Why the US needs this war in Gaza, by Pepe Escobar

The U.S. is stepping up to the plate for Israel, but the Arab nations are not really doing so for the Palestinians. From Pepe Escobar at thecradle.co:

Washington needs to win its Gazan war against Iran because it failed to win its Ukrainian war against Russia.

Photo Credit: The Cradle

The Global South was expecting the Dawn of a New Arabian Reality. 

After all, the Arab street – even while repressed in their home nations – has pulsed with protests expressing ferocious rage against Israel’s wholesale massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. 

Arab leaders were forced to take some sort of action beyond suspending a few ambassadorships with Israel, and called for a special Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit to discuss the ongoing Israeli War Against Palestinian Children. 

Representatives of 57 Muslim states convened in Riyadh on 11 November to deliver a serious, practical blow against genocidal practitioners and enablers. But in the end, nothing was offered, not even solace.  

The OIC’s final statement will always be enshrined in the Gilded Palace of Cowardice. Highlights of the tawdry rhetorical show: we oppose Israel’s “self-defense;” we condemn the attack on Gaza; we ask (who?) not to sell weapons to Israel; we request the kangaroo ICC to “investigate” war crimes; we request a UN resolution condemning Israel.  

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One response to “Why the US needs this war in Gaza, by Pepe Escobar

  1. Didn’t Egypt agree to take some Gaza refugees in?
    We all know they will be redistributed to Europastan and the FUSA.
    That is part of the plan.
    Popcorn time as big money spigots are breaking out to bust up the squad for stepping out of line.
    Face palming and hand wringing as the 18-34 demographic is lost forever to Zionist supremacists.

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