I’m afraid to say that this entire brouhaha about antisemitism has ceased to move me whatsoever. I simply detest fucking Israel, its defenders, corporate investors,US government toadies and anyone who is naive enough to not realize that those toadies are on the short leash of the Mossad with blackmail videos aplenty. Courtesy of one Mr Epstein et al.
I'm with you Vin! The problem for me is that my family (immediate and extended) is full of Israel lovers. I've tried to disown them, but it's proving to be challenging. At least (most) of my friends finally see the light about who/what Israel always was (though it took them too long to get there IMO).
The only hope I currently have is the prospect of a REVOLUTION the size of which human history has never experienced before...
Vin and Chang, The environment is ripe for a revolution. We the people should rise up without waiting for a leader. There's no Marx or Lenin or Che. Or Mao or a Ho Chi Min on the horizon. But we have plenty of Bertolt Brechts, Ken Saro-Wiwas , Lumumbas, Rosa Luxemburgs, Franz Fanons and all our poets, artists , writers and on and on. And women like Francesca Albanese, who in no uncertain terms explains how the world has gone from an "economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".
We have been asleep, we have been apathetic and let the old colonialists morph into neocolonialists. It has rolled on from the Dutch East India Company to all the big tech multinationals of today finding smarter ways to rule over us.
People should take over the streets in their thousands, invade the spaces of the 'mighty' day in and day out. Use ways and means, also humour to oust the moronic immoral, racist, lazy set of ignoramuses who think they can like some 'gods' ride on the backs of the working class.
Maybe I am ranting and raving because this is all that we have left!
I do believe Kshama Sawant. I have yet to see her back down from the fight. Brilliant and fiery : ) I have donated a large sum of funds to her new campaign for Rep. in Washington state. I would love to see Kshama kicking ass in CONgress : ) Rep. Cortez (no nickname for her) was and is a failure for change.
She does indeed stay the anti-Capitalist course. But I can't seem to ever allay my skepticism around anyone wasting that kind of energy in federal government -- such a sleazy corrupt pit in which to try to insert honest discourse. Like trying to cook fresh food in filthy cookware.
I agree with you. So many pretenders have failed working people. I thought one more time I will spend the dollars and the time for someone I admire. Kshama with her PHD in Econ. could walk away and profit or just have taken her full salary rather than donate half to her Workers Strike Back foundation. As long as she is staying on the path for working people, I will walk with her as I do with you my friend : )
Love your comment about who we do have. You might enjoy this webinar I just attended given by Mr. Fish the political cartoonist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhvgbBqJ59w.
I think we (on a global level) don't have enough of a LEFT left. I find that quite problematic and unsettling...
Indu - while I love your comment for its positivitism/motivational-factor, unlike you though, I fail to find "the hope that you find" from successes of the past and history's prominent revolutionaries. Maybe that's my own failing, or maybe I'm too much of a realist, or maybe it's something else...
I believe (rightly or wrongly) that our 'current global world/situation' requires different solutions/strategies on a whole another level. Unfortunately, I don't possess sufficient knowledge (or the intricate/highly-advanced systems thinking skills needed) to offer up solutions to our most urgent problems...
I like your ideas, and would support them, but I harbor doubts about it being enough (or even up-to-the-task) of challenging the 'System of Capitalism' (which I believe to be at the heart of the intensity of problems that we face currently).
I had always hoped that Russia would come to the party and sign some form of agreement to support Iran in case of attack by the parasites. But it didn't happen then and is unlikely to happen now.
Here’s a short clip of John Mearsheimer stating.......
“I think there’s no question that a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the region, because nuclear weapons are weapons of peace, weapons of deterrents…. And if Iran had a nuclear deterrent, there’s no way that the United States or Israel would be threatening to attack Iran, in the same way that if Saddam had had nuclear weapons in 2003, the US would not have invaded Iraq. And if Libya had nuclear weapons in 2011, the US would not have gone to war against Libya. If you had a Middle East where other countries had nuclear weapons besides Israel, you have a more peaceful Middle East."
Russia tried. Iran turned it down. Nuclear arms violate their tenets of Islam. I agree with you, but it wasn't Russia's fault. As much as I loathe the idea of even more nuclear weapons, I don't see what else Iran could do at this point. I hope secretly they're doing something. Meanwhile, Pakistan has vowed to come to their aid and I'm sure if it came to that Russia would do what it could. Or China, for that matter. Iran is not without friends.
Pakistan and Iran were throwing missiles at one another a year ago. The statement Pakistan made was more a warning to Israel rather than a defense of Iran. However the real answer is much more nuanced than vowing to come to Iran's aid.
China is suppose to have delivered several batteries of its IAD systems to Iran. Some suggest Iran's IAD was not effective during the 12 day war. Others say it was.
The problem with defensive missile batteries, israeli software attacks. Eight hrs. and systems on with help of Russian techs. Iran's biggest problem was thinking a peace with the West was possible, never was. War with China and Iran is in the way, that was and is the priority. End Stage Capitalism demands it.
In the bitchute link I posted about Ryan Dawson @ about 34 minutes Johnson talks about how Iran has forced Israel into the ceasefire. He believes it will hold because Iran is supposed to have 10000 or more missiles built and stored underground so western intelligence has no data.
Israel’s initial success was more because of its vast network of sabotage agents. They have now been exposed and eliminated. There are many analysts who declare that the IDF never entered Iranian airspace.
We have no insight to confirm or deny. It’s a propaganda war.
For those who want to see Israel destroyed you will appreciate Johnson’s take on events.
That is ONE narrative. But does ANYONE really know what is TRULY happening behind-the-scenes (i.e. behind closed doors)?
