It Has Begun

A friend of mine just arrived from Sudan recently. He brought along good news which I later confirmed after 3 phone calls to different people I know back home. Moreover reading the Arabic comments here provided further confirmation.

Public anger is reaching critical levels and the ruling dictatorial NCP is going through a period of extreme paranoia. This is the reason they were so brutal against the protesters. There’s a very noticeable change in the overall mood of Sudanese people. It has begun. It seems like we’ve finally had enough. The NCP is on guard all the time. They’re facing intense external and internal pressure. Everyone is going through a “pressure cooker” period and that’s good. The majority of the Sudanese people silently support UN troops even though some of them suspect sinister American intensions. The reason is simple. They now hate the NCP much more than they hate America. Others remain undecided and want to avoid another Iraq. I could qualify as one of those since I would like to see a truly humanitarian solution to the problem in Darfur by supporting AMIS instead of UN troops. That could probably never happen though.

In light of those latest developments, I would like to face the reality and I would also like to convince myself of a critical point. Darfur is not a disease. It is merely the symptom amongst many symptoms of a much bigger disease, mainly the ruling NCP and tribalism (which the NCP continues to promote and encourage by the way).

Even if Darfur is solved in a humanitarian way, it would only be curing the symptom. The disease would still be alive and as a consequence so will corruption and oppression. Who knows? Maybe in a few years time we’ll even witness another Darfur unfolding. Hence the long term solution is simply getting rid of the ruling NCP. The only way to truly advance forward is through revolution and simply put, revolution means blood and sacrifice. There is no peacefull revolution. All revolutions are bloody. We need to accept that fact and decide if we really want one or not.

Freedom and justice will never be handed to us. No it won’t and especially by the NCP it won’t. Handing that will mean the collapse of the NCP and they’ll never allow that to happen to them. They’re at the point of no return. A long list of people are now wanted for war crimes. It’s those people who have too much to lose and will never risk rotting in jail. The more important point to take notice of is that the majority of the Sudanese people on the contrary have totally and absolutely nothing to lose.

Mark my word people, we’re moving into a new phase in Sudanese history. I might be reluctant to agree to a bloody revolution since I’m afraid I do have somethings to lose. Others increasingly don’t. Ladies and gentlemen, it has just begun!

12 Responses to “It Has Begun”

1. K from Oslo on August 31st, 2006 3:04 pm

   It usually is something like the prices of nececities going up that will spark a revolution. Revolutions don’t have to be bloddy, though a peacefull one might be too much to hope for in this case. If blood is shed, I hope it’s not in vain and that all sudaneese will have a better future. God knows you have suffered enough.

2. Twosret on August 31st, 2006 5:09 pm

   Drima,

   I’m tickled that you linked to me thanks, I will link to you on this site that is mine also.

   http://www.theolivetrees.net/ you will find it on my blog under Crisis in the holy land.

   Thanks

3. Tsedek on August 31st, 2006 5:48 pm

   That’s good, Drima. Of course one can never say something’s good from far away by just “deciding” in one’s mind what’s good for them without being actually the people on the ground who have to undergo this ordeal. But change is necessary I think in Darfur. This situation has been going on too much for too long.

   Tse.

4. Twosret on August 31st, 2006 8:01 pm

   Drima,

   I feel sometimes hopless about the peace situation and I once wrote to our former first lady Jihan Sadat and she replied with the following and I quote

   “Of course, it is human nature to feel despair, but we must also
   remember that after depsair comes hope. Rumi wrote, “Hardship may dishearten
   at first, but every hardship passes away./All despair is followed by
   hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.” We must always have hope —
   and faith. ”

   I hope you find in this some hope for your country. I’m reading your blog to get more insight on Sudan as I have been very busy with the Gaza and Lebanon situation.

5. Twosret on September 1st, 2006 6:54 pm

   Mabrouk Mabrouk, very nice indeed!

6. The Sudanese Thinker » This is NOT Good!! on September 2nd, 2006 6:36 am

   […] People, brace yourselves for war. It has begun! […]

7. Smarty on September 5th, 2006 2:44 pm

   Wonderful acheivements, they are busily creating an Islamic dictatorship, complete with killing Christians for daring to resist Dhimmitude.

8. The Sudanese Thinker » Clarification & Apologies on September 7th, 2006 1:03 pm

   […] My real thoughts and stance are mentioned in previous posts like this one. […]

9. The Sudanese Thinker » Iraq Has Arrived on September 7th, 2006 2:37 pm

   […] Could it be possible that al-Qaeda has already infiltrated into Khartoum? I don’t know. All I know is that Iraq has arrived here and we now have our own version of jihady nuts. People I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It has begun. […]

10. Black River Eagle on September 7th, 2006 2:51 pm

    This is a(nother) very good post Drima. It is understandable that the people all across the Sudan are fed-up with the current regime in Khartoum but if I remember correctly the vast majority of people are also fed-up with decades of civil war and all of its terrible consequences. Therefore, armed uprisings should not be the path of resistance for the masses in your country.

    There are examples in recent times of “bloodless” political revolutions i.e. Georgia and the Ukraine. Granted these eastern European societies have many differences to some of the problems faced by people in the Sudan, but these countries also had some striking similarities to Sudan. Widespread poverty, decades of suffering under a long line of corrupt and repressive regimes propped-up by powerful neighbors (Russia, Belarus), devastating wars (WWI, WWII, the Cold War). Somehow, the people of the Ukraine and Gerogia were able to pull it off, overthrowing their repressive governments and starting anew with minimum bloodshed. Their transition to democracy is still a rocky road for them but they continue to stand on their own feet to this day with a little help from their friends.

    I read something once a few years ago written by an engineer-turned-teacher who was living and working in Khartoum. He wrote that the people of Sudan were some of the most friendly and welcoming people on Earth, willing to share whatever meager belongings they owned (food, water, shelter) with a stranger. A people with a long history of traditions like this man had described are a people who can find their way to one another again in a spirit of brotherhood and cooperation. Guaranteed.

    O.K., I’m outa here for today. Thanks for tolerating my long comments…:-)

11. Drima on September 7th, 2006 7:24 pm

    “I read something once a few years ago written by an engineer-turned-teacher who was living and working in Khartoum.”

    Ya I think I know which website you’re refering to. It’s a photojournal site by him.

    Black River Eagle, armed resistance is the only option I’m afraid. In the past we overthrow dictator Aboud through civil disobdience. This time it won’t work. All civil servants are loyal to the government and are well taken care of.

12. Black River Eagle on September 8th, 2006 3:45 pm

    That’s right. His name is Tom Gething and he managed two online photojournals while teaching at a primary school for children in Khartoum. I sometimes use his images at my blog when writing about Sudan. You can find his images at Pbase.com and TrekEarth.com

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