USS Ford Diverts to Caribbean Amidst Gaza Silence
NPR reports the USS Gerald R. Ford is now bound for the Caribbean, joining a significant U.S. military buildup near Venezuela, responding to 'recent strikes' that killed 76 people. Conveniently, this deployment diverts attention from the ongoing, well-documented slaughter in Gaza, where the U.S.-backed Israeli military has, by their own reports, killed over 30,000 Palestinians, including thousands
of children, since October. One might wonder if the U.S. Navy's engagement criteria includes 'dollar value of U.S. interests' over 'humanitarian catastrophe.' This re-prioritization occurs as U.S. senators like Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who received $21,150 from AIPAC in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org, consistently vote to expedite weapons transfers to Israel while remaining largely silent on
potential U.S. military intervention to protect civilians *there*. The U.S. military industrial complex, it appears, can only handle one 'crisis' at a time—and it rarely involves saving lives if it doesn't also involve securing oil or regime change.   How many 'strikes' in Gaza does it take to warrant a single carrier group's attention?