The Biden Administration's $320 million pier, meant to supply Gaza, is no longer operational after storm damage. Fox News. The pier was operational earlier in the week despite four support vessels breaking away. However, the pier didn't hold up to rough waters and broke apart. The pier would take at least a week to fix. 569 tons of aid have arrived at the pier but none of it has been delivered to Palestinian civilians. The failure occurred as Israel stopped up their attacks in Rafah.
My Comment:
I previously said that building this pier was honestly impressive and was probably the only thing that the Biden Administration has ever done that wasn't a complete failure. Well, I guess that was premature to say the least!
Of course, I never agreed with the pier in the first place. It's just another example of Biden's irrationality on the issue of Israel. If we are supporting Israel then why are we giving support to Hamas? The aid is supposed to go to civilians but there really aren't any in Gaza, support for Hamas is almost universal and even if that weren't true, Hamas was going to intercept the aid in the first place and ensure that it went to them and not to people that need it.
The entire pier has been a debacle since. Though some aid has arrived it hasn't been delivered and we have also suffered casualties in the construction of the pier. Even when it was operational it wasn't doing what it was supposed to do. It hasn't appeared to have helped anyone, other than the bottom line of the defense industry.
Will they be able to fix the pier? Probably. But it's going to be a temporary fix at best as it apparently can't handle rough seas. I am guessing the problem is that the pier is floating and not anchored to the seafloor. Without being anchored, I think the same thing will happen the next time the waters get rough. Which means more repairs and less time to actually deliver aid. Indeed, this thing looks like it will turn into a major money pit.
A more permanent solution is possible, I think it would be easy enough to start to anchor the pier. Doing so would cost even more money but I think it's a lot better idea than keeping this thing floating. There might be other things they can do to shore up the pier, but who knows? I am not an engineer.
As for the war itself, it seems that it's entering the endgame. Israel is attacking Rafah now and they have deployed their tanks to the battle. As Rafah is the last stronghold for Hamas the war might be reaching its end. However, urban combat is tough and it could take the IDF a long time to fully clear out the city. The funny thing is that the battle is now intense enough that I don't think they are going to be able to even deliver aid in the first place.
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