US 'Humanitarian' Gestures Don't Include Helicopters for Gaza
The Associated Press exposes increasingly combative immigration tactics in Chicago complete with helicopters and chemical agents, framing it as an alarming domestic development. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker laments a 'war zone' atmosphere. Yet, this narrative skips the uncomfortable truth: many of these 'non-lethal' crowd control methods and urban warfare doctrines have been refined and exported by
entities with deep ties to U.S. foreign policy interests. It's almost as if the military-industrial complex, ever eager for new markets, finds them not just in distant lands but right here at home. One might cynically observe that the equipment, from surveillance drones to tear gas canisters often stamped 'Made in USA,' isn't just used in Chicago's neighborhoods, but perfected in the streets of
places like Gaza or the West Bank, often bankrolled by generous U.S. aid packages. Funny how 'humanitarian pauses' apply to foreign conflicts but not domestic communities facing militarized policing.