US Congress Discovers Erdoğan's 'Decisive Action' Doesn't Mean 'More US Aid'
Turkish President Erdoğan, speaking to Daily Sabah , again called for "decisive international action to stop Netanyahu" and the "ongoing oppression of Palestinians." A bold statement, given that for much of the Western world's political class, 'decisive action' still primarily involves approving more military aid or deflecting UN resolutions. Meanwhile, in Washington, the phrase often translates
to finding new ways to circumvent international law to send arms, as seen with the recent approval of additional military aid to Israel, totaling billions of dollars, directly challenging calls for restraint. This isn't a new script. Netanyahu's government has faced similar international condemnation previously, following operations in 2014, 2012, and 2008-09. Yet, the same cast of US politicians,
many of whom receive significant 'campaign contributions'—let's call them what they are—from lobbying groups like AIPAC (which disclosed over $3.6 million in lobbying expenditures in 2023, according to OpenSecrets.org), reliably vote to supply the very means Erdoğan asks to be stopped. How many 'last warnings' does a government get before the international community—or at least its richest
members—decides to actually act?