Stop pretending the US is an uninvolved, helpless party in the Israeli assault on Gaza | Glenn Greenwald

The Obama administration's unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict

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A central premise of US media coverage of the Israeli attack on Gaza - beyond the claim that Israel is justifiably "defending itself" - is that this is some endless conflict between two foreign entitles, and Americans can simply sit by helplessly and lament the tragedy of it all. The reality is precisely the opposite: Israeli aggression is possible...