Well that escalated quickly
Yesterday news broke that the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas launched a seemingly unprecedented attack against the state of Israel. Many are comparing the event to 9/11 or even Pearl Harbor. The fallout from this event will be nothing short of a spectacular extravaganza of war and death in the months and years to follow.
The images and videos surrounding yesterday's conflict were nothing short of absolutely horrific. The ones that seem to have resonated the most on social media depict attractive women in their 20's being treated like sub-human trash. Bound with zip-ties and shot in the head. You know, classic war-crime type stuff.
Not sure if I have the energy to parse out why parading pictures of attractive half naked women for engagement farming like this is super gross and problematic. Yeah maybe some other time.
Of course I'm very careful to throw around the words like "terrorism" and "terrorist" this day in age considering that they are so comically overused within the current political climate. The difference between a terrorist and a freedom-fighter is... nothing. Terrorists do not view themselves as terrorists. It should come as no surprise that both sides view themselves as morally superior to the other. Both sides must dehumanize the other if only to stay sane during times of war (which has been constant in this area of the world).
That being said, I think we can all agree that torturing, executing, and kidnapping civilians firmly falls into the category. I mean surely if we were going to come to consensus as to what "terrorism" means, then an event like this would have to qualify. It's expected that Hamas intends to barter some kind of prisoner swap with the hostages they've taken, along with any other horrors that pop up along the way. These are the kinds of tactics that are often employed by weaker opponents who intend to lash out against their "oppressors" as they often have little recourse or power to actually fight fairly.
In turn a situation like this makes it very easy to frame the "terrorists" as also "cowards" and "inhuman", even though they are fighting a war in which they will almost certainly lose. Just like we saw in the Ukraine conflict the propaganda starts by getting everyone to agree that war is horrific. This is something everyone can agree on. Then it gets a bit trickier as to the plan of action that needs to be taken as a response, but that plan of action will always be supported due to the emotional farming that was done within the first phase. Anyone who disagrees is a baby-killing monster. War Propaganda 101 type shit, that.
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
There is already a ton of conspiracy theory revolving around this situation. Many are saying that this type of sneak attack against Israel isn't actually possible to achieve in good faith. The borders are highly militarized at all times. Some are claiming that Israel allowed this to happen in order to create a false-flag event for what comes next. Thus the comparisons to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, which were also accused of being Black Flag events by conspiracy theorists.
What comes next?
I don't know but obviously it can't be good. Some are even saying that this is somehow a precursor to a war with Iran, which is always a thing that seems to be on the table within the geopolitical sphere of terrors.
Blood for oil?
Yeah honestly I don't have enough information to speculate further.
But it all seems just so very suspect.
Can anyone remind me as to Iran's nuclear capabilities these days?
And what is up with both USA and Russia testing their nationwide emergency services at the same time just three days before an event like this happens?
https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/the-top-ten-dumbest-things-empire-propagandists-ask-us-to-believe-f92b42147b2c
A few days ago Caitlin Johnstone wrote about ten pieces of propaganda cycling through the geopolitical narratives. Perhaps it's even more relevant now.
- That the US war machine has been surrounding its top two rivals China and Russia with war machinery as an act of defense, rather than an extremely provocative act of aggression.
- That the war in Ukraine simultaneously (A) was completely unprovoked, and (B) just coincidentally happens to massively advance US strategic interests and therefore should be funded as much as possible.
- That, okay, all those other wars were based on lies and resulted in disaster, but that couldn’t possibly be the case for this current war.
- That your country’s foreign policy is determined by your official elected government, even though the foreign policy remains the same regardless of who is in office.
- That it is only by pure coincidence that your nation’s population remains in a perpetual 50–50 deadlock which prevents anyone’s votes from changing the status quo, and the status quo just happens to be perpetually frozen along lines that hugely advantage the rich and powerful.
- That the only reason anyone could possibly be critical of the most dangerous impulses of the world’s most powerful and destructive government is if they are a secret agent working for the enemies of that government.
