History was made yesterday in South Sudan. Bad history by IGAD-UNSC
3 min readBy MAWAN MUORTAT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2016
August 14, 2016 (SSB) — If two South Sudanese armies could not co-exist, how could we contemplate a condition where the SPLA would tolerate a foreign army to command Juba including the national airport?
Far from bringing peace to S. Sudan, this toxic vote could reverse the current relative calm in the country and destabilise the rest of East Africa.
In the chaotic situation in the country, you could still discern good from evil. The moral epicentre still falls firmly on the side of the TGoNU. The naive Africans and hegemonic West, have failed to see it. Or, are they deliberately ignoring it?
The world order is one in which the big eats the small. The only reason little guys still exist at all is because the moronic giants would rather fight each other than share their plunders.
The UN (with the veto power at its heart) was formed to stop the big fellows from destroying the planet. At the UNSC, a traffic control system has been developed to allow the giants to commit crimes around the world without stepping on each other’s toes. That is what happened yesterday. Deals were made behind closed doors, to give the US a free hand in S. Sudan, while Russia and China might have gotten concessions elsewhere.
At worse, the motive is nothing short of the deadly craving for S. Sudan’s famous resources (as Juba and most S. Sudanese read it). At best, it is a blind drive to stand by the beleaguered civilians built on a muddled understanding of the country.
Juba should think hard. And I say, think and not FEEL. Heroic rhetoric has not saved the Arabs – our brethren in all that is valorous and bloodcurdling. Remember Sadam and Gadhafi.
Under no circumstances should the government consider sacrificing the SPLA in a fight against the world. A fight we cannot win.
Sudan needs to extract every little advantage it could find in the limited deal under offer. Can we improve our internal affairs? can we show (despite inadequate resources) that we can look after our own people? Can we work on our diplomacy?
This is how we can, quickly, see off UNMISS and the rest of the misguided self-important do-gooders.
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