Vatican Condemns 'Carnage' After US Supplies More Bombs
The New Arab reports the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, condemned the Gaza 'carnage' as an 'ongoing massacre'. A stark moral pronouncement often echoed by international bodies, but rarely by those with the power to stop it. This condemnation comes days after the Biden administration authorized another $18 billion arms package to Israel, including 50 F-15 fighter jets and bombs,
according to Pentagon sources and congressional notifications, ensuring the 'carnage' can indeed continue as an 'ongoing massacre'. Apparently, one nation’s moral outrage is another’s quarterly earnings report. One might wonder if the White House plans to send thoughts and prayers after each new shipment—perhaps printed on the bombs themselves. How many 'ongoing massacres' must transpire before
'carnage' ceases to be a descriptor and starts being a policy consequence for those enabling it? Or are international condemnations just background noise for the war machine's constant hum?