Hence I question the analysis of SO MANY supposed 'YouTube pundits', experts, retired so-and-so govt. personalities, etc.
I think the reality of such 'geopolitical diplomacy' is far more complex and nuanced then the 'simple narratives' that are proffered by so many 'professionals and experts' and believed by the general public.
well, there's article 3.3 of the iranian–russian treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership, which could be interpreted as an impediment on the resumption and continuation of us-russia trade that russia seems to want so much (i do hope they're faking that).
C33, John Mearsheimer's analysis seems sound (and something I would like to believe). But I believe the U.S. Empire is a ROGUE STATE currently that is engulfed in its own 'American Exceptionalism' hubris - and I question the assumption/supposition/hypothesis that the U.S. would not use nukes on another country that is armed with nukes.
Mearsheimer's analysis would have held up under most conditions of 'normal great power politics', but I feel we are in a NEW ERA - a dangerous era - one in which the U.S. Emire is DESPERATELY attempting to hold onto its 'power and status' of past in an environment that is increasingly hostile and challenging to its existence.
I don't consider the U.S. Empire to be a RATIONAL actor currently, hence I am thinking along the lines of 'all bets are off' and 'there are NO rules or international-based-order'. In such an enviornment, it is hard for me to predict (or have faith in predictions about) what the U.S. Empire might ACTUALLY do...
I like John Mearsheimer's analysis. My issue with him/his analysis is that he is VERY MUCH a product of the U.S./Western way of thinking about the world - hence I am more cautious about his assessments.
"and I question the assumption/supposition/hypothesis that the U.S. would not use nukes on another country that is armed with nukes."
You are probably just a month ahead of my thinking on this subject. Yes he is a 'product of the US/Western way of thinking' and I do keep on forgetting that fact as well.
I am just an incurable optimist with lots of friends in those United States. That is an influence on one's thinking. They are always there through emails and the like.
I've said it before and I'll say it again for the last time. The world has never seen the reaction of the American people to a serious threat. Do they ignore the threat to their lives, continue on as before with an optimistic outlook knowing (thinking) they are safe from harm .....or will they become panic stricken and 'head for the hills' from a city like New York if threatened by a nuclear capable submarine.
They have never been challenged in this way. Other than Pearl Harbour, a long way away from a civilian population of any size, they have never been challenged at all. Yes, we did see some level of concern in the Cuban Missile crisis which was managed well by JFK and ceased to remain a problem. We therefore do not know the influence they would have on an Israeli controlled government in Washington.
The USA Knesset.
The great unknown.
A crowd-funded pair of Chinese nuclear armed submarines in the ocean off New York would be something of a test case.
Yes, I know. I have suggested this before. But it may have the desired result with the expulsion of criminal Zionists, disloyal fellow travellers, corrupted politicians and blackmailed White House residents from the USA allowing the same USA to start all over again with some down-to-earth Amendments in their beloved but outdated Constitution. (Freedom of speech; one person, one vote; no corrupt funding of politicians) ......and on it goes. (far too many to mention)
Finally to top it off.....the big finger to Israel's worldwide antiSemitism campaign and a black mark against those weak Western governments who have taken action in their support of this, the latest Israeli planned Zionist circus event (marketing campaign,) a.k.a. yet another distraction to genocide and ethnic cleansing on a grand scale. A shameful state, Israel.
>>"The world has never seen the reaction of the American people to a serious threat."
Amen to that! I couldn't agree more with you on that. AFAIK, the American mainland (contiguous 48 states) has never been BOMBED or ATTACKED by an 'external' military threat. I don't think the U.S. is prepared (due to its hubris) for an attack from external sources (I don't see Mexico or Canada attacking the U.S.).
If anything, I believe the U.S. Empire is most likely to be destroyed by INTERNAL forces (as I find that scenario more plausible than anything else).
You cannot engage such people because they know what the PMC consensus is and there are serious personal and professional consequences from straying from that consensus. Being wrong carries no consequences, but being risky does.
I had a conversation with a German woman, highly placed as a partner in an international law firm. She recited the usual platitudes about Ukraine, and I remarked that the war wasn't unprovoked at all. "What do you mean?!"" "Well, Angela Merkel herself, as well as Hollande and Poroshenko, all stated that Ukraine never had any intent to carry out Minsk or Minsk-2, that both agreements were a sham." "You're....right..." she gasped.
She she quickly changed the subject, lest wrongthink ensue.
We can hold a lottery, and the winners get to place the noose around the necks of the ZioNazi Genociders and their supporters. I'll bet we could wipe out the U.S. $36 TRILLION debt with the proceeds and still have enough left over to rebuild Gaza. Before the criminals are publicly executed, they will each get a pair of tweezers and have to clean up Gaza for an entire year. Imagine how many tickets a person would buy for an opportunity to put a noose around Nutty Yahoo's neck!!!! How about giving cattle prods to people who win "runner-up" lotteries and letting them "persuade" Illegal Settlers to help clean up Gaza? Naturally, Palestinian survivors would be allowed to participate without having to buy a ticket. Oh, I think that people will get really creative with this! How about hanging Nutty Yahoo on Epstein Island - by his ZioBalls?
I've been raising this question to mouth-frothing "fighters" against antisemitism in various ways in forums:
"You DO want to *eliminate* antisemitism, right? Then why are you not addressing it the way psychiatry would, by giving it a full airing, identify exactly what those erroneous points of view are, calmly pointing out what you insist is false, but then ALSO leave *all* the answers -- and *all responses*, iteratively -- in a fixed place on the web. And let it rip.
