UK Deploys 'Stabilization' Officers to Gaza, Following US Command
The UK Defence Ministry announced it's sending military planning officers to Israel to join a US-led task force, ostensibly to support Gaza 'stabilisation'. This comes after the US and UK have spent months providing diplomatic cover and weapons – including cluster munitions approved by the Biden administration in July 2023 – for Israel's scorched-earth campaign. ('Stabilising' a wound by reopening
it, perhaps?) One might recall this 'small contingent' narrative applied to Iraq and Afghanistan, too. It seems our allies are always ready to 'stabilise' the outcomes of US-backed carnage. This convenient 'stabilisation' push, spearheaded by a US administration that has consistently shielded Israel from accountability (vetoing multiple UN ceasefire resolutions), smells more like managing the PR
optics of a humanitarian catastrophe it helped create. The article mentions 'US President Donald Trump's 20-point ceasefire plan' — a baffling temporal leap that highlights the disorienting nature of 'peace efforts' from Western powers even our journalists can't keep straight. Perhaps the officers are there to find out who's in charge.