Re: The sanctity of emissaries — one of the greatest blunders in history is that of the murder of the Mongolian emissaries (and accompanying traders) by the Khwarzamian Shah. There is no more Khwarazmian empire because of that. The point is this: Even someone with the morals of Genghis Khan found murdering emissaries to be going too far.
Great article, Brad. Articles like these are changing my mind and worldview. I have generally been sympathetic to Israel growing up, and even into my adult life. I was raised with a dispensational Christian upbringing (God loves Israel-rapture people) which I converted away from in university. I maintained a general sympathy for Israel. However, with a growing awareness of Epstein, Mossad infiltration of Western gov, and the October 7 attacks that make no sense aside from Israel allowed for it to happen to justify their current course of action, I’m losing patience for them as well. They’ve clearly exceeded beyond reason, and it appears they’re clearing out gaza for no other reason than personal expansion. Now, writing after the attack from Iran, I don’t know where this whole thing goes. I’m glad Russia, and Iran, have continued to show some restraint and maturity these last few years compared to the US and Israel.
Scorching article from start to finish. One thing: “It would be hard to make people forget Israeli responsibility for any retaliation which kills Americans.” There is already the tragic case of Rachel Corrie. One of the WCK volunteers was American. 33,000 Palestinians have been killed. It is Israel in this position partly because that position is uniquely defined by ideological, geopolitical and geographical factors, including the extreme leverage of the Jewish holocaust, of Oct 7, gaslighting the US as the only power to have used a nuke, authored the global terror playbook, committed war crimes everywhere…yet still hand over the bombs to drop on hospitals. Honestly the leverage these fuckers have is incredible. They hold the WWIII touch paper and one wonders re the extent of Epstein Island kompromat. Nothing less than a transformative miracle is required. Hopefully that doesn’t require WWIII. Then again, this IS WWIII.
The pathetic attempt by official spokespersons of the Israeli military and sympathizers to portray the IDF as an organization of heroic warriors of the highest morality and competence indicates a high level of delusion or cynicism. From what I can see the IDF consists of undisciplined groups of cowardly and brutish thugs, too afraid to come out of their armoured vehicles and fight the Palestinian resistance man to man, and who only seem capable of terrorizing, maiming and killing unarmed civilians. The one group that does show high levels of competence, bravery and discipline is the Palestinian resistance including all its factions.
One of the evils of colonization is that the demography of a territory changes forever. Once you are born on that land, you don't have a homeland to return to. The current evil of Israel is the supremacist attitude towards the Palestinians. Israel's crimes in Gaza have made a one-state solution even more difficult and created a Schicksalsgemeinschaft of a people united in supporting horrific crimes against the colonized population. What kind of future is Netanyahu after?
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the most evil of them all? Mirror replies, Israel, Israel, Israel
Why waste so much time and energy putting so many words to paper when that’s all you’re saying?
Seems like you’re really trying to convince yourself when you know the truth is that the USA’s actions in the Middle East since the end of WWII make this latest squabble in Gaza look more like a harmless scuffle between cousins.
Re: The sanctity of emissaries — one of the greatest blunders in history is that of the murder of the Mongolian emissaries (and accompanying traders) by the Khwarzamian Shah. There is no more Khwarazmian empire because of that. The point is this: Even someone with the morals of Genghis Khan found murdering emissaries to be going too far.
Great article, Brad. Articles like these are changing my mind and worldview. I have generally been sympathetic to Israel growing up, and even into my adult life. I was raised with a dispensational Christian upbringing (God loves Israel-rapture people) which I converted away from in university. I maintained a general sympathy for Israel. However, with a growing awareness of Epstein, Mossad infiltration of Western gov, and the October 7 attacks that make no sense aside from Israel allowed for it to happen to justify their current course of action, I’m losing patience for them as well. They’ve clearly exceeded beyond reason, and it appears they’re clearing out gaza for no other reason than personal expansion. Now, writing after the attack from Iran, I don’t know where this whole thing goes. I’m glad Russia, and Iran, have continued to show some restraint and maturity these last few years compared to the US and Israel.
Scorching article from start to finish. One thing: “It would be hard to make people forget Israeli responsibility for any retaliation which kills Americans.” There is already the tragic case of Rachel Corrie. One of the WCK volunteers was American. 33,000 Palestinians have been killed. It is Israel in this position partly because that position is uniquely defined by ideological, geopolitical and geographical factors, including the extreme leverage of the Jewish holocaust, of Oct 7, gaslighting the US as the only power to have used a nuke, authored the global terror playbook, committed war crimes everywhere…yet still hand over the bombs to drop on hospitals. Honestly the leverage these fuckers have is incredible. They hold the WWIII touch paper and one wonders re the extent of Epstein Island kompromat. Nothing less than a transformative miracle is required. Hopefully that doesn’t require WWIII. Then again, this IS WWIII.
The pathetic attempt by official spokespersons of the Israeli military and sympathizers to portray the IDF as an organization of heroic warriors of the highest morality and competence indicates a high level of delusion or cynicism. From what I can see the IDF consists of undisciplined groups of cowardly and brutish thugs, too afraid to come out of their armoured vehicles and fight the Palestinian resistance man to man, and who only seem capable of terrorizing, maiming and killing unarmed civilians. The one group that does show high levels of competence, bravery and discipline is the Palestinian resistance including all its factions.
One of the evils of colonization is that the demography of a territory changes forever. Once you are born on that land, you don't have a homeland to return to. The current evil of Israel is the supremacist attitude towards the Palestinians. Israel's crimes in Gaza have made a one-state solution even more difficult and created a Schicksalsgemeinschaft of a people united in supporting horrific crimes against the colonized population. What kind of future is Netanyahu after?
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the most evil of them all? Mirror replies, Israel, Israel, Israel
Why waste so much time and energy putting so many words to paper when that’s all you’re saying?
Seems like you’re really trying to convince yourself when you know the truth is that the USA’s actions in the Middle East since the end of WWII make this latest squabble in Gaza look more like a harmless scuffle between cousins.