"In short order -- according to your theory of truths and untruths -- all the insane views of the rabid loonies will be identified, they will indubitably be fully mocked and discredited, and, trust me, the problem WILL actually start quiesce. But it will not work, and so make no sense, unless you keep the dialog *open forever*.
"Think you can handle that? Don't worry, we'll be right here with the ammonia inhalants and suits of armor to defend you if it gets too emotionally overwhelming.
"Otherwise, you're treating antisemitism as if it's something like an incurable disease or bloodline-based brain malformation, so that *the people themselves* need to be -- literally -- eliminated. To apply British understatement here, it's not a good look for those who identify Nazism as the ultimate evil."
I have been criticizing the State of Israel for about 50 years. I have been called an anti-semite even before Israel decided to commit genocide. Criticism of Israel has been forbidden for a while. Now it is getting nuttier. Now the UN special rapporteur is an antisemite too for her criticism of Israel. I am honoured to be in such company.
The current occupiers aren’t Semitic at all. They’re fucking white Europeans and Brooklyn Jews, as Scott Ritter calls them.
The motherfuckers have even co-opted the word “Semite”.
YOU are a Semite, Laith. I am a Semite. And fuck anyone who doesn’t get it. The correct term would be anti-Jew, but I suppose they think “Semite” makes them sound special. Hah.
Hello dear, I’m just tired. This term is exactly what they want us to bring up and keep talking about. From day one, it’s been a fake term. But surprisingly, even big pro-Palestinian profiles keep repeating it.
As Bassem Youssef said, it’s a meaningless term on every level. I’ll add that we should stop using it altogether and focus instead on the crimes in Gaza—not waste time repeating it over and over.
Do a quick search in Caitlin’s articles and count how many times this term was used. Even after 22 months, it’s still the same story. It’s exhausting.
The term "antisemitism" is being used recently and even not so recently to describe someone who does not support the colonialist, genocidal State of Israel. I don't quite understand, Laith, why you are so sick of everyone repeating this "BS". I personally do NOT think people should be quiet about it because it is just another way to allow Israel to get away with its crap. At the same time, I don't think anyone should be descriminated against because of their religion. I do not subscribe to any religion. As far as religion goes, I don't like any of them. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism or whatever else people choose to follow. But as long as people are not committing genocide or finding some other way to attack people in the name of their religion,I don't feel it is my responsibility to tell anyone what to believe even if I think what they believe is nutty.
I've never bought into that stupid definition of anti-semitism. You commit a genocide, people will hate you. End of story. It doesn't matter what religion or nationality or group you're part of.
I consider this redefinition an insult to our intelligence.
Are we all amalek? In the eyes of the powerful, I think so.
I think you're right. The rich, especially the technocrats, are literally out to kill us. They'd like to do to us what the Brits did to the Irish, what the whites did in the Americas to the Native Americans, and what the whites did to Africa, and what the Israeli Zionists are doing to the actual Semites, the Palestinians. They'll replace us low level workers with AI. Then why bother to give us healthcare, or care if there's a roof over our heads. We're a few short steps from homelessness. I've never been more scared in my life. I'm disabled, my housemate got fired at 60, and believe me, nobody gives a rat's ass.
Make the entire earth into their hunting preserve, with a few areas carved out for their work camps! (NB: satire, though I shouldn't have to point that out.)
I am old and do remeber an era when there were genuine Jew Haters without any reference to Israel in fact an era when Israel was still a mere idea.Those people hated and despised people of color also usually. They were what we would now call racists . Now I think it is sensible if in casual conversation with aJew to enquire what their thoughts on Israel.If they say the feel that Israel has every right to defend itself I would walk away
I recall some of those in the time you are talking about used the expression ZOG in their rants. So, there was some overlap even then. Since I have been supporting Palestinian rights for some 65 years, I couldn’t help being outraged that they seemed to be on the same side. I think, for some, their racism just allowed them to switch to being opposed to the even darker people.
A fair request, certainly supported by the commenters on these pages.
Let’s put the antisemitic nonsense to bed, once and for all.
We have inquired of the Secretary General of the UNITED NATIONS, domiciled as he is in New York, as to whether our newly formed action group called the 'Anti-Parasitics' (once the frightening and universally hated 'Anti-Semitics') are likely to be on the receiving end of a pogrom by the members of the Trump Ice Brigades in the USA, together with all the other equivalent organisations in the weak white Western countries.
I feel that it is prudent (to be seen to be fair), for me to state, up front, that we have not sprayed paint on any cars or synagogues, never mentioned in a public forum our disappointment at the lack of support for Palestine by Christian countries, have never questioned the details in the wildly exaggerated Hans Christian Andersen type Holocaust history books (printed only in Israel), worn anything that looks as though it was made in Palestine like a Keffiyeh or questioned any aspect of the propaganda (Israeli news reports) about the baby beheading killings by Hamas on October the 7th. To show our fairness, we have never purchased anything made in Israel and that we will continue to ask our parliamentary members in this white Western subservient country to keep supplying military parts for the Genociders in Tel Aviv and those hiding in all the corridors in Washington.
In other words, we will be relatively harmless (so as not to attract too much attention) but will eventually be seen as proud and energetic workers for ''peace in our time”. We are totally motivated by seeking an end to all parasitic actions, (previously Israeli actions), thick on the ground in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, all funded by the Israeli loyalists domeciled in the USA, as well as Miriam Adelson’s unfortunate losing gambling clients, together with 86% of the Netanyahu controlled American politicians, the respected and fully paid for members of both Houses of the USA Knesset in Washington.
We will be self-funded, therefore no monies requested. No chance of corruption either.
