Israel doesn't even need to try very hard. It's the equivalent of a barroom asshole picking a fight and saying "since I've got my American friend here, what are you going to do about it?"
American hegemony would be a lot stronger if they would use soft power and stop relying on naked coercion and brute force to solve everything.
The problem is that when you have brute force, you don't have to be very creative or try very hard, since you can just go straight to "airstrikes" or "send in the Marines".
IIRC for the cost of 10% of the Pentagram budget the US could feed all the hungry people on the planet. Now that would be "winning hearts and minds". Of course then just the farmers get rich rather than weapons dealers, so we can't have that.
Well, maybe we don't want them to be a lot stronger with soft power. Then they could do even more horrible underhanded harm. You know, like those who "smile as they kill"
If they could do with just soft power they would. But, as Al Capone reportedly said, "You get a lot more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone."
The Empire doesn't even bother with the kind words very much, they just go straight to the gun.
Al Capone also had some choice words concerning Murray Humphries, "Anybody can use a gun, but 'The Hump' uses his head. He can shoot if he has to, but he likes to negotiate with cash when he can. I like that in a man."
My dog got hit by a car. But it wasn't the fault of the driver doing 50 in a 25. It was a crowd of the bloody neighborhood cats distracting Fido with their infernal meowing
She has a point. I contend that if the Arab states REALLY WANTED the Palestinians to be free, they would have been long ago. They truly have NO FRIENDS as is evidenced by the massacre and genocide being live streamed before our very eyes. This is a terrible portent for humanity. Damn those Arab states to hell ,may they suffer all the atrocities they are allowing and all the weeping be theirs for their complicity in this unspeakable and unGodly time. Their love of and enjoyment of their money, pride and comfort will not be everlasting. Justice is coming. I would NEVER want to be them.
Yes agree - though I would suggest I slight change to your comment.
The PEOPLE of the Arab countries (and the world) are with the Palestinians. The ruling power elite (politicians, dictators, monarchs, power-hungry sycophants, etc.) that control and manage their population (through various means like brute force, propaganda, etc.) are the REAL problem (they always have been).
I’d like to add that the people of Lebanon are terrified of having their country decimated by Israhell yet again should Hezbollah become more heavily involved.
And none of the Arab countries wish to get vaporized by the Apartheid state.
Yes, ordinary citizens never benefit from war. It's only the oligarchs, heads of state, the power elite, and the ultra-capitalists that usually have something to gain at the expense of the lives of the common man.
Unfortunately, If Israel is to be defeated - I can't see any way of that happening UNLESS there is use of violence by the Axis of Resistance (Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria) against Israel (I'm simplifying things a bit - but you get the gist of my point). I really don't see any way out of this for the Palestians other than armed conflict and resistance (and a larger scale war). That is why I am in awe of Lebanon (Hezbollah) and Yemen (Ansar Allah) - as they have been the ONLY ones (that I am aware of) that have taken concrete action (rather than just words).
The real tragedy is that whichever way this conflict/genocide goes, it will be the ordinary citizens that will land up paying the ultimate price (while the scum of the earth (power elite, billionaires, etc.) burrow in their max-security enclaves as cowards).
same as everywhere else. our world leaders seem to be devoid of all humanity. they have learned nothing at all from history. What they seem to have taken from the holocaust is that survivors 80 years or so later have the right to defend themselves against anyone who might be on land that they and the British have decided is theirs. If they wanted to commit genocide, it would be more logical (but still inhumane) to go to Germany
I am looking at what is happening now. I don't think I really am much interested in your advice of what I should study. You don't sound like the brightest penny in the barrel to me.
You go have a look at the global map of US military bases, and you will find a huge number of them in the arab states, which also host regular uS naval patrol ships too.
So either the US is protecting them from Israeli aggression…….or those bases ensure US control of the countries, in the event they consider going out of line. Given that they all de facto collaborate with Israel, I’ll go with the latter explanation for the bases.
What ever makes you think that this will be long lasting. Many in the world are recognizing Israel is implementing a genocide, and much of the world outside of NATO are giving recognition to that reality. Israel is less and less able to fall back on the attack by Hamas as her reason. I think America and Israel will find themselves more isolated in the world, and we are plain stupid for not recognizing that Israel will become a pariah state as she should be.
It better start caring, as should the US since many are now saying both Israel and the US are being condemned by many on a world wide level. Thomas Friedman had an article in the NY Times on that topic today, and he spoke in detail about it. If you go to Aljazeera it expresses the outrage of many countries especially in this latest assault. If this is going to stop before they kill every last Palestinian you need the world to make it's voice heard, and if they don't they must then recognize their own complicity in this genocide. This isn't WWII where no one has access to the computer where people can see the destruction Israel is sowing not just in words, but pictures that speak a thousand words. This isn't the 1940's.
