The Trump Connection To the Current Sudanese Crisis

The first I knew about the 2023 Sudanese crisis was Biden announcing that all American citizens in that country are abandoned & on their own. Yeah… there are certain lines that governments cannot cross, and throwing their own people to the wolves is one of them. (Turns out, that early impression is probably not true.)

This timeline has been making the rounds, for example at h ttps://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/04/24/in-case-you-were-wondering-why-a-civil-war-suddenly-erupted-in-sudan/

Let’s go through it and see what rabbit trails we find!

AUG 24, 2022 – US Ambassador appointed to Sudan (following a 25 year lapse)

John Godfrey, a career State Department diplomat who never attended the Ivy league. But discerning his loyalties wasn’t hard.

h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Godfrey_(diplomat)

Godfrey began his career as an assistant to the assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs… After serving as an arms control counselor at the United Nations Office at Vienna, he was chief of staff for Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns.

Burns is now CIA Director for Biden.

Sept 28, 2022 – US Ambassador warn Sudan against finalizing Russian naval base deal

[From Middle East Eye, I think. My antivirus triggered at some of my foreign-media links.]

Published date: 28 September 2022

John Godfrey, who earlier this month became the first US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years, has warned Khartoum not to allow Russia to establish a naval base on its Red Sea coast, saying it would harm the country’s interests.

Godfrey made the remarks during an interview with the Sudanese newspaper Al-Tayar, in which he said his mission was to thaw ties between Khartoum and Washington and that he wished to see a civilian government running the country.

And what better way to start thawing ties, than issuing ultimatums and threats of regime change?

However, he also spoke of Russian influence in Sudan, warning against the rekindling of a 2017 agreement to establish a Russian navy base in Port Sudan, a major seaport city and the arrival point of 90 percent of the country’s imports.

Godfrey told Al-Tayar on Tuesday that “it is essential to say that international isolation around Russia and President [Vladimir] Putin is currently increasing due to the… invasion of Ukraine”.

He added that “if the government of Sudan decides to proceed with the establishment of this facility, or to renegotiate it, it will be harmful to Sudan’s interest“.

Sudan signed an agreement allowing Moscow to build the base, capable of hosting nuclear-powered ships, during the government of former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who was ousted from power in 2019.

Russia would lease the site for 25 years and could extend the deal for another 10 years, giving it access to the Red Sea’s warm waters and the international trade chokepoint of Bab el-Mandeb.

Nov. 11, 2022 – Blinken urges Sudan to consider “US support for the rapid formation of a civilian-led transitional government.

Dec 5, 2022 – UN brokers Framework Agreement between Sudan’s military leaders and leading pro-democracy parties.

Dec. 7, 2022 – Blinken threatens travel ban for Sudanese who endanger Framework Agreement deal

h ttps://editorials.voa.gov/a/new-political-framework-in-sudan-an-essential-first-step/6879283.html

In October 2021, Sudan’s military, led by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, overthrew a civilian-led transitional government, derailing Sudan’s nascent transition to democracy after decades of dictatorship. Massive protests followed and were met with violence, and economic conditions in the country worsened. In July, General Burhan announced that the military was willing to hand power back to civilians.

A broad range of Sudanese stakeholders signed the December 5 framework agreement. Political Counselor Kelley commended their efforts and their plans for an additional phase of continued dialogue on key issues. He urged all Sudanese actors “to engage in dialogue in good faith and to establish a civilian-led transitional government as soon as possible.”

On December 7, the United States announced an expansion of the current visa restriction policy to cover any current or former Sudanese officials or other individuals who attempt to undermine or delay democratic progress in Sudan, including through suppressing human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who welcomed the initial political framework agreement, said in a statement that the U.S. action “expands the Department’s tools to support Sudan’s democratic transition and reflects our continued resolve to support the people of Sudan in their manifest desire for a responsive and responsible civilian-led government.

Sounds like GAE’s 2019 color revolution got overthrown by military commanders wanting to preserve women in dresses. Let’s review Sudanese history…

h ttps://hir.harvard.edu/the-womens-revolution-female-activism-in-sudan/

The protests in recent years were not the only time that al-Bashir saw political unrest since the beginning of his rule in 1989… After al-Bashir assumed power, he instituted Sharia law in Sudan. This decision ultimately created a source of tension between Sudan’s northern Muslim population and its southern Christian population. When non-Arabs started to rise up against al-Bashir’s dictatorial rule in 2003, he launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing.

I vaguely recall that, and wondering that Sharia law calls for Christian enslavement not extermination (as a first resort). Either way, a religious conflict is not ethnic cleansing.

In response to these longstanding tensions, South Sudan seceded in July 2011, taking ownership of the majority of Sudan’s oil fields. As a result of rising commodity prices, more protests broke out in January 2018. When these protests evolved into resistance against al-Bashir himself, the government cracked down on the opposition, marking the beginning of Sudan’s Third Revolution.