As of this date, no response from the UN. Keep tuned.
An attempt to address the humorous (ridiculous) side of antiseptic, (sorry, antiSemitic, the biggest waffle in 2025, Thank you, Western media.
I wonder if our Christian ambassador, Mike Huckabee, can pause a moment from licking Bibi’s boots to visit a village mentioned in the Bible and take a close look at how much hatred Zionist settlers have, not just for Muslims, but for Christians too.
Thanks for the link. It’s pretty mind blowing but not surprising. Sort of like when I found out there are over 100 synagogues in Iran!! So shocking that Netanyahu lied when he said Iranians hate Jews and only want to kill them.
I don't believe Mike Huckabee (or any leaders - Christian or otherwise) are TRULY religious. They (like most politicians) use religion to bolster their image with their audiences (and for other reasons) as a political strategy.
Hence, you will notice rampant contradictions, hypocrisy, and irony in the behaviors of such personalities.
What most people (American or otherwise) don't realize (unless they are an avid reader of history, sociology, economics, philosophy) is that MOST of history has either been suppressed or been revisioned/revised to a large extent. Many of the narratives (and the belief systems that go along with them) that people (all over the world) believe are flawed and paint an inaccurate picture of reality.
And the ironic thing is that if anyone (like myself) were to point out the above, they would deem me 'crazy' and 'off-my-rocker'.
Considering the religious aspect of it all perhaps someone could argue that Israel is hell on earth while Netanyahu [real name Mileikowski] is the antichrist.
A Palestinian/American from Tampa Florida yesterday was beaten to death by terrorist Israeli settlers. Will Debbie Wasserman Shultz and other Florida Israeli Representatives give a shit? No. Make Israel sand. Rebuild Palestine for all.
Wow thank you for your mention on Somalia, east Africa, USA bombing. I was in Kenya 2016, refugees from “US bombing in Somalia per war on terrorists”, refugees, women with precious cargo. CHILDREN babies, toddlers, grand mothers, aunts, cousins, mothers, sisters, were flocking into Nairobi. https://www.congress.gov *Somalia - Whose paying AFRICOM? www.africom.mil
I’ve said this a lot but it can’t be said too often: The Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels ("If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”) would have been proud of his mentors in the US and Israel… and of course, all of their lapdogs.
"These aren’t my rules, they’re the rules of the Israel apologists. I’m just pointing out the obvious fact that those rules have been set."
It's time to BREAK THE RULES then! If the apologists wish to change what antisemitism means, then we need to keep up a concerted campaign to change it back to its original meaning or maybe another meaning altogether than the one they want... How about it means "Exposing duplicitous genocide-enablers"? Let's get creative, people!
Well, Trump has revealed that he isn't really MAGA with his wild spending on the military, etc..So I'm far to the `right of Trump, and now believe that Israel needs to disappear, his cabinet jailed, and probably will in the next 30 years...or less....
The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed an official complaint against the European Investment Bank for channeling over €1 billion to Israeli companies blacklisted by the UN for illegal settlement activities. This funding directly supports Israel’s ongoing land theft and apartheid regime, in clear violation of the ICJ ruling of 19 July 2024. As EU leaders review the Association Agreement with Israel this week, we demand an immediate end to this complicity and call on the EIB to align its operations with international law and basic human rights.
When any Australians went to Iraq or Afghanistan to join the fight against a murderous invading army, they were arrested on their return to Australia and most likely deported. And not necessarily to their of origin.
I guess it's alright if you're fighting for zionists.
Following a request likely to come from one of the 86% of "paid for" politicians in Washington, I am certain that there will eventually be a plan instituted for all the USA based ex-IDF members to be considered as ex-Servicemen of the USA ...and treated accordingly.
Did you happen to see the Grayzone’s video from yesterday where Milei is actually offering pensions to Israelis while cutting pensions to his own citizens? It was mind-boggling what’s going on in Argentina.
You say it is not classified that US is bombing Africa but the media does not cover it. But why doesn't the media cover these actions? Because the media receives directives from Homeland Security concerning what it can publish or how much. So it is in a sense classified. To suggest that somehow journalists are fools, not doing their jobs, is misleading. This is their job
Not in the sense a true free press would accept. And a free press is known for publishing actual classified information, but that may have been so long ago it’s already been vaporised in the Memory Hole.
I’m afraid to say that this entire brouhaha about antisemitism has ceased to move me whatsoever. I simply detest fucking Israel, its defenders, corporate investors,US government toadies and anyone who is naive enough to not realize that those toadies are on the short leash of the Mossad with blackmail videos aplenty. Courtesy of one Mr Epstein et al.
I'm with you Vin! The problem for me is that my family (immediate and extended) is full of Israel lovers. I've tried to disown them, but it's proving to be challenging. At least (most) of my friends finally see the light about who/what Israel always was (though it took them too long to get there IMO).
The only hope I currently have is the prospect of a REVOLUTION the size of which human history has never experienced before...
I share that hope, Chang, because anything less will just bounce off the propaganda shield surrounding those Israel lovers.
Vin and Chang, The environment is ripe for a revolution. We the people should rise up without waiting for a leader. There's no Marx or Lenin or Che. Or Mao or a Ho Chi Min on the horizon. But we have plenty of Bertolt Brechts, Ken Saro-Wiwas , Lumumbas, Rosa Luxemburgs, Franz Fanons and all our poets, artists , writers and on and on. And women like Francesca Albanese, who in no uncertain terms explains how the world has gone from an "economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".
We have been asleep, we have been apathetic and let the old colonialists morph into neocolonialists. It has rolled on from the Dutch East India Company to all the big tech multinationals of today finding smarter ways to rule over us.
