NPR Asks 'What Does Genocide Mean,' Avoiding Who Funded It
NPR's 'The stakes of genocide' delves into defining the horrific, as if a Wikipedia entry on mass killing is the missing link. They discuss 'intent,' 'causality,' and 'legal ramifications,' effectively turning a clear-cut atrocity into a philosophical debate. What's conspicuously absent from their thoughtful analysis? Any mention of the concrete American dollars and political will that underwrites
the very actions they're so carefully dissecting. For instance, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has accepted over $160,000 from AIPAC-affiliated PACs since 2020. He then championed crucial aid packages to Israel, like the recent supplemental funding bill ( H.R. 815 ) providing billions in military assistance, often less than 48 hours after fresh donations hit his campaign coffers. One
has to wonder: just how many definitional debates does it take to acknowledge a direct financial pipeline to humanitarian catastrophe?