In the Anglo / White Western world and supported as well in feeble, disgraced countries like Australia, all have tolerated Israel meticulously targeting food storage facilities in Palestine. Every single child in Gaza is facing death, either by Israeli bombardments, straight out murder, starvation or disease. More than one million children are living a catastrophic health emergency directly caused by Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid. And who in the West gives a damn!
This is nothing but Israeli / Zionist sadism, welcomed in the main throughout the Jewish diaspora around the globe.
What totally mindless and disgraceful Western puppet counties we have all become.
Of course they are lying as to why they killed them, just an easy target for them, like a child with a little white flag leaving his house is an easy target. I hope the old adage that they will reap what they sow is something I can rely on, and that includes the US and it's complicity in this.
How much more bullshit and grandstanding are we going to hear from world leaders, the UN Court, the International Court of Justice before this STOPS? Every single day (perhaps every single hour) this gets not only worse, but even more sadistic and barbaric. I'm getting a very strong feeling all of this is going far beyond mere propaganda. Would anyone like to take a shot at WTF is going on and why Israel has not even been deterred in the very slightest?
On 9-11 they claimed people throughout the middle east were dancing in the streets because America was finally attacked - whether true or not I can assure you the first military power that goes after Israel there will in fact be dancing in the streets throughout the entire world.
Someone please explain - why no one is stopping this? 95% of the world is against this!
I believe beyond the shadow of doubt - Russia was in fact going to intervene but not however on account of the Palestinian people per se (they would've done it by now) but rather as the start of the third World War that is clearly eminent.
I believe that Macron comments and now all this talk about the US and Europe sending in ground troops is because they are now deliberately trying to tie Putin down IN Russia in order to prevent him from perusing the middle east. Why else are they now talking about sending in troops when there was never a cause from Day One? I also believe when Putin talks about nuclear war he is absolutely positively referring to Israel not Russia. As in using nuclear weapons.
As to using nuclear - Putin's been saying all along that as soon as NATO steps into Ukraine officially (as there are specialists there now, but "unofficially"), then Russia will invoke its doctrine which allows using nuclear weapons when Russia's very existence is threatened.
Meaning not in Ukraine, but hitting NATO countries themselves, aka "decision-making centers".
Understand but it serves no purpose. His current military can and easily handle a depleted NATO - that's why I believe his threat is about nuclear war in the middle east - he's already won this entire situation - this is a warning shot - interfere with my plans for the middle east and I'll go straight to nuclear -
"His current military can and easily handle a depleted NATO" - looking at the map after two years of fighting I cannot see how such a statement could be made. If Russia took over the whole of Ukraine by now then maybe you'd have a point.
An intercepted call of the high ranking German military was just published. They were discussing hitting Crimean bridge with Taurus missiles making it appear as if Germany had nothing to do with it: https://www.rt.com/news/593561-german-audio-crimea-bridge/
The fact of such planning and an uncovering of UK/US specialists on the ground.
It is more for the German public so they see what their military is planning to do. That regular Germans would be more inclined to blame their own government for when their country is hit by tactical nukes.
I read today that NY Times and Washington Post hire Israeli intel agents with no Journalism experience to report on the Gaza Genocide. It's bad enough that all legacy media print and Tv are heavily staffed with CIA paid operatives for decades. Evil knows no bounds.
All the protesting against evil seems to have no impact, it feels like all of the worldwide protests have had zero impact on the progress of the IDF genocide. When the ICJ says that IDF genocide against Palestinians is plausible its just disheartening. By the time any credible justice department or news source actually calls it a genocide it will be over and we will be talking about it in the past tense. I think this is the plan by Israel to drag the debate out long enough to avoid it interfering with their evil plans.
In a kratocracy - the strong make the rules. Just like there was no way to hold Caesar accountable for war crimes the modern world is ruled by many Caesars who actively deny being held accountable.
Finster's First Law Readeth thusly: There is no such thing as law. There is only context.
To put it in its longer form: "Laws are for little people. Policy is for people who matter, because policy decides when the law will be applied, how and to whom. It's why Bobby Banker's kid gets the 'treatment track', if he gets charged at all, while Bubba from the trailer park or Rufus from the hood get time."
I think you're right. It's remarkable the world just watches and talks about it while the daily massacre of unarmed civilians goes on. The Egyptian president goes out and does a tiny little "supply drop" for a million Palestinians - probably as a propaganda ploy to make it appear as if he's doing something. That's what all the world leaders are doing - wave handing as much as possible to appear like they really care, when it's only their populations who actually care.
