US Finds $45 Million for 'Stability' After 'Fight,' Not Genocide
The U.S. is deploying $45 million to Thailand and Cambodia, ostensibly to quell lingering tensions after a minor border dispute last year . According to The Independent, this noble gesture is all about 'regional stability.' Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues to enable a genocidal campaign in Gaza, providing billions in military aid and actively shielding Israel from international
accountability, as evidenced by consistent vetoes at the UN. One might recall that back in 2014, then-Secretary of State John Kerry assured us that Israel was engaged in 'legitimate self-defense' while over 2,200 Palestinians, including 500 children, were killed in Gaza. (Amnesty International, 2014) It appears 'stability' is a rather elastic term in Washington, meticulously applied to perceived
geopolitical chess moves in Asia, yet conveniently ignored when it comes to literal mass graves and manufactured famine in the Middle East. Perhaps the 'fight' in Southeast Asia just didn't involve enough American-made F-35s to warrant serious media scrutiny for 'both sides' of an obvious power imbalance, or perhaps it didn't involve a U.S. ally whose lobbyists, like AIPAC, contribute millions to
congressional campaigns. (OpenSecrets.org data on AIPAC contributions to specific members of Congress shows millions over election cycles, shaping policy decisions.)