Saifedean Ammous in his blog, The Saif House:
On my news feed, a few days ago, next to each other were two items that demonstrate two incredible, and not all too unrelated, phenomena that tell you a lot about America today.
New Orleans Pursues Foreign Aid
Washington to Increase Military Aid to IsraelAs New Orleans struggles to rebuild itself, and the Federal money that was supposed to fund this rebuilding is trickling far slower than it was promised, President Bush announced an increase in the aid package to Israel and secured it for the next ten years.
More here. [In the photo, Jenin, in the West Bank, is on the left; New Orleans is on the right.]