The obscenity of the corruption of Western Leaders is an eye opener, the immorality of these people, should be something none of us should ever forget - from Biden to Macron to Sunak. They are doing their best to subdue the public while Israel carries out a genocide.
Worth mentioning: congratulations to George Galloway for his sweeping victory in Rochdale yesterday as a new MP and his return (after a long absence). A victory founded on his unequivocal rejection of the pro-Israeli (corrupt) leaders in British parliament who are immorally supporting this greatest of human evils: the ongoing genocide in GAZA. Methinks I may have also been witness to the birth and a flashing glimmer and return of that famous brand of justice, Excalibur - and a future Prime Minister.
I'm glad some, but all too few, of our elected representatives are pro-Palestine. I'm pleased he won to show the strength of opinion in the general population despite the current campaign to brand us all as terrorist-sympathisers or anti-semites. However to be PM he would need to be the leader of the majority party in Westminster. That's highly unlikely to happen given a) the current first-past-the-post UK electoral system (the Scottish Parliament includes some members elected by proportional representation), b) Mr Galloway's political history, c) his reality TV reputation.
And sorry to disappoint you but Excalibur is a myth.
Excellent Caitlin. Keep educating us. Americans need repeated lessons to break through the trance inculcated since childhood and reinforced 24/7 in msm.
Yesterday, on the YouTube Profile for "Neutrality Matters" by Pascal Lottaz, Helmut Scheben told the story of "Little Max", the point of the story was that "belonging is more important then truth". Clearly for The West, and specifically Main Stream Media or as described, Imperial Media ... there are a lot of "Little Maxs". Too many.
The trap of "belonging is more important then truth" is something that we all must guard against. ... However, too frequently, all too frequently we fall into.
Fantastic video William Browett! Thank you so much for recommending it.
Here is an excerpt:
"We are so influenced by our entire life history, our environment, by ideology, but also by the pressure to belong and want to belong, that it is very difficult for journalists to stand against the published opinion and against the majority opinion at a certain moment. And this majority opinion is of course, as Chomsky rightly pointed out, produced in a political process - the manufacturing of consent. The interesting thing about the history of war (which I focus on the most) is that there are always key moments when extreme lies are spread. These lies are then maintained for quite a long time until they eventually collapse. But at the moment they collapse, no one is interested anymore. Examples include - weapons of mass destruction, the Gulf of Tonkin, the story about the babies from the incubator in Kuwait, this list could go on indefinitely... Or take the Maidan uprising which was portrayed as a popular uprising where the evil Yanukovich was supposed to have shot at his own people. By now we know that this is not true. Even the Ukrainians say that it is not true. They have investigated these cases and come to the conclusion that it does not correspond to the truth. But no one is interested in that anymore because POLITICS IS THE ART OF DOMINATING THE NARRATIVE."
and as much as I respect the choice by Airman Bushnell, I think the rest of us will eventually be forced to take some major risks in order to survive. Not advocating, just recognizing the reality of where this is going.
From the onset of the Israeli state which has implemented multiple atrocities on the Palestinian people they have relied heavily on not being challenged by using their victimhood of the past as a shield. No more, since it has become very apparent they are quite capable of severe brutality and implementing a genocide of their own. Their word is worthless, and their capacity for death and destruction and their total lack of regard for Palestinian life has become very apparent since Oct 7. No longer are they going to find unchallenged acceptance of their carnage.
Today I read in Aljazeera
"France calls for an independent inquiry as more countries speak out against the shootings of Palestinians seeking food. "
"EU, Germany join calls for investigation
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said on Friday that she was “deeply disturbed by images from Gaza” and that “every effort must be made to investigate what happened and ensure transparency.”
"Earlier, the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, posting on X, denounced the incident as “carnage”."
"Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it condemned “in the strongest terms the heinous massacre committed by the Israeli occupation” and called for “urgent international action” to halt the fighting in Gaza."
Can't connect to the post you are referencing gypsy33. I felt sooner or later the world would come to see Israel and the US as pariah countries in implementing this genocide especially because, al-jazeera and others make it so real and provides the sense of horror of what is going on. Like we're both disgusting. and there are now so many counties that call us out for the horror that we are implementing. I just came across an article by Thomas Friedman in the NY Times which pretty much says the same thing, and I thought great I hope the US listens because he did make a very valuable and true assessment of the end game. will be Israel isn't finished, and she will create more carnage and I hope the US backs away. Israel abhors Hamas, but Hamas has given her what she has always wanted, that is, the chance and excuse to implement a genocide which was always in her plan book for the Palestinians. If you followed not only what was going on in Palestine but the West Bank you knew. Maybe she overlooked all the warnings of an impending attack as well, which I always thought was true. Egypt warns 3 days before of an attack, and she ignores it? No.
