The Hand of AIPAC
The deadly hand of AIPAC is apparent again on the shoulder of President Obama as he approves further massive aid to Israel as that state denies access to humanitarian aid for Gaza from countries around the world.
The food and medical supply convoys wait outside the border crossings as men, women and children starve inside. The international community is powerless because they wait for the US to deal with the Israeli government, but the White House is unable to move because they await a green light from AIPAC.
The world thought erroneously that the elected administration in Washington controlled foreign policy. Meanwhile people continue to die in Gaza - people just like you and me. Children just like ours.
Since when did America support the killing of innocents and the starving of a whole people in the pursuit of the failed political agenda of a foreign government?
Please provide source for Obama aid to Israel. All I have read about in the past two days is the pledge of $300 million in aid to Gaza.
March 3, 2009 7:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
The U.S. provides Israel with about $3 billion in annual military aid, and that sum was increased at the end of the Bush administration a few weeks ago. The one change in the set-up this year are more strict conditions that the money be spent exclusively purchasing American hardware. The recession... you know...
March 3, 2009 11:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ok, but the increase was still under the Bush administration and not Obama's as the diarist asserts. Now the stricter controls (another good sign?) are under the Obama administration.
March 3, 2009 11:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
That's a good question Foxy!
However, do you have any doubt that Obama is going to shower aid of all types on Israel?
March 3, 2009 10:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
Do I have doubts? Yes. I also realize I may be fantasizing. However, when Clinton says to Israel you need to drop the blockade and announces a $300 mil commitment to Gaza I am certainly seeing shift from previous thinking over the past eight years. A seismic shift? I cannot answer with any certainty.
This from Glenn Greenwald:
March 3, 2009 10:33 AM | Reply | Permalink