{"id":55055,"date":"2025-09-30T01:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=55055"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:03:33","slug":"political-dengue-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/political-dengue-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Dengue Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I See<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adel El-Baz<\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Just as epidemics weaken bodies, misleading rhetoric exhausts minds and societies, dragging them into a spiral no less dangerous than viral contagion.<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

The dengue fever currently afflicting Sudanese citizens in Khartoum is a viral infection transmitted by a specific type of mosquito, Aedes aegypti\u2014the same vector responsible for Zika and yellow fever.
\nThere is no antiviral treatment. Transmission occurs through the bite of an infected mosquito that has fed on the blood of a sick person. The only remedy: eliminate the mosquito itself.<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Yet the \u201cpolitical dengue fever\u201d infecting many Sudanese at home and abroad is far more dangerous than the viral disease, for it spreads through \u201cempty talk\u201d\u2014a threat worse than the buzzing of mosquitoes. Social media platforms and foreign-funded satellite channels have become the new insects transmitting this political epidemic, and they are much harder to eradicate.<\/p>\n

No cure has yet been found for political dengue. The only available treatment is quarantine: isolating the online and satellite \u201ccreatures\u201d that spread this empty rhetoric, the primary cause of the outbreak.<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

If the symptoms of viral dengue are:<\/p>\n

sudden high fever,<\/p>\n

severe joint and muscle pain (sometimes called \u201cbone-breaking fever\u201d),<\/p>\n

nausea or vomiting,<\/p>\n

then political dengue fever presents five unmistakable symptoms\u2014no laboratory test required:<\/p>\n

A. Blind hatred of Islamists. The patient trembles within two sentences, then rapidly progresses to convulsions, delirium, and finally a coma in which Islamists are blamed for every catastrophe on earth.<\/p>\n

B. Equating the national army with militias. Mention that a militia has rebelled against the military institution, and the patient immediately retorts: \u201cWho fired the first shot?\u201d Inevitably, Islamists are dragged into the discussion. Remind him that one of the revolution\u2019s slogans was \u201cThe Janjaweed must be dissolved\u201d\u2014not \u201cThe army must be dissolved\u201d\u2014and he falls silent, staring blankly into space, mumbling nonsense.<\/p>\n

C. Delirium over foreign support. Whenever the \u201cTriangle of Criminals\u201d (Sumood, Tasis, and the militia) is mentioned, denial sets in. They deny their links to one another, to the militia, and to their backers. The symptoms are the same: fever, eye pain, joint aches. Listeners, in turn, suffer nausea and vomiting.<\/p>\n

D. Obsession with power. Patients with political dengue will do anything to cling to power\u2014or to regain it. We have seen them polish the boots of generals, praising them as \u201cheroes\u201d and \u201cskilled leaders.\u201d Yet when those same boots kick them aside, they cry betrayal and cowardice.<\/p>\n

E. Endless barking. These patients bark at the mere mention of Islamists, the army, or whenever the people chant \u201cOne nation, one army.\u201d They bark whenever the homeland achieves a military, political, or economic victory. On the margins, professional liars\u2014the \u201cdrummers\u201d\u2014occupy the corners of cyberspace, barking at anyone approaching their militia patrons and foreign sponsors. Today, they bark everywhere: on TV, on social media, in the streets, and in the press. Soon, they will be left barking only at themselves\u2014once the militia and its backers are decisively defeated.<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Just as viral dengue recedes with proper health measures, political dengue will only end with the triumph of truth over deception\u2014and the unmasking of agents before the people\u2019s awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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