A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier.
I legitimately don’t know if it being such a giant waste of time and money was intentional
It was either that or colossally incompetent.
Given that it had to go through several rounds of approval before being announced and every independent expert pointed out that it would be much less effective in itself than delivering aid by truck while doing nothing to keep the IDF from controlling it, that’s highly unlikely, though.
It’s a very transparent PR stunt that they almost certainly knew wouldn’t make a dent in the deliberately induced starvation.
It was either that or colossally incompetent.
Given that it had to go through several rounds of approval before being announced and every independent expert pointed out that it would be much less effective in itself than delivering aid by truck while doing nothing to keep the IDF from controlling it, that’s highly unlikely, though.
It’s a very transparent PR stunt that they almost certainly knew wouldn’t make a dent in the deliberately induced starvation.