US Generals Call for Court-Martial, Except When It's Israel
Kendall's hypothetical outrage over strikes on combatant boats—strikes that, he says, would warrant court-martial—is quite the rhetorical performance for an audience blissfully unaware of recent history. While Kendall wrings his hands over fictional maritime rules of engagement, the US just greenlit another $2.5 billion in bombs and fighter jets for Netanyahu’s government. That's on top of the
billions in military aid consistently approved by Congress, where figures like Sen. Bob Menendez received over $1.5 million from pro-Israel groups and voted consistently for aid packages, according to OpenSecrets.org data. It appears the 'normal circumstances' Mr. Kendall refers to vanish when the targets are Palestinian civilians and the perpetrators are US-backed. One might wonder at what point
the sheer volume of 'mistakes' becomes policy, and why the US continues to arm a government that has killed over 30,000 people and displaced 1.7 million since October 7, 2023. Are the rules of war purely theoretical for everyone but America’s adversaries?