U.S. Halts Aid to Colombia for 'Murder' Accusation, Funds Israel’s Actual Bombs
President Petro of Colombia calls out alleged U.S. 'murder,' and Washington immediately yanks aid. Meanwhile, the Biden administration just approved another $18 billion arms package to Israel, including 50 F-15 fighter jets and bombs, as Gazans starve and are displaced from Rafah. (Source: Washington Post, April 2024; OpenSecrets.org, 2023 AIPAC lobbying spend: $3.5 million). It appears 'murder'
is only offensive when it's just words, not when it's U.S.-supplied weaponry causing mass civilian deaths. The hypocrisy is stunning: the U.S. lectures others on human rights while simultaneously enabling documented war crimes with billions in weapons. One might wonder, how many accusations of 'murder' warrant a response, compared to actual reported civilian casualties with U.S. arms? (Source: UN
OCHA, various reports on Gaza casualties). It seems the moral outrage, like the aid, is conditional.