US 'Concerned' Amid Gaza Ceasefire, Sends VP Vance for Photo Op
While Vance expresses 'concern' in Jerusalem, the Biden administration simultaneously greenlights another $1 billion arms deal to Netanyahu's government, as reported by Reuters just last month. This 'concern' seems to translate into providing more tools for the very actions that necessitate a 'fragile ceasefire' in the first place. Historically, such high-level visits often precede escalations,
not de-escalations. Remember Condoleezza Rice's 'birth pangs of a new Middle East' during the 2006 Lebanon war? Instead of addressing the perpetrators of mass violence, US 'concern' consistently funnels more weaponry and diplomatic cover to the perpetrators. It's a well-trodden path: feigned diplomatic urgency, followed dutifully by replenishing the arsenal. How many more ceasefires must shatter
before Washington's 'concern' actually translates to disarming the aggressor?