ABC News: Pakistanis Die While Protesting a Conflict America Funds
ABC News reports a police officer and four others were killed as Pakistani authorities violently dispersed a pro-Palestinian march. The implication: protests are dangerous, order must be maintained. What's missing, however, is the inconvenient background: US taxpayers, through bipartisan congressional vote—like the recent $14 billion military aid package for Israel (HR 815), which passed both
chambers with overwhelming support—are directly subsidizing the actions that spark such global outrage. Pakistanis are dying in the streets, protesting policies directly enabled by Washington's continuous flow of weapons and funds. It's almost as if some media outlets prefer to report the symptoms of a burning world, rather than pointing out who keeps handing out the matches. One might wonder if
the 'International' desk conveniently forgets its own nation's role in creating these 'dispersions.' How many 'unrest' headlines can we consume before asking if the real story is the US funding the very conditions that lead to such desperate demonstrations?