cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16376720
The White House is exploring the possibility of airdropping aid from U.S. military planes into Gaza as deliveries by land become increasingly difficult, four U.S. officials told Axios.
Just fucking absurd, considering the US withdrawing aid and support to Israels genocide would put a halt to it pretty much overnight.
Israel is already pretty fed up with Bibi. If he’s costing them US aid, dude’s gone in a flash.
Sadly even if we pulled all military support for Israel immediately, they still have enough weapons in stock to wipe Gaza off the map.
It would be more than enough of a blow. To even suggest withholding aid would be enough to stop this madness. Israel doesn’t exactly have many regional friends, they haven’t exactly been great neighbors. Meanwhile, the Arab nations are watching the same genocide we are, ones not dependent on US aid. If the US was even hinting at this, Israel will fold, immediately. This genocide doesn’t happen without US support.
Israel has won simultaneous wars with all of its neighbors, multiple times.
Talk talk talk all talk @ me when they actually fucking do something.
There’s 1.2 million people sheltering in Rafah. They’d need to drop 4000 pallets of MREs every day to feed them. And re-feeding syndrome may be a problem.
The proposed airlift absolutely does nothing to address shortages of potable water. Or the medical supplies needed to treat victims of Israel’s genocidal assault, the public health catastrophe from the lack of sanitation, or even just everyday medical needs like diabetes or pregnancies.
Water and medicine can also be airdropped. It’s a tall order, but we’ve done it before. The biggest logistic hurdle would be getting enough planes. It would probably have to be a NATO or UN operation, so multiple air forces could contribute aircraft and crews without pulling too many assets from other operating areas.
I wonder what stops Israel from bombing that aid immediately.
And bombing evacuation corridors, groupings of people etc doesn’t do that already? The US has a PR disaster on their hands right now with them sending thoughts and prayers instead of acting. If it was about that, they would have stopped already. Also, multiple incidents of soldiers firing at aid trucks, yet money still flows.
