
„[…] To put the violence against civilians in Gaza in perspective. In the Christmas period of 1972, the United States conducted a mass bombing of Hanoi for two weeks. Operation Linebacker dropped 20,000 tonnes of explosives on the North Vietnam capital and other areas resulting in up to 2,000 civilian deaths. That horrific, heartless aerial bombing campaign was described as the most intense since World War Two.

In Gaza, as of this date, eight weeks of relentless bombing have seen an estimated 50,000 tonnes of explosives dropped on densely crowded civilian centres that have killed more than 17,000 people with as many as 7,000 people missing, presumed dead under rubble. That brings the death toll to 24,000. And despicably, there is no sign of the Israeli regime stopping its offensive over the next few weeks.

The United States under Joe Biden’s leadership is fully responsible for fueling this criminal aggression in Gaza, a genocide that in many respects has no comparison since WWII. In full view of the world. […]“

In the Season of Goodwill, A Tip for Biden… Stop Fuelling War

Editorial

Strategic Culture Foundation

December 8, 2023

In the Season of Goodwill, there can be no peace as far as the United States is concerned.

U.S. President Joe Biden failed to obtain his Christmas wishlist of $111 billion in additional military funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The so-called “supplementary military aid package” was blocked by the Senate this week mainly due to opposition from Republican lawmakers. Their opposition was primarily based on demands for more funding to be given to U.S. border security measures rather than on principles of anti-war and pro-peace.

Nevertheless, it is somewhat satisfying that Biden’s madcap militarism was dealt a blow.

It’s also quite a grim eye-opener that the American president – the supposed leader of the “free world” and a professed devout Christian – sees nothing more important than spending such colossal amounts of money on weapons of war. It is all the more odious given the approach of Christmas and the Season of Goodwill.

The appalling violence in Gaza and the futile war in Ukraine must be stopped immediately. Peace and the alleviation of suffering should be the utmost priority for all world leaders worthy of the name.

However, the Biden administration is having none of that. President Biden wants to send another $68 billion in weapons to Ukraine – on top of the more than $120 billion his administration has already supplied in aid to the Kiev regime.

It is estimated that 400,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in nearly two years of a U.S.-led NATO proxy war against Russia. Yet, ludicrously, Biden declares this war to be an achievement in “defending democracy”. Instead of recognizing (even tacitly) that the conflict is a disastrous defeat for Washington and its allies, Biden wants to keep on throttling it.

Meanwhile, the White House has repudiated international calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s wanton offensive against Gaza. After more than two months of intensive aerial bombardment, more than 17,000 Palestinians have been killed and 50,000 injured. Most of the victims have been innocent children and women. The barbarity is unspeakable. So much so that there is a strong suspicion that the Israeli regime is exploiting the Hamas attacks on October 7 as a pretext for ethnic extermination.

PDF: SCF8.12.2023

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Amir Mortasawi (alias Afsane Bahar) (امیر مرتضوی (افسانه بهار

In the Season of Goodwill, A Tip for Biden… Stop Fuelling War. Editorial. Strategic Culture Foundation

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