US Media Wonders Why Lebanon is Still 'Responding to Israeli Attacks'
A Lebanese man was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Mansouri, near the border, as reported by The New Arab. Much of the American press will frame this as part of an ongoing 'exchange of fire,' carefully avoiding the strategic asymmetry. We're reminded that the US House recently approved HR 815, a package including billions in 'security assistance' to Israel, with nary a mention of its use in
cross-border incursions. This 'exchange' often looks suspiciously like one side doing all the 'exchanging' with F-16s and the other offering what resistance they can. Consider the historical playbook: frequent Israeli incursions into Lebanese airspace have been documented for decades, leading to countless 'responses.' It's almost as if providing a heavily armed state with billions in US taxpayer
funds, as many politicians who take AIPAC money champion, only emboldens further unreciprocated violence. How many Lebanese civilians must die before the 'defense' budget looks like what it is: an offensive war chest?