- That the western empire which spent the last two decades murdering Muslims in the Middle East suddenly cares very deeply about the Muslims in China.
- That Putin invaded Ukraine solely because he is evil and hates freedom, and that the empire is pouring weapons into Ukraine because it loves Ukrainians and wants to protect their freedom and democracy.
- That foreign propaganda and influence operations are significantly manipulating the way westerners think and vote, but the plutocrats who fully control all the most influential platforms in the western world are not.
- That we need to be worrying about tyrannical enemies in Beijing and Moscow, instead of tyrannical enemies a lot closer to home.
Expect a lot more propaganda and division in the weeks and months to follow.
We're only just getting started apparently.
How did this happen?
You know that feeling when some random girl from your high school becomes an anti-imperialist journalist and then creates a documentary on this exact topic? No? Is this an uncommon thing to happen? lol so weird.
In any case I can't remember if I've actually watched this one yet... I know I've seen clips, but certainly I'll have to rewatch it I suppose because I know there's some good information within that allows us to understand how such constant atrocities can be committed on both sides over countless decades.
Obviously this particular documentary will lean towards a pro-Palestinian type narrative because the brand itself is called the EMPIRE FILES and is always going to lean against imperialism. I'll need to find some other content and information to get a more balanced view of the situation, if such a thing is even possible. Not that I need to have an option. I've been trying to avoid taking a side in this conflict for my entire life. But perhaps the issue will be forced if things continue to escalate like they always do.
Conclusion
This entire situation is just so disappointing and depressing! And you know the last thing I want is to start acting like some sidelined armchair expert like all the other ridiculous hot-takes we see on social media these days. Seems like no matter what happens the powers that be have decided we absolutely need to start another World War for whatever reason, as everyone decides which side they want to choose. Spoiler alert: we all lose. As someone who has never voted before: I pick no side I'm so over the drama and the completely psychotic games that get played with the lives of the powerless in the geopolitical arena.
It's a pretty bleak situation, but what can we really do about it other than buy Bitcoin and try to opt out of this ridiculous paradigm? Time continues to speed up, and we have no reason to believe that life is going to slow down anytime soon. Does nothing matter anymore and we should all engage in a communal existential crisis? Or should we keep pushing for a better tomorrow? You decide.
Solid post, much of your sentiment mirrors mine - though I haven't engaged in any speculation about the how it happened. What Hamas performed was a highly coordinated military action against both military and civilian targets. Credentials - I served as an Infantryman in the 10th Mountain Division in the US Army, I was a unit level trainer for reactive shooting and MOUT (Miliary Operations in Urban Terrain).
From watching clips of the assaults filmed by Hamas what I am observing is very well trained and disciplined fighters at least several clips. These people didn't just get handed AKs the day before - many of the participants were obviously well trained, and have problem seen combat in other regions. The Hamas attack required extensive preparation, training and rehearsal, and coordination - and that much activity generates signals with a large signature. It defies imagination that no warnings were observed unless Israel's regional intelligence capabilities have completed collapsed.
The breaches of the border were observed and reported, and no response was undertaken. We see the same failure modes repeated since 9/11, on 7/7, and Lahaina, in these horrific events that were only possible with the participation of governments that failed to stop them despite being fully capable of doing so, and the seizure of tyrannical power by those governments afterwards.
Wow, that would be mind blowing. You are suggesting that the leaders of a government would manufacture a crisis to distract the populous and convince them to give up rights guaranteed by the constitution. Which preserves the governments power.
There have been false flag attacks since long before the industrial revolution began. Nero, the Roman emperor, is said to have used his privately owned fire suppression company to set fires in order to gain ownership of that real estate during the absence of the owners of said property. There are many, many more examples, admitted, documented, and in the public record, of false flag attacks, such as the sinking of the Maine that sparked the Spanish-American war, or (claims) of attacks on US Naval forces that sparked the entry of America into Vietnam.
