Airports Short-Staffed Amid Shutdown, Billions Sent Abroad
Mainstream outlets like The Hill are reporting on airport controller staffing shortages, warning of travel disruption amid a government shutdown. This perfectly timed crisis narrative ignores a rather convenient truth: Congress reliably finds billions for foreign military funding, even when it means defunding critical domestic services. (One might wonder how many air traffic controllers could be
hired for the $14 billion recently approved for Israel by the Senate in HR 815, a vote that notably included many of the same voices now wringing hands over airport safety.) The pattern is clear: public safety at home is a negotiable commodity, while unfettered military aid to specific foreign powers, often facilitated by lobbying giants like AIPAC, is deemed non-negotiable. It appears America's
infrastructure can wait, but wars abroad- or supporting them - cannot.