I'm not sure, but despite the ugliness to all of this, I somehow feel that something good is coming from it. An 'awakening' perhaps...or is it just delusion?
Unfortunately, the irreversible decline of Western supremacy, under the leadership of the United States, will not be a peaceful process, and it would be naive to think so.
I honestly do feel we're crossing a threshold. The world now has many, many more open eyes and voices. What is not known, and what is worrisome however is what the Elites will counter with. I don't think they'll go quietly. Me feels this is going to be a pivotal year. We may not even recognize the joint –sooner than we think.
It hit me when The Wall fell and Daddy Bush declared 'a new world order'. I knew right then we would wreak havoc across the earth. I thought 9/11 might be a positive moment, a 'lesson' if I may, but obvously I was wrong on THAT one.
Well written opinion piece: not political outrage porn. The final paragraph is noteworthy, but I must disagree with the final 2 sentences: "Cracks are appearing in the illusion, and those of us who care about truth, peace and justice need to help draw attention to them. From there, real change becomes a genuine possibility.". Not with what it aspires to see as a result of Westerners going "woke" because of the major disconnect between what they see on TV & internet videos and the lies the propagandist Western press reports happened, but because "real change" will require a real revolution. This isn't 1789 France or the 1986 Philippines's People Power Revolution, which succeeded because the military supported it. "Only power restrains power." The Empire still has overwhelming power. The French Revolution led directly to the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, & now dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is the president of the Philippines, which is once again a client state of the USA. Marcos expanded US access to its military bases, giving Washington a greater presence in the region, while also strengthening military ties with Japan and Australia, two other US allies. Not much "real change" in that environment despite the cessation of Duterte's fanatic drug war. I'm no prophet, but I don't see "real change", e.g. the end of systemic racism or mass incarceration of African Americans, in the US Empire, or a surge of human & civil rights in the Philippines over the next 200-300 years. All the bad shit is just too baked into the political DNA of the Empire's & the Philippines's citizens. And constant propaganda keeps it there. I'm not a political optimist or a cheerleader. I think I'm more a realist. I hope for the best but am prepared for the worst.
Israel doesn't even need to try very hard. It's the equivalent of a barroom asshole picking a fight and saying "since I've got my American friend here, what are you going to do about it?"
A Soviet general told writer Farley Mowat, "The difference between Soviet propaganda and American propaganda is that no one believes ours."
The Madison Avenue advertising industry may be the most lethal weapon in the US arsenal.
American hegemony would be a lot stronger if they would use soft power and stop relying on naked coercion and brute force to solve everything.
The problem is that when you have brute force, you don't have to be very creative or try very hard, since you can just go straight to "airstrikes" or "send in the Marines".
IIRC for the cost of 10% of the Pentagram budget the US could feed all the hungry people on the planet. Now that would be "winning hearts and minds". Of course then just the farmers get rich rather than weapons dealers, so we can't have that.
Well, maybe we don't want them to be a lot stronger with soft power. Then they could do even more horrible underhanded harm. You know, like those who "smile as they kill"
Beware the military industrial complex. No one listened, so change comes at the point of a gun, or the dropping of bombs.
Don’t forget sanctions or scrubbing a country off sporting events. They could pick any Guardio type as your president.
If they could do with just soft power they would. But, as Al Capone reportedly said, "You get a lot more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone."
The Empire doesn't even bother with the kind words very much, they just go straight to the gun.
Al Capone also had some choice words concerning Murray Humphries, "Anybody can use a gun, but 'The Hump' uses his head. He can shoot if he has to, but he likes to negotiate with cash when he can. I like that in a man."
Well, the empire, like the mob, consists not just of the Humps.
The best insight on the world should come from a violent psychopathic gangster. Right….
I’ll take my insight wherever I can
Especially when there is so much money invested, or to be made if one chooses to bring change at the point of a gun, well, at least for some.
My dog got hit by a car. But it wasn't the fault of the driver doing 50 in a 25. It was a crowd of the bloody neighborhood cats distracting Fido with their infernal meowing
And then there is this post from Eva Bartlett.
https://t.me/Reality_Theories/17271
She has a point. I contend that if the Arab states REALLY WANTED the Palestinians to be free, they would have been long ago. They truly have NO FRIENDS as is evidenced by the massacre and genocide being live streamed before our very eyes. This is a terrible portent for humanity. Damn those Arab states to hell ,may they suffer all the atrocities they are allowing and all the weeping be theirs for their complicity in this unspeakable and unGodly time. Their love of and enjoyment of their money, pride and comfort will not be everlasting. Justice is coming. I would NEVER want to be them.
