Glory be to the Rifle: When Will the Tyrant Awaken?
Dr. Al-Waleed Adam Madibou
“Sudan is a vast country that can accommodate everyone, however, they wanted it to be a field for their petty wars and conflicts.”
— Abdul Karim Mirghani
The Sudanese people no longer require anyone to explain the catastrophe -to them. For pain overflows from every home, and betrayal has become their daily language. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan is not leading the country; rather, he is driving it into a mad decline, clinging to the illusion of military victory. He is supported by a clique of Islamists rejected by the sound Sudanese conscience and the international community. Hence, at the moment, they are limited to fawning over dictatorial regimes draining what remains of the nation’s Sovereignty and the dignity of its people.
And they are selling out. For in Port Sudan, politics is not practiced; rather, malevolent schemes are orchestrated. The power of decision-making is monopolized by the thieves of this particular phase and the criminals of yesterday. They race to the embrace of Cairo and Asmara, selling Sovereignty piece by piece in exchange for the illusion of survival, and offering national dignity up for auction in a disgraceful display.
What kind of victory is Al-Burhan deluding himself with? Whilst cities fall one after another, from El Fasher to El Obeid, and from En Nahud to Ad-Dabbah, targeting vital SAF centers and strategic areas like Al-Muhandiseen and Wadi Seidna Military Air Base -by drones, which, in turn, exposes the fragility of what remains of its structure. Nevertheless, Al-Burhan continues his calls for a military solution, clinging to a lifeless rule, in an absurd spectacle that produces nothing but more bloodshed, death, and famine.
Al-Burhan implores this wounded nation for patience, urging them to await a military victory that will never come, whilst defeats descended upon him like black rain, crushing the morale of his soldiers. Corruption, on the other hand, has become the defining characteristic of his regime, and scandals are flying like shrapnel, from the United Arab Emirates to Port Sudan, from ammunition shipments disguised in medicine containers to treacherous deals in which he gambles with the nation’s honor and independence.
Al-Burhan, that megalomaniacal tyrant, is blind to reality: As his forces lack the support of sufficient population density, he has no regional alliances to guarantee victory, and he lacks the moral legitimacy to save face. Hence, the continuation of the war is a humiliation, whilst its cessation marks the first step towards peace and a return to reason. The latter will surely clear the path of achieving a comprehensive settlement that will end the era of militarism and extremism, restoring Sudan’s lost civic character. For Sudan’s salvation will not be born from the barrel of a gun, nor from the victory of one side over another, but from a national, civic project that embraces everyone and fulfills their aspirations.
The war is no longer a confrontation between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF); it has become a geographical and historical struggle between the two banks of the Nile (its east and west): between a dying State and another born from the womb of suffering, between a Nile elite weary of failure but refusing to accept anyone else’s rule, and a nation determined not to succumb and be led to slaughter, once again. The intentions have been revealed, the masks have fallen, and the voice they have long silenced has been heard: Sudan will not be built from Khartoum alone, nor will its history be confined to an elite that has yet to shed its rentier, colonial mentality and chooses to persist in its arrogance, empty rhetoric, and aimless squabbling.
How much longer will the ignorant continue to be led astray by the Islamists (Al-Kizan), those who excelled at torturing and killing the people, and who once took pleasure in driving a nail into their heads? How much longer will these people remain victims of the lies of Al-Kizan, those sick individuals who have habitually violated the people both physically and morally, and who -on one night- deliberately and mercilessly inserted a metal rod into the anus? I am rather astonished when I hear one of their media mouthpieces speak of bloodshed, rape, and theft, when, in reality, this is the culture you have adopted and worked to entrench throughout the nation’s geography and the vast rural areas stretching west, east, and south. And you still put forth diligent efforts to do so!
In one sense, war was divine justice against decades of oppression, nevertheless, ending it today demands human wisdom and historical fairness. As people have been liberated from the myth of tyranny, and no one can subjugate them -any longer- in the name of religion, the army, or geography. The time for reason is upon us. The time has come for civilization to prevail, for peace to be built, and for Sudan to be reclaimed from the ruins of illusions, militarism, and ideology.
In conclusion, what is currently taking place in Sudan today is not merely a power struggle, but an existential battle between a nation destined for rebirth and a sick regime determined to drag it into the abyss. Al-Burhan and his remnants are not fighting for Sudan; they are clinging to the crumbling ruins of a throne. Those who fight out of fear of falling, not out of a desire for advancement, fail to elevate their nation, moreover, they will surely drag it down with them into the depths of decay.
Ending the war is no longer a luxury or a political choice, but a moral and historical imperative. There is no salvation for Sudan except through a national, civilian project that encompasses all forces and excludes those who have ravaged the country under the banners of ideology and militarism.
