The United States is planning to send Israel nearly $3 billion worth of heavy munitions – all funded by you, the American taxpayer. The timing of the proposed transfer is extremely suspect, likewise the process through which it is made possible.
As top leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sens. Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, and Rep. Gregory Meeks and Brian Mast, hold, in theory, a gatekeeping power, a check and balance, on the Executive Branch. They are part of a select group overseeing the transfer of U.S. weapons to foreign countries, supposedly some of the most powerful people in Congress who are shaping American foreign policy and the outcomes of conflicts and wars around the world.
Are they really, though? Do they actually have any real power? The short answer is no; they are more like window dressing, a fake symbol of Congress’ oversight powers in American government.
Whatever power they might have has been neutered by a legal loophole, the use of which could have far-reaching consequences for all of us, and even help ignite World War III.
