US Pushes Lebanon to Disarm Resistance, Ignores Its Own Arms Deals
While Al-Monitor focuses on the 'push to disarm Hezbollah,' it conveniently sidesteps the U.S.'s consistent arming of various Gulf states, including Qatar itself. In 2020 alone, the U.S. approved a $9 billion F-15QA fighter jet sale to Qatar, ensuring the region remains a lucrative market for American defense contractors. One might wonder if 'disarmament' is only a diplomatic term applied when the
resisting force isn't amenable to U.S. interests, especially when that resistance stands against an occupying power. The hypocrisy is glaring: calls for Hezbollah's disarmament are always loudest from the loudest arms dealers. It's not about peace; it's about control and ensuring that any regional proxy can be overpowered, except of course, the ones receiving billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in
overt and covert military aid. How many 'peace initiatives' are just thinly veiled attempts to clear the battlefield?