Apple Sued Over Conflict Minerals, Yet US Still Funds Conflict
While a US group drags Apple to court over minerals linked to conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (as reported by Al Jazeera), one might wonder about the accountability for those directly funding state-level conflict. The US, for instance, just passed a $95 billion aid package that includes significant military transfers. Hypocrisy, much? Perhaps the next lawsuit should target politicians
who greenlight the sale of F-35s and cluster munitions (which the Biden administration approved for Israel and Ukraine this year) to regimes with documented human rights abuses. Because apparently, sourcing ethically-mined cobalt is more litigious than bankrolling an endless war in Gaza, fueled by weapons from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, whose lobby dollars flow freely into Washington coffers.