Yes agree - though I would suggest I slight change to your comment.
The PEOPLE of the Arab countries (and the world) are with the Palestinians. The ruling power elite (politicians, dictators, monarchs, power-hungry sycophants, etc.) that control and manage their population (through various means like brute force, propaganda, etc.) are the REAL problem (they always have been).
Hi Chang
I’d like to add that the people of Lebanon are terrified of having their country decimated by Israhell yet again should Hezbollah become more heavily involved.
And none of the Arab countries wish to get vaporized by the Apartheid state.
Yes, ordinary citizens never benefit from war. It's only the oligarchs, heads of state, the power elite, and the ultra-capitalists that usually have something to gain at the expense of the lives of the common man.
Unfortunately, If Israel is to be defeated - I can't see any way of that happening UNLESS there is use of violence by the Axis of Resistance (Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria) against Israel (I'm simplifying things a bit - but you get the gist of my point). I really don't see any way out of this for the Palestians other than armed conflict and resistance (and a larger scale war). That is why I am in awe of Lebanon (Hezbollah) and Yemen (Ansar Allah) - as they have been the ONLY ones (that I am aware of) that have taken concrete action (rather than just words).
The real tragedy is that whichever way this conflict/genocide goes, it will be the ordinary citizens that will land up paying the ultimate price (while the scum of the earth (power elite, billionaires, etc.) burrow in their max-security enclaves as cowards).
Thanks for the suggestions, pencil-dick, but I prefer to be a Hout’hi
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same as everywhere else. our world leaders seem to be devoid of all humanity. they have learned nothing at all from history. What they seem to have taken from the holocaust is that survivors 80 years or so later have the right to defend themselves against anyone who might be on land that they and the British have decided is theirs. If they wanted to commit genocide, it would be more logical (but still inhumane) to go to Germany
>>"our world leaders seem to be devoid of all humanity"
Yes. Susan, the following video might interest you -> "Why do we get the wrong leaders?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Oab42VZRE)
It is based on a fascinating book by Brian Klaas called "Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59220130-corruptible)
I am looking at what is happening now. I don't think I really am much interested in your advice of what I should study. You don't sound like the brightest penny in the barrel to me.
You go have a look at the global map of US military bases, and you will find a huge number of them in the arab states, which also host regular uS naval patrol ships too.
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/american-troops-middle-east-israel-palestine
So either the US is protecting them from Israeli aggression…….or those bases ensure US control of the countries, in the event they consider going out of line. Given that they all de facto collaborate with Israel, I’ll go with the latter explanation for the bases.
What ever makes you think that this will be long lasting. Many in the world are recognizing Israel is implementing a genocide, and much of the world outside of NATO are giving recognition to that reality. Israel is less and less able to fall back on the attack by Hamas as her reason. I think America and Israel will find themselves more isolated in the world, and we are plain stupid for not recognizing that Israel will become a pariah state as she should be.
It should be obvious by now that Israel no more cares than did the Third Reich.
It better start caring, as should the US since many are now saying both Israel and the US are being condemned by many on a world wide level. Thomas Friedman had an article in the NY Times on that topic today, and he spoke in detail about it. If you go to Aljazeera it expresses the outrage of many countries especially in this latest assault. If this is going to stop before they kill every last Palestinian you need the world to make it's voice heard, and if they don't they must then recognize their own complicity in this genocide. This isn't WWII where no one has access to the computer where people can see the destruction Israel is sowing not just in words, but pictures that speak a thousand words. This isn't the 1940's.
Unless and until this affects People Of Influence And Authority, it won't matter.
Look to the lumberyard in your own eye.
While flipping the world The Double Bird.
When people are starving does anyone think they will stand in an orderly line!
This is getting way way out of hand.
Israel should be demolished!
In the Anglo / White Western world and supported as well in feeble, disgraced countries like Australia, all have tolerated Israel meticulously targeting food storage facilities in Palestine. Every single child in Gaza is facing death, either by Israeli bombardments, straight out murder, starvation or disease. More than one million children are living a catastrophic health emergency directly caused by Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid. And who in the West gives a damn!
This is nothing but Israeli / Zionist sadism, welcomed in the main throughout the Jewish diaspora around the globe.
What totally mindless and disgraceful Western puppet counties we have all become.
Thank you, America and your sadist proxy, Israel.
Long ago
Of course they are lying as to why they killed them, just an easy target for them, like a child with a little white flag leaving his house is an easy target. I hope the old adage that they will reap what they sow is something I can rely on, and that includes the US and it's complicity in this.
