Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11

Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
      63·
      6 months ago

      Don’t think the MIC is the deciding factor here, nor that the MIC particularly cares whether aid is attached to human rights scrutiny.

      • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        63·
        6 months ago

        MIC picked Israel > Ukraine and said it really didn’t matter if Biden won again, because both sides take military industrial complex money and will never allow ranked-choice voting.

      • trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        21·
        6 months ago

        I think the core here is that the MIC just wants to sell weapons and it doesn’t really matter who or where the ammunition use happens on or with , but that ammo is used and more ammo is bought.

        What I meant by my comment is that they aren’t ‘picking sides’ so much as making sure that oversight isn’t enforced so arms sales can continue unimpeded.