The Camouflage of Betrayal: When Treason Dons the Cloak of Revolution

The Camouflage of Betrayal: When Treason Dons the Cloak of Revolution

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb

The orchestrated campaigns promoting a fabricated alternative to the truth of Sudan's war expose, by their very design, the moral and political bankruptcy and the allegiance of those who fuel them. The narratives pushed by factions within the Forces of Freedom and Change—and later echoed by platforms such as Taqaddum, Sumood, and their allies on Ta'asis, who chose to frankly wear the RSF's Kadmoul —are nothing more than a cynical attempt to launder the crimes of the Rapid Support Forces and deflect attention from the horror this militia inflicts on the people of Sudan.

Their shameless defense of the United Arab Emirates—an active participant in the slaughter and displacement of Sudanese civilians—can only be understood as outright complicity. The UAE does not merely supply the RSF with weapons and logistics; it has boots on the ground. Eight Emiratis were killed in a recent Sudanese Armed Forces airstrike on Nyala airport—a site that has served as a hub for military resupply and the launch of lethal drones.

Those who peddle the myth that this war is being waged against terrorism, or for democracy and civilian rule, or for a supposed protection of certain sectors of the Sudanese population, or as part of the glorious Sudanese revolution of 2019, are not far removed—morally or politically—from the RSF soldiers who loot homes, rape women, and fire on civilians. To speak on behalf of the UAE while living under its patronage, all the while it wages a war of annihilation on one's own people, is not only hypocrisy—it is treason. It is to act as an accessory to murder through silence, distortion, and deliberate obfuscation. These individuals are not innocent; their active rhetoric renders them complicit.

Make no mistake—this is the RSF's war on Sudan and its people. This is the same militia created by Omar al-Bashir to shield his regime, whose origins lie in the bloodshed of the September 2013 protests. It is the same force that carried out genocide, systematic murder, rape, and forced displacement in Darfur, Kordofan, and across Sudan. It has never paused in its plunder of the country's gold, agricultural lands, and diplomatic capital, channeling all it could steal into the coffers of Hemeti and his family.

These are not abstract facts. They are lived realities—etched into the flesh and memory of the Sudanese people, before and after the outbreak of this war. And while the architects of these lies may deceive Western diplomats—or buy the favor of some with Bin Zayed's lavish bribes—they will not force the Sudanese people to see a different reality through manipulated lenses.

So we say this to them, plainly and without equivocation: Wake up. Stop laundering your political grievances—valid or not—through the barrel of the RSF's gun. You cannot fool this nation forever. The falsification of consciousness is itself a crime. And silence in the face of injustice is the deepest betrayal of all.