Seceding does sound like a Christian response to tyranny, but starving the civilian population does not.

The army finally arrested and overthrew al-Bashir in a coup on April 11, 2019. Afterward, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) took control of the government and was met with further resistance from protesters who wanted to establish democracy in the country. Just as al-Bashir had responded violently to protests, so did the TMC, which sent troops to attack the opposition. It was not until July 5 that the TMC announced that civilians and the military would share power over the next few years. They signed this power sharing agreement in August 2019 and formed the sovereign council, a new ruling body. This political transition, made possible by many women protesters, has been referred to as the “Women’s Revolution.”

It certainly ain’t the Christians’ Revolution. All this talk of “civilian rule” would be obvious code for GAE carpetbaggers even if the Harvard chick writing this article wasn’t bragging about it being a feminist achievement.

Women, in particular, had to endure years of injustice under al-Bashir’s rule. In 1996, al-Bashir passed the Public Order laws that prohibited women from violating certain dress codes and standards of behavior. For example, women could be whipped for choosing to wear pants or not covering their hair, and they were not allowed to spend time with any non-relative man. Additionally, Sudan has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the world, and Sudanese law allows fathers to force their daughters to marry as young as age 10.

My, my, how nothing changes. Sudan will be ending FGM just in time to begin sex reassignments. The butchers won’t be out of work for a single day.

The end of al-Bashir’s rule is a significant step in combating these widespread rights abuses. Notably, this victory would not have been possible without opposition activists, especially women, who constituted 70 percent of the protesters.

Taking her statistic at face value, the South Sudanese were not Christians at all.

Sudan is not going quietly into that dark night, and cozying up to Russia is… as with many small nations not in the Western Hemisphere… a chance to escape GAE’s “democratic friendship”.

In other words, the Empire continues to crumble.

Feb 12, 2023 – Sudan confirms deal for Russian naval base, key players Lavrov and Burham.

Feb 16, 2023 – Biden Admin sends $288M in humanitarian aid to Sudan

WHOA… my searching turned up Sudan committing to normalized relationships with… Israel… about a week before Sudan finalized hosting a Russian military base?

In the waning days of Trump’s Presidency, October 2020, Trump convinced Sudan to normalize relationships with Israel in return for financial concessions, in particular, removal of Sudan from GAE’s terrorist watch list.

Such a lame-duck strongarm move didn’t do anybody any favors:

Opinion: First Saudi Arabia, Now Sudan: Why Israel’s Normalization Strategy Is Imploding

h ttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-11-05/ty-article-opinion/saudi-arabia-to-sudan-why-israels-normalization-strategy-is-imploding/0000017f-e38e-d804-ad7f-f3fe27ad0000

By Yonatan Touval, 5 November 2021

One year and two days after the celebratory announcement that Sudan and Israel had agreed to normalize relations, Jerusalem finds itself facing a strategic dilemma in the wake of the Sudanese military’s power grab in Khartoum.

Suspicion that Israeli officials were in the know about the plot, if not outright complicit in it, surfaced almost immediately following a report reports that a Sudanese security delegation had secretly visited Israel just weeks earlier. And this suspicion seemed all but validated in light of the revelation that an Israeli delegation, which included defense and Mossad representatives, traveled to Khartoum in the aftermath of the coup for talks on unspecified topics.

While it is not known who headed the Israeli side on both these occasions, it appears that on the Sudanese side it was Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the notorious commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and a key ally of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the man responsible for the putsch.

But not al-Burhan himself? He was the top leader and the guy who signed with Russia.

The 2023 situation could be that Dagalo is a Zionist and Burhan is a nationalist. Why the change? Because for the Sudanese nationalist, escaping GAE’s influence is now a possibility. The Russian naval base is, officially, only four berths, so it doesn’t sound like much of a deterrent. But I can see how a permanent Russian presence can open secure diplomatic and financial communications. As I just said, GAE had economically sanctioned Sudan to the brink of bread riots and regime change.

There is also an interesting possibility of piracy against all those LNG supercarriers that I’ve read are being built in a hurry… now that the Russian pipelines are gone.

Unfortunately, even if there are no grounds to believe that Israeli military and intelligence officials were complicit in the military takeover (a possibility about which even some Israeli journalists have openly speculated), Israel is far from an innocent bystander.

Israel is a stakeholder with vested interests, formally bound up in Sudan’s political transition in light of the Trump administration’s ill-witted decision last year to force Khartoum to agree to normalize relations with Jerusalem in exchange for a package of vital financial incentives, including Sudan’s long-awaited removal from U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

It was a role in a quid pro quo that Israel should have refused to play, and precisely because of its genuinely strategic interests in forging a long-term relationship with a stable and functioning Sudan. Indeed, as some analysts, including myself, had warned ahead of the announcement of the deal, the heavy-handed manner in which Washington pressured Khartoum to normalize relations with Jerusalem was bound to backfire.