How much more bullshit and grandstanding are we going to hear from world leaders, the UN Court, the International Court of Justice before this STOPS? Every single day (perhaps every single hour) this gets not only worse, but even more sadistic and barbaric. I'm getting a very strong feeling all of this is going far beyond mere propaganda. Would anyone like to take a shot at WTF is going on and why Israel has not even been deterred in the very slightest?
On 9-11 they claimed people throughout the middle east were dancing in the streets because America was finally attacked - whether true or not I can assure you the first military power that goes after Israel there will in fact be dancing in the streets throughout the entire world.
Someone please explain - why no one is stopping this? 95% of the world is against this!
I believe beyond the shadow of doubt - Russia was in fact going to intervene but not however on account of the Palestinian people per se (they would've done it by now) but rather as the start of the third World War that is clearly eminent.
I believe that Macron comments and now all this talk about the US and Europe sending in ground troops is because they are now deliberately trying to tie Putin down IN Russia in order to prevent him from perusing the middle east. Why else are they now talking about sending in troops when there was never a cause from Day One? I also believe when Putin talks about nuclear war he is absolutely positively referring to Israel not Russia. As in using nuclear weapons.
As to using nuclear - Putin's been saying all along that as soon as NATO steps into Ukraine officially (as there are specialists there now, but "unofficially"), then Russia will invoke its doctrine which allows using nuclear weapons when Russia's very existence is threatened.
Meaning not in Ukraine, but hitting NATO countries themselves, aka "decision-making centers".
Understand but it serves no purpose. His current military can and easily handle a depleted NATO - that's why I believe his threat is about nuclear war in the middle east - he's already won this entire situation - this is a warning shot - interfere with my plans for the middle east and I'll go straight to nuclear -
"His current military can and easily handle a depleted NATO" - looking at the map after two years of fighting I cannot see how such a statement could be made. If Russia took over the whole of Ukraine by now then maybe you'd have a point.
An intercepted call of the high ranking German military was just published. They were discussing hitting Crimean bridge with Taurus missiles making it appear as if Germany had nothing to do with it: https://www.rt.com/news/593561-german-audio-crimea-bridge/
Yes I saw that - why all this sudden interest in Russia what have they done?
The fact of such planning and an uncovering of UK/US specialists on the ground.
It is more for the German public so they see what their military is planning to do. That regular Germans would be more inclined to blame their own government for when their country is hit by tactical nukes.
I think we will live to see it.
I recognize the assiduous work involved in bringing to light these verbal distortions.
Well done! These examples are worth preserving. They also are presented in a timely way.
I read today that NY Times and Washington Post hire Israeli intel agents with no Journalism experience to report on the Gaza Genocide. It's bad enough that all legacy media print and Tv are heavily staffed with CIA paid operatives for decades. Evil knows no bounds.
Now you know what they mean by “trust”.
https://thetrustproject.org/
We are deep into “1984”. And there is already a “ministry of truth” running undercover, disguised as an “NGO”:
https://www.info-res.org/faq
Js, consider the sources.
Israhell can spin their lies any way they like, but at this point what sane person is going to believe them????😢🇵🇸☮️
It's getting old ....all mantras are getting old with regard to Zionists.
I wonder if they can think up something new?
Well I am getting seriously bored with the same rhetoric!
This is true. Sad, but true.😢😢😢😢
All the protesting against evil seems to have no impact, it feels like all of the worldwide protests have had zero impact on the progress of the IDF genocide. When the ICJ says that IDF genocide against Palestinians is plausible its just disheartening. By the time any credible justice department or news source actually calls it a genocide it will be over and we will be talking about it in the past tense. I think this is the plan by Israel to drag the debate out long enough to avoid it interfering with their evil plans.
"Don't quote laws to us. We carry swords." - Gnaeus Pompeius
In a kratocracy - the strong make the rules. Just like there was no way to hold Caesar accountable for war crimes the modern world is ruled by many Caesars who actively deny being held accountable.
Kinda blows up that whole "Muh Rule Of Law" happy pious horseshit, don't it?
Feral, we need a CATocracy! 😻
"Change the Litterbox, already!"
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True, but their American thug remains steadfast.
Or semi automatics, Feral.
Why limit oneself to a semi?
Ah…the alternative isn’t exactly legal, Feral😉
But what the hell, that ain’t never stopped me before 😁
Finster's First Law Readeth thusly: There is no such thing as law. There is only context.
To put it in its longer form: "Laws are for little people. Policy is for people who matter, because policy decides when the law will be applied, how and to whom. It's why Bobby Banker's kid gets the 'treatment track', if he gets charged at all, while Bubba from the trailer park or Rufus from the hood get time."
