Maybe my earlier blog ( https://www.jpranavc.com/2024/04/the-logical-reason-why-israel-shouldnt.html ) didn’t reach to the desired eyes & ears in Israel, wherein I gave logical reasons why Israel shouldn’t accept US AID that was not only coming with several Caveats, but was also been processed out of discord & discussions in the house & senate that didn’t send a positive message of willful acceptance from all sides.
Alas, it happened. Problem is, when we’re accepting AID originating from discord & discussions, then the donor/giver would always want to control & interfere in every decision-making process of the donee/receiver, including the decisions to be made for national security.
This war, had it not been started last year, would’ve started ten years from now anyway, because, since WW2, our mentality was not to resolve any quandary, but to keep it alive, and then circling it around for decades to come. That’s why in India too, several political dynasts evolved, and were able to forge careers for generations to come & would continue to do so by circling (un)resolvable problems.
The US AID came with many Caveats to Israel. Proposed sanctioning of IDF’s Netzah Yehuda, alongside five more; Contingency in delivering weapons and then been used as per the instructions given by the donor only; Not taking independent decisions until been approved by the donor; Reshuffling of politics on the behest of the donor, and many more, are some of the Caveats I’m naming, aren’t good for national security of any progressive-democratic nation.
I also said that if Israel has awaited for thousands of years for a promised land, then it has all the inventions & innovators & will & allies to fight for its own land for some more years to come too; and such AID with Caveats wasn’t even needed or would make it more challenging.
Well, the ground reality only the people who’re present therein in real time can understand & comprehend. I’m merely a passive-silent observer.
© Pranav Chaturvedi 2024