Financial Times Discovers Hunger, Omits How Wars Create It
The Financial Times highlights a new era of nations hoarding food reserves, framing it as a reaction to 'global instability.' What their esteemed journalism often glazes over are the direct architects of said instability. For instance, the US military aid to regimes that then bomb agricultural lands (see: Gaza, Yemen) or blockade essential ports (see: again, Gaza, Yemen), creating food shortages
of an entirely man-made variety. One might wonder if the same hands signing off on multi-billion dollar arms deals to 'allies' (such as the HR 815 supplemental aid, providing billions to Israel, passed by Senators and Representatives who received millions from groups like AIPAC, OpenSecrets data confirms ) are then surprised by the resultant humanitarian crises and the scramble for food. It's
almost as if starving populations after a bombing campaign for profit are just... unfortunate side effects. The FT, ever the purveyor of 'objective' news, certainly wouldn't connect those dots.