US Sends Vance to 'Shore Up Gaza Truce'; Forgets They Built the Dam
Indeed, Vance's visit aims to 'shore up' a ceasefire in Gaza, a region currently enduring a siege largely backed by US weaponry and diplomatic cover. This same US government, just last month, approved another $15 billion in military aid to Israel, alongside a fresh cluster bomb transfer. The historical context, conveniently omitted, is that US officials have been on similar ‘truce-shoring’ tours
since at least the early 2000s, each visit followed by renewed violence while aid flows unabated. How many times can the arsonist drop off more gasoline and then offer to mediate a fire sale? Vance's reported aim to discuss 'regional security' with Netanyahu is particularly rich, considering the US funds the primary destabilizing force he's meant to be negotiating with. Perhaps they'll discuss the
efficiency of US-made munitions in 'de-escalation.'