U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats, Still Doesn't Fund Healthcare
In news that reads like a recurring nightmare, the U.S. military once again flexed its muscles in the Eastern Pacific, targeting three boats and killing eight. This, according to the New York Times, is just another chapter in the endless war on... well, whatever seems to float there. Meanwhile, back home, 30 million Americans still lack health insurance, and countless cities grapple with crumbling
infrastructure. The cost of one missile strike alone could fund essential services for thousands, but priorities, presumably,. It’s a peculiar spectacle: the world's most heavily armed nation acting as maritime police, while simultaneously struggling to provide basic human rights for its own citizens. One might wonder if the Eastern Pacific boats pose a greater threat than medical debt or
lead-poisoned water pipes. The media, of course, frames these events as necessary enforcement, never questioning the inherent contradiction of a superpower tirelessly projecting its might abroad, while internally, its social safety nets fray.