White House Confirms Ceasefire Messaging Still 100% Confused
Mainstream media frames the White House's flip-flopping on a Gaza ceasefire as 'mixed messaging.' One might wonder if it’s less about mixed messages and more about a strategic duality: vocal sympathy for civilian lives (for the cameras) while simultaneously arming the perpetrators (for AIPAC and defense contractors). For example, after President Biden called for a pause in fighting, his
administration simultaneously approved yet another batch of weapons to Israel, including an estimated 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. This follows a pattern where talk of 'restraint' from DC is consistently dwarfed by billions in military aid. This 'mixed messaging' isn't new; it's a feature, not a bug, of US foreign
policy. Administration officials taking to cable news to express 'concern' while Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), a career politician who has received over $1.7 million from pro-Israel groups according to OpenSecrets.org, consistently votes for unconditional military aid to Netanyahu's government. So, is it 'mixed messaging,' or is it just the sound of a government speaking out of both sides of its mouth,
with one side funded by the military-industrial complex and the other trying to sound vaguely humanitarian?