This🧵is instructive. I hope my USG colleagues read and understand the importance of this and his previous comments saying that the root of the conflict lies in the US and the EU as well. For Washington to have lost such a friend and ally as we had in Malik must be a wake up call
He also explains what is painfully obvious to anyone, except the US and EU apparently, which is why would the SAF would return to Jeddah when the last agreement that they struck there with the RSF has not been implemented? Its a reasonable question. What's different this time?
Frankly, that Lamamra is on the ground in Sudan today but the US still cant send people is part of the problem. Its creating a massive communications problem between us. And those gaps are only growing. The reaction to the Blinken call yesterday shows how wide the gap is.
From SAF's perspective, the US position is that the SAF and the RSF are the same. Equally illegitimate. Equally to blame for the war. While the SAF is more responsible for the humanitarian situation. Moreover, a return of the SAF means a return of Bashir and the Islamists. That's
how SAF reads Washington. In addition, they see us and the EU as nurturing and entertaining the FFC--holding them up as the legitimate alternatives. We only talk to civilians who cant end the conflict or open up aid routes, but we dont talk to the SAF. When we do talk to them,
like yesterday, its to tell them to lay down their arms, dont buy new ones and come to Jeddah to negotiate their surrender. No wonder a friend like Malik feels betrayed by the US. On top of all of that, its clear to the SAF that the US has done absolutely nothing to address
the UAE support to the RSF. In their eyes, Washington could impact UAE thinking and choses not to because we dont care about Sudan. Not a totally wrong view, IMO. We also havent tried to get the French to weigh in with the Chadians to shut down their supply routes to the RSF.
From the SAF perspective there is clearly a Western conspiracy against them. That's what Malik was saying here and in previous remarks. While I dont think that is true, he isnt crazy for drawing that conclusion. Blinken's call to Burhan only made the situation worse. What next?
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