{"id":52961,"date":"2025-08-17T01:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=52961"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:41:11","slug":"washington-saving-the-militia-strangling-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/washington-saving-the-militia-strangling-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington: Saving the Militia\u2026 Strangling the State"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Yasser Mahjoub Al-Hussein<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a significant political development, Sudan\u2019s Sovereignty Council Chairman, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met last Monday in Geneva with Massad Boulos, advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting, which lasted nearly three hours, came through complex regional arrangements involving countries with good ties to Sudan. Observers considered the encounter\u2014held just days after the failure of the U.S.-led Quartet committee meeting with regional partners\u2014the latest American attempt to resuscitate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia before its total collapse.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources confirmed that Burhan carried with him security files documenting regional involvement in arming and financing the militia, including the opening of neighboring countries\u2019 airports to transport supplies into Darfur and Kordofan. He reportedly stressed his categorical rejection of any future political role for the RSF\u2014a position that sharply diverges from Washington\u2019s apparent preference to keep the group within Sudan\u2019s political equation.<\/p>\n

Through Trump\u2019s advisor, Washington condemned the RSF\u2019s crimes and its declaration of a parallel government in Nyala, calling it a threat to national unity. Yet the underlying message was unmistakable: stop the war now, but ensure the RSF\u2019s survival as a political actor. This is the poisoned carrot Washington seeks to feed the Sudanese people\u2014verbal denunciation of atrocities, coupled with practical protection for the militia\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n

The pressing question is: why did Washington act only now? Why remain silent through two years of atrocities, displacement, and sieges, only to rush suddenly to the negotiating table? The answer is straightforward: Sudan\u2019s army is advancing rapidly, Al-Fashir is on the verge of liberation, and the RSF is collapsing at an accelerating pace, grasping at any straw to avoid inevitable defeat.<\/p>\n

Logistical details further reveal the nature of the moment: Turkish involvement in arrangements, a presidential aircraft from a mediating state flying Burhan to Geneva\u2014all signaling that the meeting went far beyond a simple \u201cceasefire\u201d discussion. Instead, it was part of a broader regional\u2013international political engineering effort to salvage the militia through backroom deals.<\/p>\n

Suspicion deepened due to the secrecy surrounding the meeting, even within Sudanese circles. Political figures\u2014both pro- and anti-government\u2014have since demanded full transparency and disclosure of what transpired.<\/p>\n

This scene is not new in Washington\u2019s Sudan policy. Since the 1990s, the U.S. has pursued the weakening of central Khartoum\u2014whether through economic sanctions, backing rebel movements, or driving the 2011 partition of the country. The goal was never \u201cdemocracy\u201d or \u201chuman rights,\u201d but rather ensuring that no strong, unified state in the heart of Africa could rise with the backing of a cohesive army and develop into an independent regional power.<\/p>\n

Today, Washington is recycling the same strategy with a new instrument: the RSF militia. Keeping the RSF as part of the political equation means shackling Khartoum to an imbalanced power structure that blocks any serious national project to build a strong central state.<\/p>\n

Even raising the idea of integrating the RSF into the political process now delivers a psychological blow to the war effort\u2014particularly as the army fights to break the siege of Al-Fashir. A ceasefire at this moment would not be peace, but rather an interruption of national victory and a gift of time for the killers to regroup.<\/p>\n

For Washington, the Geneva meeting may represent a last-ditch attempt to save the militia. For Sudan, it must serve as a wake-up call. Military victories should be translated into decisive political outcomes that safeguard sovereignty\u2014not squandered in international bargains that reproduce destruction. The real target is not only the army but also the popularity of its commander, whose firm stance against the terrorist militia has won public support. Undermining his credibility ultimately weakens the army\u2019s standing.<\/p>\n

The message must be crystal clear: those who accept the RSF\u2019s return to politics accept Sudan\u2019s submission to foreign tutelage. Those who refuse must see the struggle through to the end\u2014for a half-victory is nothing but a postponed defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Yasser Mahjoub Al-Hussein In a significant political development, Sudan\u2019s Sovereignty Council Chairman, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met last Monday in Geneva with Massad Boulos, advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting, which lasted nearly three hours, came through complex regional arrangements involving countries with good ties to Sudan. Observers considered the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52961","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\/52961","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=52961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52962,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52961\/revisions\/52962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}