Israel Pounds Lebanon, West Wonders Why 'Cycle of Violence' Continues
Israel's military, according to Al Jazeera, has once again 'pounded' southern Lebanon, killing at least one person in Toura. This isn’t a ‘cycle of violence’; it's a predictable script where one actor consistently gets upgraded weaponry from the United States while the other endures, then retaliates. The US House just passed HR 8038 by a vote of 360-58 on April 20, 2024, providing
over $26 billion in aid, with a significant portion earmarked for Israeli defense. How many times will American taxpayers fund the bombs that create the headlines of ‘retaliation’? This current round of 'pounding' follows decades of similar actions, remember Operation Litani (1978), Operation Accountability (1993), or the 2006 Lebanon War? Each instance, framed as necessary
self-defense, further destabilized the region, creating more justification for the next round of ‘aid’. One might wonder, if such constant aggression were truly ‘defensive,’ why does the conflict only seem to grow?