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A decision from Congress blocking a bipartisan amendment introduced by representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna that would have removed the controversial provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (”NDAA”) integrating the U.S. and Israeli militaries answered that lingering question by showing that unfettered support for Israel remains business as usual in Washington, D.C., despite any empty political posturing to the contrary.
The amendment introduced by Massie and Khanna sought to remove Section 219 (formerly Section 224) from this year’s NDAA. That provision is poised to establish a United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative which expands cooperation between the two nations in a manner that opponents have raised criticisms about over how it effectively integrates their two militaries.
When discussing the provision, Massie succinctly summarized that position felt by U.S. citizens, stating, “If Section 219 is signed into law, the American people should see it as Congress fully capitulating our nation’s autonomy to foreign influence.”
Ultimately, those warnings have fallen upon deaf ears in the U.S. House of Representatives following the actions of its rules committee, which will now bring a vote on the NDAA to the floor without any possibility of removing Section 219 from the text of the legislation. With the NDAA’s passage with Section 219 intact being a fait accompli in the House, the only remaining hope that the provision will be struck down lies in the hands of the Senate. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been the lone voice in the Senate expressing disapproval of Section 219 and has urged Congress to remove the provision from the proposed legislation
With that being the status quo in Washington, D.C. on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding, Americans are left to reconcile how they can truly commemorate their independence when it has become clear their government continues to serve a foreign nation, making the nation’s semiquincentennial less of a celebration and more of a eulogy.