At a time that Sudan was governed by a fragile cohabitation arrangement between military and civilian stakeholders and undergoing a fragile process of democratization, we argued, a decision as publicly contentious as recognizing Israel risked strengthening the very elements who posed the greatest impediment to a smooth transition to civilian rule – primarily, the military, which assumed the lead in establishing contacts with Israel, and the Islamists, who opposed any such contacts.

In the event, Israeli prime minister at the time, Benjamin Netanyahu, put aside Israel’s long-term interests in favor of a short-term public relations victory in the form of yet another normalization deal with a Muslim country. In so doing, he joined President Trump’s desire to score a quick victory for expedient political gains – just two weeks before the U.S. presidential elections.

I say it again, Trump was a Zionist and a close ally of Netanyahu. He was an agent for Israel, never America.

This transition of Sudan to “civilian leadership” is ((Them)) attempting to disarm Sudan in preparation for colonization or retaliation. One condition of the normalization is that Israel would have to wait until the Sudanese government finishes transitioning to civilian control, before making a formal agreement.

That ain’t gonna happen now. Which is quite a motive… destabilizing the government in order to stabilize it? This IS Africa, just sayin’.

And speaking of the Tribe…

Mar 9, 2023 – Victoria Nuland visits Sudan to “discuss democracy”

Unable to verify. Although I did find supporting social media claims. It’s worth nothing that March 8 is International Womens’ Day.

Per a State Dept. release, Nuland was scheduled for Japan & Philippines around that date.

April 8, 2023 – Conflict escalates between Sudanese Armed Forces (under General Burhan) and paramilitary group RSF (under Dagalo).

April 22, 2023 – US evacuates Sudan.

Leaving behind a reported 16,000 Americans. Mainstream media reports they’re mostly dual-citizens. That would explain why the Biden Regime refused to evacuate them, and for once I agree with their decision. You aren’t American if you’re Sudanese-American living in Sudan.

But… why would such dual-citizens be able to afford PMC extraction? And need it?

Americans trying to flee Sudan are hiring private security companies to get out of the civil war zone after the US said no military evacuation is coming

h ttps://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-trying-flee-sudan-hiring-034723350.html

By Hannah Getahun,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, 23  April 2023

Early Sunday morning in Sudan, American military forces, under the order of President Joe Biden, evacuated 70 staffers and their families from the US Embassy in Sudan as the country descended into violence over a power struggle between the country’s de facto leader and the head of a rival paramilitary group.

Biden issued a statement calling for the violence in Sudan to end in an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire.” However, the US said on Friday it would not be evacuating the estimated 16,000 private US citizens that remain in the country.

“We have advised Americans to not travel to Sudan since August 2021, and the US embassy in Khartoum’s security alert on April 16th stated that due to the uncertain security situations in Khartoum and closure of the airport, Americans should have no expectation of a US government-coordinated evacuation at this time,” Vedant Patel, the Principal Deputy spokesperson with the US State Department said in a press briefing on Friday. “It is imperative that US citizens in Sudan make their own arrangements to stay safe in these difficult circumstances.”

As a result, some citizens have taken it upon themselves to hire private security, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

I guessed that Sudan is too poor a nation for its citizens to drop money on top-quality mercs, but various accounts state that Sudan is a financial hub of the Islamic world. So, I might be wrong in suspecting ((moneyed cousins)).

Dale Buckner, the CEO of Global Guardian, a private-security firm, told the WSJ that the company’s staff has escorted dozens of expatriates to neighboring countries — sometimes dodging gunfire, artillery, and mortar fire.

“Our rescue teams have to navigate dozens of checkpoints in an active war zone,” Buckner told the WSJ. “We have hundreds of other clients waiting. But it’s increasingly getting dangerous.”

The Global Guardian team is made up of former military special operations and federal law enforcement personnel who provide international services, including asset protection, personal security, and evacuations from Sudan to Egypt and Eritrea over the past week. The company previously helped evacuate Ukrainian citizens at the onset of Russia’s invasion of the country.

They were all over the evacuation of Ukrainians who could afford their prices, yet the mainstream media billed them as humanitarian aid workers. They were even active before Russia started its limited campaign, suggesting they have excellent intel.

Their insurance rates run $16k-$30k per year, according to one old source I found.

Anyway, this story is pretty much as the timeline billed it: Sudan was on track for coerced submission to Israel via US Golem intervention, when the military devolved into infighting after one faction saw its last, best chance to escape GAE for BRICS.

I swear I don’t look for J00ish perfidy. It’s just Every. Single. Time.