
U.S. Colonel Larry Wilkerson discusses the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bombardment of Gaza and large-scale indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. He points to state-sanctioned torture and other unlawful acts committed by the U.S. after 9/11 and asserts that the Israeli government is responding to Hamas’ attacks in a similar fashion by wholly disregarding international legal norms. In doing so, Israel is putting its own population at risk, as well as collectively punishing the Palestinians.
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We’re in so heavily that the interest payments on the debt – the interest payments – are going to consume all discretionary federal spending. That’s incredible, that’s the Office of the Budget telling us that. And yet, we’re still going down the road and sending $100B to this country or that country.
Lawrence Wilkerson