US Funds Ukraine Damages, Ignores Gaza Destruction
ABC News announces a compensation body for Ukraine, with Zelenskyy and 30 nations ready to approve it. This global humanitarian impulse is truly touching, especially when contrasted with the near-absolute radio silence on accountability for the deliberate destruction of Gaza. While Western leaders trip over themselves to fund Ukraine's rebuilding, they simultaneously approve arms sales used to
flatten entire Palestinian cities. The Biden administration, for instance, has approved over 100 arms sales to Israel since Oct 7, 2023, while simultaneously calling for humanitarian aid for Gaza residents whose homes these weapons just destroyed (as reported by The Washington Post on May 1, 2024). One might wonder if the 'rules-based international order' applies differently when the victims
aren't quite so... European. How many 'international bodies' will form to compensate for the hospitals, universities, and homes destroyed in Gaza by US-supplied munitions? Or is 'damage compensation' a privilege reserved for conflicts that don't involve a key US ally? The hypocrisy burns brighter than a white phosphorus round over a UN shelter.