People should take over the streets in their thousands, invade the spaces of the 'mighty' day in and day out. Use ways and means, also humour to oust the moronic immoral, racist, lazy set of ignoramuses who think they can like some 'gods' ride on the backs of the working class.
Maybe I am ranting and raving because this is all that we have left!
I do believe Kshama Sawant. I have yet to see her back down from the fight. Brilliant and fiery : ) I have donated a large sum of funds to her new campaign for Rep. in Washington state. I would love to see Kshama kicking ass in CONgress : ) Rep. Cortez (no nickname for her) was and is a failure for change.
She does indeed stay the anti-Capitalist course. But I can't seem to ever allay my skepticism around anyone wasting that kind of energy in federal government -- such a sleazy corrupt pit in which to try to insert honest discourse. Like trying to cook fresh food in filthy cookware.
I agree with you. So many pretenders have failed working people. I thought one more time I will spend the dollars and the time for someone I admire. Kshama with her PHD in Econ. could walk away and profit or just have taken her full salary rather than donate half to her Workers Strike Back foundation. As long as she is staying on the path for working people, I will walk with her as I do with you my friend : )
Thank you, my friend. I do support her, wholeheartedly; just perennially concerned about the DC snake pit and its impact.
Love your comment about who we do have. You might enjoy this webinar I just attended given by Mr. Fish the political cartoonist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhvgbBqJ59w.
Thanks. Love Mr. Fish's work. Will check this out.
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>>"Maybe I am ranting and raving..."
I like your rants, Indu!
>>"..this is all that we have left!"
I think we (on a global level) don't have enough of a LEFT left. I find that quite problematic and unsettling...
Indu - while I love your comment for its positivitism/motivational-factor, unlike you though, I fail to find "the hope that you find" from successes of the past and history's prominent revolutionaries. Maybe that's my own failing, or maybe I'm too much of a realist, or maybe it's something else...
I believe (rightly or wrongly) that our 'current global world/situation' requires different solutions/strategies on a whole another level. Unfortunately, I don't possess sufficient knowledge (or the intricate/highly-advanced systems thinking skills needed) to offer up solutions to our most urgent problems...
I like your ideas, and would support them, but I harbor doubts about it being enough (or even up-to-the-task) of challenging the 'System of Capitalism' (which I believe to be at the heart of the intensity of problems that we face currently).
Chang,
I had always hoped that Russia would come to the party and sign some form of agreement to support Iran in case of attack by the parasites. But it didn't happen then and is unlikely to happen now.
Here’s a short clip of John Mearsheimer stating.......
“I think there’s no question that a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the region, because nuclear weapons are weapons of peace, weapons of deterrents…. And if Iran had a nuclear deterrent, there’s no way that the United States or Israel would be threatening to attack Iran, in the same way that if Saddam had had nuclear weapons in 2003, the US would not have invaded Iraq. And if Libya had nuclear weapons in 2011, the US would not have gone to war against Libya. If you had a Middle East where other countries had nuclear weapons besides Israel, you have a more peaceful Middle East."
Sound thinking and hopefully 'on the table'.
Russia tried. Iran turned it down. Nuclear arms violate their tenets of Islam. I agree with you, but it wasn't Russia's fault. As much as I loathe the idea of even more nuclear weapons, I don't see what else Iran could do at this point. I hope secretly they're doing something. Meanwhile, Pakistan has vowed to come to their aid and I'm sure if it came to that Russia would do what it could. Or China, for that matter. Iran is not without friends.
Pakistan and Iran were throwing missiles at one another a year ago. The statement Pakistan made was more a warning to Israel rather than a defense of Iran. However the real answer is much more nuanced than vowing to come to Iran's aid.
China is suppose to have delivered several batteries of its IAD systems to Iran. Some suggest Iran's IAD was not effective during the 12 day war. Others say it was.
The problem with defensive missile batteries, israeli software attacks. Eight hrs. and systems on with help of Russian techs. Iran's biggest problem was thinking a peace with the West was possible, never was. War with China and Iran is in the way, that was and is the priority. End Stage Capitalism demands it.
In the bitchute link I posted about Ryan Dawson @ about 34 minutes Johnson talks about how Iran has forced Israel into the ceasefire. He believes it will hold because Iran is supposed to have 10000 or more missiles built and stored underground so western intelligence has no data.
Israel’s initial success was more because of its vast network of sabotage agents. They have now been exposed and eliminated. There are many analysts who declare that the IDF never entered Iranian airspace.
We have no insight to confirm or deny. It’s a propaganda war.
For those who want to see Israel destroyed you will appreciate Johnson’s take on events.
>>"Russia tried. Iran turned it down."
That is ONE narrative. But does ANYONE really know what is TRULY happening behind-the-scenes (i.e. behind closed doors)?
Hence I question the analysis of SO MANY supposed 'YouTube pundits', experts, retired so-and-so govt. personalities, etc.
I think the reality of such 'geopolitical diplomacy' is far more complex and nuanced then the 'simple narratives' that are proffered by so many 'professionals and experts' and believed by the general public.
well, there's article 3.3 of the iranian–russian treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership, which could be interpreted as an impediment on the resumption and continuation of us-russia trade that russia seems to want so much (i do hope they're faking that).
C33, John Mearsheimer's analysis seems sound (and something I would like to believe). But I believe the U.S. Empire is a ROGUE STATE currently that is engulfed in its own 'American Exceptionalism' hubris - and I question the assumption/supposition/hypothesis that the U.S. would not use nukes on another country that is armed with nukes.
