US Seeks UN Approval to 'Stabilize' Gaza with Troops After Bombing It Flat
Axios reveals the U.S. wants a UN-backed 'enforcement force' in Gaza post-conflict, with a two-year mandate to 'demilitarize' the strip and 'train a new Palestinian police force.' This 'sensitive but unclassified' draft resolution, arriving after billions in U.S.-supplied weaponry has leveled much of Gaza's infrastructure, essentially seeks international blessing for what looks an awful lot like a
long-term occupation. Funny how the international community is only galvanized to 'stabilize' a region after it's been destabilized by an ally's military campaign. This proposed 'Board of Peace' and 'enforcement force' smells less like liberation and more like a rebranding of control, ensuring 'security' for everyone but the Palestinians. Remember Washington’s unwavering commitment to 'Palestine
self-determination'? This 'force' aims to disarm 'non-state armed groups'—read: Hamas—while conveniently ignoring the state actors, like Israel, whose actions necessitated such groups. We've seen this script before; it usually ends with perpetual 'stabilization' efforts and an occupying power claiming perpetual victimhood. Perhaps the U.S. could start by 'demilitarizing' its own weapons shipments
enabling the current destruction, rather than demanding others clean up the resulting mess under an anodyne UN banner.