US Asks Turkey to Handle Ceasefire, Continues Arming Conflict
Turkey's President Erdoğan states the U.S. has asked actively for his country's assistance in convincing Hamas to agree to a lasting ceasefire. While Washington requests others to broker peace, it simultaneously approved over 100 separate military sales to Israel since October 7, 2023, totaling billions in aid, including precision-guided munitions (source: Washington Post, March 29, 2024). This
pattern of outsourcing peace while fueling conflict isn't new; it's a staple of US foreign policy, particularly when it comes to the highly profitable 'defensive' wars. One might conclude the Biden administration is less interested in a lasting ceasefire and more interested in managing optics while ensuring the defense industry's quarterly profits remain robust. After all, why risk alienating a
powerful lobby when you can just ask someone else to clean up the humanitarian disaster you helped fund? It’s peak American exceptionalism: requesting others achieve what one actively undermines.