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I think you're right. It's remarkable the world just watches and talks about it while the daily massacre of unarmed civilians goes on. The Egyptian president goes out and does a tiny little "supply drop" for a million Palestinians - probably as a propaganda ploy to make it appear as if he's doing something. That's what all the world leaders are doing - wave handing as much as possible to appear like they really care, when it's only their populations who actually care.
The obscenity of the corruption of Western Leaders is an eye opener, the immorality of these people, should be something none of us should ever forget - from Biden to Macron to Sunak. They are doing their best to subdue the public while Israel carries out a genocide.
next "innocent IDF bullets attacked by rampaging mob"
Worth mentioning: congratulations to George Galloway for his sweeping victory in Rochdale yesterday as a new MP and his return (after a long absence). A victory founded on his unequivocal rejection of the pro-Israeli (corrupt) leaders in British parliament who are immorally supporting this greatest of human evils: the ongoing genocide in GAZA. Methinks I may have also been witness to the birth and a flashing glimmer and return of that famous brand of justice, Excalibur - and a future Prime Minister.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/01/george-galloway-wins-rochdale-byelection
I'm glad some, but all too few, of our elected representatives are pro-Palestine. I'm pleased he won to show the strength of opinion in the general population despite the current campaign to brand us all as terrorist-sympathisers or anti-semites. However to be PM he would need to be the leader of the majority party in Westminster. That's highly unlikely to happen given a) the current first-past-the-post UK electoral system (the Scottish Parliament includes some members elected by proportional representation), b) Mr Galloway's political history, c) his reality TV reputation.
And sorry to disappoint you but Excalibur is a myth.
Sorry to disappoint you Dx, but Myths are more real and more powerful than Materialism or MI6.
Excellent Caitlin. Keep educating us. Americans need repeated lessons to break through the trance inculcated since childhood and reinforced 24/7 in msm.
George Galloway won the Rochdale by-election!! Hallelujah!! The Palestinians have no better friend. Neither do we.
I was very pleased to hear that, Penelope 🙂
Yesterday, on the YouTube Profile for "Neutrality Matters" by Pascal Lottaz, Helmut Scheben told the story of "Little Max", the point of the story was that "belonging is more important then truth". Clearly for The West, and specifically Main Stream Media or as described, Imperial Media ... there are a lot of "Little Maxs". Too many.
The trap of "belonging is more important then truth" is something that we all must guard against. ... However, too frequently, all too frequently we fall into.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glHPu8-XQ6M
Fantastic video William Browett! Thank you so much for recommending it.
Here is an excerpt:
"We are so influenced by our entire life history, our environment, by ideology, but also by the pressure to belong and want to belong, that it is very difficult for journalists to stand against the published opinion and against the majority opinion at a certain moment. And this majority opinion is of course, as Chomsky rightly pointed out, produced in a political process - the manufacturing of consent. The interesting thing about the history of war (which I focus on the most) is that there are always key moments when extreme lies are spread. These lies are then maintained for quite a long time until they eventually collapse. But at the moment they collapse, no one is interested anymore. Examples include - weapons of mass destruction, the Gulf of Tonkin, the story about the babies from the incubator in Kuwait, this list could go on indefinitely... Or take the Maidan uprising which was portrayed as a popular uprising where the evil Yanukovich was supposed to have shot at his own people. By now we know that this is not true. Even the Ukrainians say that it is not true. They have investigated these cases and come to the conclusion that it does not correspond to the truth. But no one is interested in that anymore because POLITICS IS THE ART OF DOMINATING THE NARRATIVE."
“Politics is the art of dominating the narrative.”
Thank you for writing this sentence down.
All well and good, but this will only change with action.
While people dither...innocents wither.
and as much as I respect the choice by Airman Bushnell, I think the rest of us will eventually be forced to take some major risks in order to survive. Not advocating, just recognizing the reality of where this is going.
I have to agree, today the target is Palestinians, tomorrow the target will be pro Palestinians protesters in every nation on earth.
Already happening in the Great Kingdom of the British.
They are currently politically targeting protesters, how long until they declare them terrorists and openly assault them ?
......and the MP's want guards!
The Deep State must be destroyed.
Ready and waiting with my brand-new Kalishnikov…
I like my Beretta. Very handy.
"Ready and waiting with my brand-new Kalishnikov…"
Try Kalashnikov instead. That fourth attempt will be an assured success.
Hi Che
Not yet…our best friend has a 200 acre farm down the road and we’re gonna set up some targets waaaay back in 😁
I agree.
From the onset of the Israeli state which has implemented multiple atrocities on the Palestinian people they have relied heavily on not being challenged by using their victimhood of the past as a shield. No more, since it has become very apparent they are quite capable of severe brutality and implementing a genocide of their own. Their word is worthless, and their capacity for death and destruction and their total lack of regard for Palestinian life has become very apparent since Oct 7. No longer are they going to find unchallenged acceptance of their carnage.
