Republic of Fear: We are silent ‘know’ majority but noisy trumpets of war
3 min readBy Deng Lueth Yuang, Canada
March 25, 2015 (SSB) — Do u know that if and only if we, Diasporians stop ethno-politics, join hands together with the UN and work out ‘radical’ peace modalities to convince or force if needs dictate, the warring parties, we can bring the badly needed peace in South Susan?
Yes, we can;
— we are more aware of what’s going on and how to end it
— we are blood sons and daughters of current leaders leading the nation, soldiers dying in front lines and civilians being raped, maimed, killed through revenge killings and collateral damages
— we have strong financial and international voice to effect change now
— we are very concerned and worried citizens of South Sudan since we are the ‘first’ to hear the deaths of our loved ones (the first to see the deaths are relatives living with the late) and mandated by culture to shoulder familial responsibility thereafter which comes with this war
—funeral expenses, food & accommodation, schooling for young kids, providing a safe haven for bereaved family, etc
— none of us will sell our beloved nation to a foreigner. For we are former Lost Boys and girls of Sudan; we are young scholars studying in the West; we are former refugees resettled to the West for better life not ‘by choice but circumstances’; we are sons and daughters of former Sudan’s diplomats who escaped jaws of deaths at the hands of National Islamic Front of Arab regime in Khartoum.
We are very many … so and so and so forth.
So let’s wake up and do the ‘unthinkable’.
The International community has been patiently waiting for our voice to inject new calculus into the peace process.
But albeit, ours has been destructiveness and diversionary.
If today IGAD, Troika, UN, AU and other friends of South Sudan want to enforce peace upon peoples of South Sudan, our voice won’t count for we are silent ‘know’ but noisy war trumpets.
This is the best time for us to challenge the authorities so that they make a U-turn.
Salva Kiir and his Dinka tribespeople won’t bring peace now;
Riek Machar with his Nuer tribespeople won’t bring it soon;
Pagan Amum and his former SPLA generals won’t bring it today;
Alfred Lado Gore with his Equatorian community won’t either bring it soon,
And so do other regional voices out there.
The best thing and only opportunity of hope is The Diasporas. Accepting this reality that we have a fundamental stake in South Sudan’s quest for everlasting peace and national development is paramount to this petty linear politics happening day and night.
We have become empty vessels that make noise when wind passes.
Let’s divert this wind direction by erecting its barriers now and make constructive use of those empty cans.
The onus is on us! Regardless of where one is, we are sons and daughters of this soil.
I have already petitioned the White house on my sole self!
Do the same and the world will hear us ALL.
Sincerely,
Deng Lueth Yuang is a South Sudanese patriot by blood and thinking!
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