Mearsheimer's analysis would have held up under most conditions of 'normal great power politics', but I feel we are in a NEW ERA - a dangerous era - one in which the U.S. Emire is DESPERATELY attempting to hold onto its 'power and status' of past in an environment that is increasingly hostile and challenging to its existence.
I don't consider the U.S. Empire to be a RATIONAL actor currently, hence I am thinking along the lines of 'all bets are off' and 'there are NO rules or international-based-order'. In such an enviornment, it is hard for me to predict (or have faith in predictions about) what the U.S. Empire might ACTUALLY do...
I like John Mearsheimer's analysis. My issue with him/his analysis is that he is VERY MUCH a product of the U.S./Western way of thinking about the world - hence I am more cautious about his assessments.
Chang,
"and I question the assumption/supposition/hypothesis that the U.S. would not use nukes on another country that is armed with nukes."
You are probably just a month ahead of my thinking on this subject. Yes he is a 'product of the US/Western way of thinking' and I do keep on forgetting that fact as well.
I am just an incurable optimist with lots of friends in those United States. That is an influence on one's thinking. They are always there through emails and the like.
I've said it before and I'll say it again for the last time. The world has never seen the reaction of the American people to a serious threat. Do they ignore the threat to their lives, continue on as before with an optimistic outlook knowing (thinking) they are safe from harm .....or will they become panic stricken and 'head for the hills' from a city like New York if threatened by a nuclear capable submarine.
They have never been challenged in this way. Other than Pearl Harbour, a long way away from a civilian population of any size, they have never been challenged at all. Yes, we did see some level of concern in the Cuban Missile crisis which was managed well by JFK and ceased to remain a problem. We therefore do not know the influence they would have on an Israeli controlled government in Washington.
The USA Knesset.
The great unknown.
A crowd-funded pair of Chinese nuclear armed submarines in the ocean off New York would be something of a test case.
Yes, I know. I have suggested this before. But it may have the desired result with the expulsion of criminal Zionists, disloyal fellow travellers, corrupted politicians and blackmailed White House residents from the USA allowing the same USA to start all over again with some down-to-earth Amendments in their beloved but outdated Constitution. (Freedom of speech; one person, one vote; no corrupt funding of politicians) ......and on it goes. (far too many to mention)
Finally to top it off.....the big finger to Israel's worldwide antiSemitism campaign and a black mark against those weak Western governments who have taken action in their support of this, the latest Israeli planned Zionist circus event (marketing campaign,) a.k.a. yet another distraction to genocide and ethnic cleansing on a grand scale. A shameful state, Israel.
>>"The world has never seen the reaction of the American people to a serious threat."
Amen to that! I couldn't agree more with you on that. AFAIK, the American mainland (contiguous 48 states) has never been BOMBED or ATTACKED by an 'external' military threat. I don't think the U.S. is prepared (due to its hubris) for an attack from external sources (I don't see Mexico or Canada attacking the U.S.).
If anything, I believe the U.S. Empire is most likely to be destroyed by INTERNAL forces (as I find that scenario more plausible than anything else).
We may get to parity soon and peace therefore would be welcome.
Been too long.
Two opposing “bullies” sometimes is all you need.
Alex Krainer at substack.com
Offered an encouraging perspective:
https://open.substack.com/pub/trendcompass/p/defeat-of-the-wests-strategy-of-chaos?r=rc3yr&utm_medium=ios
Or this yoo-toob: by Danny Haiphong
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=srapdMxAEP4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
You cannot engage such people because they know what the PMC consensus is and there are serious personal and professional consequences from straying from that consensus. Being wrong carries no consequences, but being risky does.
I had a conversation with a German woman, highly placed as a partner in an international law firm. She recited the usual platitudes about Ukraine, and I remarked that the war wasn't unprovoked at all. "What do you mean?!"" "Well, Angela Merkel herself, as well as Hollande and Poroshenko, all stated that Ukraine never had any intent to carry out Minsk or Minsk-2, that both agreements were a sham." "You're....right..." she gasped.
She she quickly changed the subject, lest wrongthink ensue.
We can hold a lottery, and the winners get to place the noose around the necks of the ZioNazi Genociders and their supporters. I'll bet we could wipe out the U.S. $36 TRILLION debt with the proceeds and still have enough left over to rebuild Gaza. Before the criminals are publicly executed, they will each get a pair of tweezers and have to clean up Gaza for an entire year. Imagine how many tickets a person would buy for an opportunity to put a noose around Nutty Yahoo's neck!!!! How about giving cattle prods to people who win "runner-up" lotteries and letting them "persuade" Illegal Settlers to help clean up Gaza? Naturally, Palestinian survivors would be allowed to participate without having to buy a ticket. Oh, I think that people will get really creative with this! How about hanging Nutty Yahoo on Epstein Island - by his ZioBalls?
As the kids used to say: fuck Israel!
I'm a 70 year old growing up. Fuck Israel.
Zionists love antisemitism, they need antisemitism, however defined.
Without real or imaginary antisemitism, Zionist demands for special pleading and double standards have no basis.
Hi Feral
CALL ME AN ANTI-SEMITE.
Oh wait, that’d be incorrect, since I’m an actual true Semite.
Caitlin’s photo of all the WHITE Ziofilth kinda said it all, didn’t it?
I've been raising this question to mouth-frothing "fighters" against antisemitism in various ways in forums:
"You DO want to *eliminate* antisemitism, right? Then why are you not addressing it the way psychiatry would, by giving it a full airing, identify exactly what those erroneous points of view are, calmly pointing out what you insist is false, but then ALSO leave *all* the answers -- and *all responses*, iteratively -- in a fixed place on the web. And let it rip.
