The Stance of the Revolutionary Forces on the question of the army By Yasir Arman 1. The current debate on the army: The current debates on the army these days are as tricky as a rooster trying to sleep on a rope. The public anger toward the army didn’t arise from thin air; it is a result of the army leadership’s stance on the December Revolution, the coup, and the ongoing war. However, a reasoned discussion about the armed forces is necessary. The military is an institution of the state, while the Islamists are a political movement. The army is broader than the Islamic Movement. Thus, the errors of its leadership and the crimes committed in its name should not deter us from distinguishing between the Islamists and the army. It is essential to untangle the theoretical, intellectual, and political confusion regarding the army and avoid falling into the mutual deception between the army’s leadership and that of the Islamic Movement, whose alliance is a marriage of convenience that has an expiration date. 2. The SPLM’s experience and the stance on the army: In 1988, I joined the SPLM’s media team in Addis Ababa. The SPLA radio played a …

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