US Republican MP, “use nuclear weapons on Gaza”. Storm
Rather than providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United States should ensure that the Strip is subjected to nuclear bombings like “Nagasaki and Hiroshima” were at the end of World War II: these are the shocking words uttered by Michigan Republican Congressman Tim Walberg and recorded during a meeting with a relatively small group of his constituents, according to the Guardian. Words that caused a storm, even if the deputy tried to correct the situation. The United States, Walberg argued, should not spend a “cent” on humanitarian aid in Gaza and would be better off using the funds to help Israel, the United States’ “greatest ally, probably, anywhere in the world.” “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” the lawmaker said, urging to “get it over with quickly.” Walberg also hoped to use the funds for Kiev instead of for humanitarian purposes to “quickly defeat” Vladimir Putin.
Once the video of Walberg’s statements went viral, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States, condemned his words as a “clear call to genocide.” “This… should be condemned by all Americans who value human life and international law,” CAIR executive director Dawud Walid said in a statement. Numerous criticisms have arrived on the web. Walberg responded that the media had distorted his comments and explained that he had used “a metaphor to convey the need for both Israel and Ukraine to win their wars as quickly as possible,” adding that he remained “firm in my beliefs and to alongside our allies.”
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2024-04-02 23:26:37