak today of \u201cstopping the war,\u201d do we truly mean peace?
\nOr do we mean ceasing resistance to this project and allowing it to grow and succeed?
\nIs there any logic that would drive a people subjected to such an internal invasion to raise the white flag?
\nIs there even one example in history where a people handed their country over to militias and then gained peace and dignity afterward?<\/p>\n

War is not our choice, but it became our destiny when they chose to humiliate us.
\nThis is a battle of existence\u2014not borders.
\nEither we win for our homeland, or we lose it forever.<\/p>\n

Today, when we hear someone say \u201cNo to war,\u201d we must ask:
\nWhat is the alternative? Should we surrender? Should we hand over Khartoum? Abandon Port Sudan?
\nShould we accept the partitioning of our nation, and remain silent in the face of drones striking our cities?<\/p>\n

Those calling for an end to the war without demanding the disarmament of the militia or holding its leaders accountable for their timeless crimes are, in fact, offering us two options:
\nEither humiliation and surrender\u2014or separation and fragmentation.
\nNeither can convince a people who have endured such a bitter experience.<\/p>\n

Even more dangerous is what has begun to unfold in recent months:
\nVoices emerging in defense of the militia\u2019s coup project, justifying its actions, and even promoting the narrative of a \u201cNew Sudan\u201d built from the territories they control\u2014as if they weren\u2019t defeated in Khartoum, as if their supply lines weren\u2019t cut, as if thousands hadn\u2019t rejected them in towns and villages, and as if blood had not been spilled in scenes resembling massacres.<\/p>\n

The battle today is not only military\u2014it is also intellectual and moral.
\nWe either stand with the clear truth: a united, free, and independent Sudan led by legitimate institutions\u2014chief among them, the national army.
\nOr we stand with false neutrality and cowardice, which serves only to empower evil and recycle crime.<\/p>\n

Anyone asking \u201cHow do we stop the war?\u201d must first ask:
\n\u201cHow do we restore the rights of mothers? How do we reclaim the stolen land? How do we block the poisoned foreign support trying to turn Sudan into a proxy state?\u201d<\/p>\n

The answer is not in surrender.
\nThe answer is in supporting our army\u2014despite its flaws\u2014because in the end, it is the only institution standing as a bulwark against Sudan\u2019s collapse into the hands of merciless forces.<\/p>\n

We do not glorify war, nor do we seek it.
\nWe have wished for it to end since the first shot was fired.
\nBut we also know\u2014from global history and experience\u2014that peace is not granted. It is seized after the spine of injustice is broken.<\/p>\n

Today, there is no room for neutrality.
\nYou either stand with Sudan, or with the project to tear it apart.
\nYou either defend it, or stay silent and wait for it to be run from Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

Let us be honest with ourselves:
\nThe Sudanese people are all against war.
\nBut they will never be against defending their homeland.<\/p>\n

The voice that must rise today is not just \u201cNo to war,\u201d but:
\n\u201cYes to defense, yes to dignity, yes to a homeland that is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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