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AOC says US military aid to ‘Israel’ enabled Gaza genocide (en.royanews.tv)

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US Demoract Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated during a panel at the Munich Security Conference on Friday that unconditional American military aid to ‘Israel’ has enabled a genocide in Gaza.

Speaking on the future of foreign policy, she argued that such aid contributed to the avoidable deaths of thousands of women and children amid the ongoing ‘Israeli’ assault on Gaza.

In her remarks, Ocasio-Cortez invoked the Leahy laws, US statutes that prohibit military assistance to foreign entities implicated in gross human rights violations without accountability.

She contended that providing aid without conditions "does not make sense" and directly facilitated the genocide, linking it to civilian casualties in Gaza.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even if israel end occupation why would you aid a foreign country that is not poor?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

why would you aid a foreign country that is not poor?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quid_pro_quo

Israel is designated as a U.S. Major Non-NATO Ally, providing benefits in defense trade and security cooperation. Case in point, The key role of Israel in the US and UK invasion of Iraq in 2003

They've also been instrumental in continuing to secure US control over Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Really, dominance of the entire Suez region boils down to US cooperation with Israel.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My question is in context of AOC who is supposed to be anti-imperalist and about the good of the american people rather than coorporations

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gotta pick up a copy of Settlers to digest that one.

But the TL;DR; is that the (White) American People directly benefit from corporate colonialism. So there's some question as to whether you can thread the needle between "being anti-imperialist" and "being for the good of (White) Americans".

AOC is a consequence of this contradiction as much as she is a perpetrator of it. She couldn't function as a successful mega-bundler for the Democratic Party if she went all-in on anti-imperialism. And her prodigious fundraising is the reason she's even in the conversation for President.