"In short order -- according to your theory of truths and untruths -- all the insane views of the rabid loonies will be identified, they will indubitably be fully mocked and discredited, and, trust me, the problem WILL actually start quiesce. But it will not work, and so make no sense, unless you keep the dialog *open forever*.
"Think you can handle that? Don't worry, we'll be right here with the ammonia inhalants and suits of armor to defend you if it gets too emotionally overwhelming.
"Otherwise, you're treating antisemitism as if it's something like an incurable disease or bloodline-based brain malformation, so that *the people themselves* need to be -- literally -- eliminated. To apply British understatement here, it's not a good look for those who identify Nazism as the ultimate evil."
Anyone who's missing that truth isn't "getting it".
I have been criticizing the State of Israel for about 50 years. I have been called an anti-semite even before Israel decided to commit genocide. Criticism of Israel has been forbidden for a while. Now it is getting nuttier. Now the UN special rapporteur is an antisemite too for her criticism of Israel. I am honoured to be in such company.
Fuck antisemitism, I’m sick of all you repeating this BS
Fucking cancel the Genocide State and supporters. Give the world Peace.
Hi Laith.
And it’s a completely incorrect term.
The current occupiers aren’t Semitic at all. They’re fucking white Europeans and Brooklyn Jews, as Scott Ritter calls them.
The motherfuckers have even co-opted the word “Semite”.
YOU are a Semite, Laith. I am a Semite. And fuck anyone who doesn’t get it. The correct term would be anti-Jew, but I suppose they think “Semite” makes them sound special. Hah.
Hello dear, I’m just tired. This term is exactly what they want us to bring up and keep talking about. From day one, it’s been a fake term. But surprisingly, even big pro-Palestinian profiles keep repeating it.
As Bassem Youssef said, it’s a meaningless term on every level. I’ll add that we should stop using it altogether and focus instead on the crimes in Gaza—not waste time repeating it over and over.
Do a quick search in Caitlin’s articles and count how many times this term was used. Even after 22 months, it’s still the same story. It’s exhausting.
The term "antisemitism" is being used recently and even not so recently to describe someone who does not support the colonialist, genocidal State of Israel. I don't quite understand, Laith, why you are so sick of everyone repeating this "BS". I personally do NOT think people should be quiet about it because it is just another way to allow Israel to get away with its crap. At the same time, I don't think anyone should be descriminated against because of their religion. I do not subscribe to any religion. As far as religion goes, I don't like any of them. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism or whatever else people choose to follow. But as long as people are not committing genocide or finding some other way to attack people in the name of their religion,I don't feel it is my responsibility to tell anyone what to believe even if I think what they believe is nutty.
I've never bought into that stupid definition of anti-semitism. You commit a genocide, people will hate you. End of story. It doesn't matter what religion or nationality or group you're part of.
I consider this redefinition an insult to our intelligence.
Are we all amalek? In the eyes of the powerful, I think so.
I think you're right. The rich, especially the technocrats, are literally out to kill us. They'd like to do to us what the Brits did to the Irish, what the whites did in the Americas to the Native Americans, and what the whites did to Africa, and what the Israeli Zionists are doing to the actual Semites, the Palestinians. They'll replace us low level workers with AI. Then why bother to give us healthcare, or care if there's a roof over our heads. We're a few short steps from homelessness. I've never been more scared in my life. I'm disabled, my housemate got fired at 60, and believe me, nobody gives a rat's ass.
We are all amalak now.
Make the entire earth into their hunting preserve, with a few areas carved out for their work camps! (NB: satire, though I shouldn't have to point that out.)
I am old and do remeber an era when there were genuine Jew Haters without any reference to Israel in fact an era when Israel was still a mere idea.Those people hated and despised people of color also usually. They were what we would now call racists . Now I think it is sensible if in casual conversation with aJew to enquire what their thoughts on Israel.If they say the feel that Israel has every right to defend itself I would walk away
Oh, there are plenty of bonafide antisemites out there, many of them created by Zionist demands for special pleading and double standards.
Zionists love this, since without antisemites, real or imagined, then Israel would have no reason not to demand double standards and special pleading.
It's a supply that creates its own demand. A self-licking ice cream cone.
I recall some of those in the time you are talking about used the expression ZOG in their rants. So, there was some overlap even then. Since I have been supporting Palestinian rights for some 65 years, I couldn’t help being outraged that they seemed to be on the same side. I think, for some, their racism just allowed them to switch to being opposed to the even darker people.
Someone posted this quote which says it all: "The Holocaust card stops working as soon as you commit one of your own"
And "never again" means that I never want to hear it mentioned ever again.
It should be a bumper sticker!
Kathleen
A fair request, certainly supported by the commenters on these pages.
Let’s put the antisemitic nonsense to bed, once and for all.
We have inquired of the Secretary General of the UNITED NATIONS, domiciled as he is in New York, as to whether our newly formed action group called the 'Anti-Parasitics' (once the frightening and universally hated 'Anti-Semitics') are likely to be on the receiving end of a pogrom by the members of the Trump Ice Brigades in the USA, together with all the other equivalent organisations in the weak white Western countries.
I feel that it is prudent (to be seen to be fair), for me to state, up front, that we have not sprayed paint on any cars or synagogues, never mentioned in a public forum our disappointment at the lack of support for Palestine by Christian countries, have never questioned the details in the wildly exaggerated Hans Christian Andersen type Holocaust history books (printed only in Israel), worn anything that looks as though it was made in Palestine like a Keffiyeh or questioned any aspect of the propaganda (Israeli news reports) about the baby beheading killings by Hamas on October the 7th. To show our fairness, we have never purchased anything made in Israel and that we will continue to ask our parliamentary members in this white Western subservient country to keep supplying military parts for the Genociders in Tel Aviv and those hiding in all the corridors in Washington.
