Congress Is Enabling Genocide — Arms to the UAE Must Stop Now

The United States has formally determined that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are committing genocide in Sudan. That determination imposes clear legal and moral obligations — obligations Congress is currently violating. The RSF’s campaign of ethnic cleansing, mass murder, rape, and starvation in Darfur is sustained by external military support, most notably from the United Arab Emirates. This is not speculation. UN Panels of Experts, human rights organizations, investigative reporting, and briefings to Congress itself have documented the UAE’s role in supplying weapons, drones, logistics, and financing to the RSF in violation of the UN arms embargo. Despite this knowledge, Congress continues to approve massive U.S. arms sales to the UAE. This creates a direct and indefensible chain of responsibility: U.S. weapons → UAE military capacity → RSF arming → genocide in Sudan. That is material self-implication. This responsibility does not exist in isolation. The UAE is also a major recipient of Israeli weapons, surveillance systems, and military technology following the Abraham Accords. While Israel is not accused of directly arming the RSF, U.S. policy has enabled a regional arms ecosystem in which American and Israeli weapons strengthen the capacity of a state that is actively fueling genocidal violence. Congress cannot ignore this interconnected reality while claiming adherence to law. Under U.S. law — including the Leahy Laws, the Arms Export Control Act, and the Genocide Convention Implementation Act — the United States is prohibited from providing military assistance when there is credible evidence it will facilitate gross human rights violations or genocide. International law is even clearer: states have an affirmative duty not only to refrain from genocide, but to prevent and not enable it. Continuing to arm the UAE while knowing it is fueling genocidal violence violates both U.S. and international law. At the same time, Congress claims there is no money to house people, feed families, guarantee healthcare, care for disabled people and veterans, or repair crumbling infrastructure — yet there is always money to enrich arms manufacturers and bankroll violence abroad. This priority structure is immoral and indefensible. Congress must immediately: 1. Halt all U.S. arms sales and military assistance to the UAE 2. Investigate and enforce consequences for UAE violations of the Darfur arms embargo 3. Adhere to existing U.S. law instead of waiving it for “strategic partners” 4. Redirect public resources toward meeting human needs in the United States, not enabling mass killing abroad The American people do not consent to genocide carried out with their money and weapons. This is not complicated. It is unacceptable. Stop arming the UAE. Stop arming Israel. Stop enabling genocide in Sudan. Follow the law. And remember that We vote.