Not much to say here really that hasn't already been said. I just wanted to bring some light to this story. This whole thing is revolting, and it is payed for with our tax dollars.
The U.S. Defense Department, contacted by Reuters on Friday in Washington, had no immediate comment.
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The request for the ship was made on December 31, with the first leg of the charter to arrive no later than January 25 and the second at the end of the month.
The tender for the vessel follows the hiring of a commercial ship to carry a much larger consignment of ordnance in December from the United States to Israel ahead of air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
A German shipping firm which won that tender confirmed the order when contacted by Reuters but declined to comment further.
The tender document said the vessel had to be capable of "carrying 5.8 million pounds (2.6 million kg) of net explosive weight," which specialist brokers said was a very large quantity.
The ship was requested early last month to load on December 15.
In September, the U.S. Congress approved the sale of 1,000 bunker-buster missiles to Israel. The GPS-guided GBU-39 is said to be one of the most accurate bombs in the world.
The Jerusalem Post, citing defense officials, reported last week that a first shipment of the missiles had arrived in early December and they were used in penetrating Hamas's underground rocket launcher sites.
Reuters
Well there you have it. Enjoy your weekend, and as Tax Month approaches, at least you will know that your hard earned money is going towards a good cause.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
I know it is short, maybe not even a 'diary', but I don't think that is even needed at this point. The facts speak for themselves. Anyone who thinks that the US is somehow neutral in this conflict is delusional. Anyone who thinks that we aren't part of the conflict is naive. I still can't wrap my head around the scale of this shipment. What does a country that is interested in peace need all this for anyway?
Oh, and this is a wonderful subject for my first diary.