In other words, we will be relatively harmless (so as not to attract too much attention) but will eventually be seen as proud and energetic workers for ''peace in our time”. We are totally motivated by seeking an end to all parasitic actions, (previously Israeli actions), thick on the ground in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, all funded by the Israeli loyalists domeciled in the USA, as well as Miriam Adelson’s unfortunate losing gambling clients, together with 86% of the Netanyahu controlled American politicians, the respected and fully paid for members of both Houses of the USA Knesset in Washington.
We will be self-funded, therefore no monies requested. No chance of corruption either.
As of this date, no response from the UN. Keep tuned.
An attempt to address the humorous (ridiculous) side of antiseptic, (sorry, antiSemitic, the biggest waffle in 2025, Thank you, Western media.
Geez, man, you're throwing out a wide net on those parasites; pretty wormy out there! Best of luck.
Anti-Parasitics. I LOVE IT. As an actual true Semite, may I use that, Con? 😁
Please do, gypsy33
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2025-07/israel-west-bank-jewish-settlers-christians-palestinians-war.html
I wonder if our Christian ambassador, Mike Huckabee, can pause a moment from licking Bibi’s boots to visit a village mentioned in the Bible and take a close look at how much hatred Zionist settlers have, not just for Muslims, but for Christians too.
Thanks for the link. It’s pretty mind blowing but not surprising. Sort of like when I found out there are over 100 synagogues in Iran!! So shocking that Netanyahu lied when he said Iranians hate Jews and only want to kill them.
I don't believe Mike Huckabee (or any leaders - Christian or otherwise) are TRULY religious. They (like most politicians) use religion to bolster their image with their audiences (and for other reasons) as a political strategy.
Hence, you will notice rampant contradictions, hypocrisy, and irony in the behaviors of such personalities.
This story is being suppressed as are so many of Zionist settler atrocities.
What most people (American or otherwise) don't realize (unless they are an avid reader of history, sociology, economics, philosophy) is that MOST of history has either been suppressed or been revisioned/revised to a large extent. Many of the narratives (and the belief systems that go along with them) that people (all over the world) believe are flawed and paint an inaccurate picture of reality.
And the ironic thing is that if anyone (like myself) were to point out the above, they would deem me 'crazy' and 'off-my-rocker'.
Considering the religious aspect of it all perhaps someone could argue that Israel is hell on earth while Netanyahu [real name Mileikowski] is the antichrist.
A Palestinian/American from Tampa Florida yesterday was beaten to death by terrorist Israeli settlers. Will Debbie Wasserman Shultz and other Florida Israeli Representatives give a shit? No. Make Israel sand. Rebuild Palestine for all.
RIP Sayfollah Musallet. RIP Aaron Bushnell.
Chuck:
And RIP my hero, Rachel Corrie.
Shut Down Catipillar. Bulldoze it. Support Palestine Action Now and always...
Wow thank you for your mention on Somalia, east Africa, USA bombing. I was in Kenya 2016, refugees from “US bombing in Somalia per war on terrorists”, refugees, women with precious cargo. CHILDREN babies, toddlers, grand mothers, aunts, cousins, mothers, sisters, were flocking into Nairobi. https://www.congress.gov *Somalia - Whose paying AFRICOM? www.africom.mil
I’ve said this a lot but it can’t be said too often: The Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels ("If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”) would have been proud of his mentors in the US and Israel… and of course, all of their lapdogs.
"These aren’t my rules, they’re the rules of the Israel apologists. I’m just pointing out the obvious fact that those rules have been set."
It's time to BREAK THE RULES then! If the apologists wish to change what antisemitism means, then we need to keep up a concerted campaign to change it back to its original meaning or maybe another meaning altogether than the one they want... How about it means "Exposing duplicitous genocide-enablers"? Let's get creative, people!
Reacted the same way to those words
Love it, TRC!
There is a new narrative. Zionists have lost control. Israel is a Terrorist Genocide State. Help Wanted to Cancel it.
Well, Trump has revealed that he isn't really MAGA with his wild spending on the military, etc..So I'm far to the `right of Trump, and now believe that Israel needs to disappear, his cabinet jailed, and probably will in the next 30 years...or less....
Trump is weak, stupid and easily manipulated.
I had him figured out eight years ago.
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When any Australians went to Iraq or Afghanistan to join the fight against a murderous invading army, they were arrested on their return to Australia and most likely deported. And not necessarily to their of origin.
I guess it's alright if you're fighting for zionists.
David,
Following a request likely to come from one of the 86% of "paid for" politicians in Washington, I am certain that there will eventually be a plan instituted for all the USA based ex-IDF members to be considered as ex-Servicemen of the USA ...and treated accordingly.
Did you happen to see the Grayzone’s video from yesterday where Milei is actually offering pensions to Israelis while cutting pensions to his own citizens? It was mind-boggling what’s going on in Argentina.
Millei knows full well what will earn him a pat on the head from People Who Matter.
You say it is not classified that US is bombing Africa but the media does not cover it. But why doesn't the media cover these actions? Because the media receives directives from Homeland Security concerning what it can publish or how much. So it is in a sense classified. To suggest that somehow journalists are fools, not doing their jobs, is misleading. This is their job
Not in the sense a true free press would accept. And a free press is known for publishing actual classified information, but that may have been so long ago it’s already been vaporised in the Memory Hole.
W