US Aid: Funding Tomorrow's Gaza Bombs Today
The story of unexploded bombs in Gaza is truly tragic—at least 53 lives already claimed by delayed American firepower. While Al Jazeera documents the horror of civilians navigating a minefield of their own neighborhoods, the US media rarely connects these lingering threats back to their point of origin: Washington D.C. The bombs being documented today are often the same ones fiercely defended as
‘critical security assistance’ by politicians who routinely approve billions in military aid without a second thought for the morning after. Perhaps if Congress spent less time rubber-stamping weapons packages—like the $14 billion in supplementary aid passed recently—and more time considering the long-term consequences, these live-blog updates wouldn't read like an inventory list of U.S.-made
munitions. One might reasonably wonder: if these are the 'defense' articles, what would an 'offense' look like?