Kamala Harris delivered a fiery speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, packing enough emotion and sentimentality to fill an Oscar-winning tearjerker. She railed against Trump with a passion that could’ve melted steel, but when it came to Israel’s war in Gaza, she wobbled like a tightrope walker on a windy day. Sympathy for the Palestinians? Check. Unwavering military support for Israel? Also, check. It was a classic political balancing act, with Harris trying to keep her footing on both sides of a seesaw.
So, why does the U.S. continue to shovel billions of dollars in military aid to Israel? The answer is simple but far from straightforward. When the U.S. sends military aid to Israel, it’s not just tossing cash into the wind for Israel to spend on a global arms shopping spree. Nope, that money has strings attached, and those strings are firmly tied to American weapons manufacturers.
You see, most of that so-called “aid” is actually a boomerang of cash that flies right back into the pockets of American arms dealers. The U.S. mandates that the bulk of Israel’s military aid be spent on American-made weapons. It’s a win-win situation—if you’re in the business of making things that go boom. And guess where those weapons are produced? In factories scattered across the good ol’ U.S. of A. This means lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are more than happy to keep the aid flowing because it also means keeping jobs and dollars flowing into their districts.
But there’s more at play here than just economic interests. The U.S. sees Israel as a strategic chess piece in the volatile Middle East. By arming Israel to the teeth, America can exert its influence in the region without sending its own troops into the fray. It’s a hands-off approach to hands-on conflict—letting Israel do the dirty work while the U.S. sits back and counts the profits.
This bipartisan love affair with military aid has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy for decades, and it’s one of the reasons the world is in a constant state of turmoil. The weapons keep coming, the wars keep raging, and the profits keep rolling in.
So, can Kamala Harris, the self-proclaimed warrior, really put an end to this cycle? Can she challenge the economics of military aid that fuels the U.S. war industry, even as the world burns? Please don’t wait. The gears of the military-industrial complex are well-oiled, and it would take more than a speech—even one as fiery as hers—to bring them to a halt.
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Well said. And true
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