War and the Cost of Groceries

Julian Zelizer : Kamala Harris was asked about the impact of the Gaza crisis on Democratic voters.

He says Americans are frustrated with the cost of groceries, despite what the mainstream media says is the “cooling’ of inflation.

Zelizer says the U.S. has given Israel $17.9 billion in military aid since the Hamas attacks on Oct 7, 2023 .

By May of this year Israel had dropped more weight in bombs than what laid waste to Hamburg , Dresden , and London combined during the Second World War .

As of December , Israel had fired 29,000 air-to-surface missiles at Gaza , only half of them were precision guided.

The U.S. has spent an additional $4.9 billion increasing its own military presence in the Middle East in the last year .