Protect Us or Let Us Die!

Manazeer Friday, October 23, 2026, Zuhair Al-Sarraj, manazzeer@yahoo.com. There is no longer any solution but to call upon the American government and the governments of the free world for direct military intervention in Sudan to save the Sudanese people. Time has run out, and it is no longer religiously, morally, legally, or humanely acceptable for this destructive war to continue—a war that has killed and displaced millions, while the world settles for condemnation statements, humanitarian appeals, and meetings that do nothing but cause more loss of life and destroy what remains of the Sudanese state! More than twenty years ago, following the international community's failure to prevent the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia in 1995, the United Nations adopted in 2005 the (Responsibility to Protect) principle. This places the duty to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing on the state; if the state fails to do so, or is a party to the conflict, the international community must step in and assume the protection mission. However, experience has proven that declaring principles is easier than implementing them. Sudan today is a stark example of this failure; the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has killed thousands, turned the lives of millions into a living hell, forced them into displacement and refuge, and deprived them of safety, food, medical care, and education. Despite all this, the international community has failed to stop the war or ensure the protection of civilians, and the 'Responsibility to Protect' has become a hollow slogan, worthless when it conflicts with political interests. One of the greatest causes of this impotence lies in the UN Security Council, which has the power to make binding decisions on issues of international peace and security but becomes completely paralyzed when a permanent member uses its veto power. Thus, the killing continues and the disaster widens, as if the veto were more important than human lives. Therefore, I see no solution but to call on the United States to lead a military effort to stop the war in Sudan, even if it is impossible to obtain a Security Council mandate, and even if it means placing Sudan under temporary military protection to secure civilians and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid. This should include a plan, in participation with civilian forces, to transfer responsibility to the Sudanese, provided that the action is part of a broad international effort, not a pretext for imposing the influence of one country over others or forcibly reshaping Sudan's future. The 1999 Kosovo experience revealed that some states resorting to force is possible without prior Security Council authorization, although the legitimacy of such intervention may be a subject of legal and political dispute. Yet, this dispute does not exempt major powers from seriously seeking an effective means to end the Sudanese tragedy, nor does it justify continuing failed efforts that have proven their inability to end the war. If military intervention is impossible under current circumstances, the United States and the free world must propose a practical, effective alternative capable of stopping the fighting—not settling for feeble sanctions that affect no one, issuing statements that no one listens to, and calling for negotiations that no one attends! The war must stop, the flow of arms and funding must be cut off, the international community must impose strict measures on those who obstruct peace, provide urgent protection for civilians, and ensure the arrival of relief and humanitarian aid to all affected areas. The Sudanese people no longer need statements and promises; they need a clear, firm international stance that puts an end to their pain and suffering. If the principle of the 'Responsibility to Protect' is worth nothing, then force and weapons must be used, as happened in Kosovo and the Balkans before! The post Protect Us or Let Us Die! appeared first on Sudanile.