Israel's changing greed

I came across an elderly lady in a grocery store struggling with paying for her groceries which, truth be told, was a measly quantity barely even visible in her cart. My first instinct was to help her pay her bill but she refused. She told me how she was not able to use her food stamp card, which the US government gives its low-income citizens in order to help put food on the table, because she had to go to some government office to "recertify". I asked her what that meant. She told me that she changed her address recently and so she was required to go there so they can reevaluate if she might still need it.

Later, I did some research. I found that when you move to another state, you would have to reapply in the new state because the food benefits do not move automatically. It almost made me laugh because moving to another state doesn't change one's need for food. I also came across that American citizens wouldn't be able to buy soda drinks with that food stamp anymore because it is not considered as nutrition. They may not be wrong about that but it all points to the same conclusion I personally stumble upon every time I see how much the US government cares about its own citizens.

President Trump wants to make tall claims about helping the Iranian people grab control of their government and country but somehow refuse to help American citizens be able to buy food with their own tax money if they dare change where they live. And that word "live" is deeper than I thought. Americans that I talk to usually like to use the word "stay" when asked where they live. Initially, I thought this was one of those language nuances I had yet to get accustomed to. But then I realised that it really was not that but rather the temporary housing situation a very large number of Americans find themselves in. They do not have a permanent place to live in. So, they stay at motels, if they can afford it or else they stay under the countless bridges on freeways.

The US government seems to be more interested in paying for settlements and housing for the Israelis in occupied territories and wouldn't mind seeing its own citizens go to waste. That lady who had to "recertify" just so she can eat food, just reminded me of how many times Israel has changed its address. Israel refuses to define its borders because it wants to keep grabbing more and more land that doesn't belong to it and has evil designs for the greater Israel project, which would suck up even parts of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the neighborhood.

Somehow, Israel changing its coordinates doesn't prompt a US government alert to cause Israel to "recertify" its needs. Well, let me rephrase that because what Israel does isn't a need. Those are wants, rather evil designs. But those are more valuable than the need of an American citizen with limited income to put food on the table for his or her children.

It would be a mistake to argue that the US government cares more about Israel than its own citizens. This is a rather much deeper problem. It only has one translation: the American government and those in power answer to the needs of those they know can keep them in power. And sadly, it is not the American citizens but rather the Israel lobby inside America. Denying popular demands has almost never caused an American president to be dethroned but denying the evil designs of Israel will most definitely lead to that outcome.

We know Kennedy died right after he demanded inspections of Israel's Dimona nuclear facility in 1963. We also know that Bush Sr was dethroned because he threatened to withhold $10 billion in loan guarantees to force a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion. He called himself "one lonely guy" against an army of Israel lobbyists inside America.