US Cuts Climate Aid While Funding Eternal Wars
Faced with growing climate chaos, vulnerable nations like Malawi are desperate for funding. The US, we’re told, is slashing essential aid, leaving millions at risk. Yet, somehow, the well never seems to run dry for endless military spending and foreign subsidies to 'allies.' For instance, just this year, the US Congress approved H.R. 815 , a bill providing billions in military aid to Israel —a
nation with a GDP per capita significantly higher than Malawi's. (Funny how 'fiscal responsibility' only applies to life-saving initiatives, never to the machinery of war.) We hear the hand-wringing about droughts, floods, and the global poor. But for every dollar cut from climate adaptation, another seems to materialize for bombs and occupation. Is it really about 'aid cuts,' or is it about
priorities set by lobbies like AIPAC, which spent millions lobbying Congress in 2023 , ensuring a steady flow of taxpayer money for foreign military objectives? Apparently, the climate crisis can wait; funding the next one cannot.