US Funds 'Sustainment' of Bahraini Jets While Gazans Starve
The Pentagon greenlights a potential $455 million sale for F-16 sustainment to Bahrain, funnelling more cash to Lockheed Martin and General Electric Aerospace. This 'critical' maintenance ensures Bahrain's F-16s keep flying (and potentially bombing) while, just across the Gulf, humanitarian organizations warn of imminent famine in Gaza. The priorities are stark: half-a-billion dollars to keep
warplanes shiny, zero to stop children from starving. One might wonder if the U.S. State Department’s definition of 'sustainment' extends to human life, or if that's only for military hardware destined for 'partners' who keep the petrodollars flowing. Our tax dollars sustain the war machine, not the lives being destroyed by it.