Today I read in Aljazeera
"France calls for an independent inquiry as more countries speak out against the shootings of Palestinians seeking food. "
"EU, Germany join calls for investigation
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said on Friday that she was “deeply disturbed by images from Gaza” and that “every effort must be made to investigate what happened and ensure transparency.”
"Earlier, the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, posting on X, denounced the incident as “carnage”."
"Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it condemned “in the strongest terms the heinous massacre committed by the Israeli occupation” and called for “urgent international action” to halt the fighting in Gaza."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/global-condemnation-grows-over-israels-killing-of-gaza-aid-seekers
Good post, Fran, but Amerikkka will insist that Israhell “investigate itself”.
I got it. Thanks gypsy, and the world and their disfavor of what is going on makes me feel really good. Maybe this horror will stop.
Can't connect to the post you are referencing gypsy33. I felt sooner or later the world would come to see Israel and the US as pariah countries in implementing this genocide especially because, al-jazeera and others make it so real and provides the sense of horror of what is going on. Like we're both disgusting. and there are now so many counties that call us out for the horror that we are implementing. I just came across an article by Thomas Friedman in the NY Times which pretty much says the same thing, and I thought great I hope the US listens because he did make a very valuable and true assessment of the end game. will be Israel isn't finished, and she will create more carnage and I hope the US backs away. Israel abhors Hamas, but Hamas has given her what she has always wanted, that is, the chance and excuse to implement a genocide which was always in her plan book for the Palestinians. If you followed not only what was going on in Palestine but the West Bank you knew. Maybe she overlooked all the warnings of an impending attack as well, which I always thought was true. Egypt warns 3 days before of an attack, and she ignores it? No.
Managing public opinion.
I'm not sure, but despite the ugliness to all of this, I somehow feel that something good is coming from it. An 'awakening' perhaps...or is it just delusion?
I have the same intuition, Mikhael.
That Israhell and Amerikkka will finally be recognized for the pariah regimes that they are;
That Israhell will eventually be held accountable for committing genocide;
And that the final result will be an independent Palestinian state. We must INSIST on it: no justice, no peace!
Unfortunately, the irreversible decline of Western supremacy, under the leadership of the United States, will not be a peaceful process, and it would be naive to think so.
I absolutley agree. This cannot stand.
I honestly do feel we're crossing a threshold. The world now has many, many more open eyes and voices. What is not known, and what is worrisome however is what the Elites will counter with. I don't think they'll go quietly. Me feels this is going to be a pivotal year. We may not even recognize the joint –sooner than we think.
i hope so. I thought the Vietnam war would do it, but after the draft ended things went back to "normal" for the empire.
It hit me when The Wall fell and Daddy Bush declared 'a new world order'. I knew right then we would wreak havoc across the earth. I thought 9/11 might be a positive moment, a 'lesson' if I may, but obvously I was wrong on THAT one.
Your comment reminds me of Alfred Tennyson's poem
"Oh Yet We Trust"
.
Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;
.
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;
.
That not a worm is cloven in vain;
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain.
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Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last—far off—at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
.
So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry.
I suppose so, Jamenta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLryC-N196s
Great catch. Thanks for that!
Well written opinion piece: not political outrage porn. The final paragraph is noteworthy, but I must disagree with the final 2 sentences: "Cracks are appearing in the illusion, and those of us who care about truth, peace and justice need to help draw attention to them. From there, real change becomes a genuine possibility.". Not with what it aspires to see as a result of Westerners going "woke" because of the major disconnect between what they see on TV & internet videos and the lies the propagandist Western press reports happened, but because "real change" will require a real revolution. This isn't 1789 France or the 1986 Philippines's People Power Revolution, which succeeded because the military supported it. "Only power restrains power." The Empire still has overwhelming power. The French Revolution led directly to the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, & now dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is the president of the Philippines, which is once again a client state of the USA. Marcos expanded US access to its military bases, giving Washington a greater presence in the region, while also strengthening military ties with Japan and Australia, two other US allies. Not much "real change" in that environment despite the cessation of Duterte's fanatic drug war. I'm no prophet, but I don't see "real change", e.g. the end of systemic racism or mass incarceration of African Americans, in the US Empire, or a surge of human & civil rights in the Philippines over the next 200-300 years. All the bad shit is just too baked into the political DNA of the Empire's & the Philippines's citizens. And constant propaganda keeps it there. I'm not a political optimist or a cheerleader. I think I'm more a realist. I hope for the best but am prepared for the worst.
Thoughtful analysis. I think climate change will play a role in all of this.