Also, it is Efrat Fenigson and Darren Brunner that state Israel has done this to spark the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. I merely report their statements.
No one is born knowing that false flag attacks happen. My first understanding of this endemic curse on government was local police officers murdering someone I knew for drugs, which they subsequently sold directly from the police station, and the incredible refusal to act on that crime my hometown undertook in my youth. All of us capable of understanding such machinations learn of them at some point in our lives, because they happen, and we aren't born with that knowledge.
Sadly, these events are always undertaken to increase the power of bad actors, and I am unaware any of them only maintained that power. I feel dirty, befouled, that I am the cause anyone, like yourself, comes to understand this evil, but yet hopeful good people are better able to defend themselves from such harm by having that understanding. I hope you are safer because I spoke up.
Well planted! I agree with your conclusions and position, how to take sides in a dispute between neighbors, almost brothers? There are those who claim that Hammas is a creation of the Mossad to weaken the PLO and finally the golem turned against them. Well compared to 9/11, this event is a milestone in history that, like the towers, will lead us through new changes.
Let's cultivate our inner peace and try to spread it to others.
Greetings.
(written in Spanish in the translator)
What we all have to realize is that there is legitimate bad in the world where people want to hurt each other. When it comes down to someone shooting at you, you damn well everything political goes out the window and you shoot back to preserve your own life. outside of that nothing else matters.
I think you are really striking a chord here. Very easy to forget that most of these messed up situations very much stem from a fight for survival and the memories of what's been lost along the way.
Everywhere in the planet is looming with war. Terrorism is a war in disguise. Are we in world war 3? Because there are crops of wars in mask of terror all over the place.
The main terrorist on planet Earth is the USA!
Would you please remove that image so that no one suffers an epileptic seizure? It is remarkably counterproductive to use an image that could cause people medical harm, that they could claim to be a terrorist attack on them, while pointing the finger at someone else and claiming they are terrorists.
Thanks in advance.
ok
https://yplus.ps/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pappe-Ilan-The-Ethnic-Cleansing-of-Palestine.pdf
Rule by force is the disease, who and how are symptoms.™
I'm just sad about all the war posts that I am seeing almost everywhere. China, America, Russia, Ukraine, Palestinian, Isreal and so on
It is actually tiring
War and conflicts seems to be unending. Especially in this era of technology where one man is capable of killing millions.
Some wars are not base on love or defense of the country but rather to test weapons and enrich its inventor.
So bad that the innocent fall victim to most of this chaotic incidents.
im reminded to consider death in its inevitability and pain in its potentiality
the acceptance and embrace of our mortality is a liberation from egoic pursuit
the acceptance of the potential for suffering in ourselves (which includes the observation of suffering in others) is a liberation from fear
once a form of peace has been experienced (usually in privileged circumstances, but my understanding is that peace can be found in truly dire circumstances as well) then the task could be to wield action in some form of push (not for 'a better tomorrow' because.... well....a) we cant possibly make a judgement on the state of existence except in relation to a sort of delusional idealism which is best grown out of and b) if there were something verifiably 'better' than the exact current state of all things then we would not be able to achieve it anyway because the exact current state of all things is exactly as is, and the nature of change itself is something beyond the reach of what we consider to be free will (not a fact, Im just spitball preaching, because its late, and why not?)).
The perfect push is not one chosen by our egoic machinations to create some erratic ripple of change on the surface of an ocean that may well be drawing its tide in an opposing direction, but rather to swing with the tide, replete with meaningful action, and yet free from superimposed intent (which may only serve to taint the purity of your action)
does nothing matter anymore?
whenever you want to transcend the futility of a question like this, remember the quadrilemma:
It is. It is not. It both is and is not. It neither is nor is not.
words are beautiful spells that sadly amount to a froth which obfuscates the tasty morsel of non-falsity at the centre of all nonsense
it matters. it does not matter. it both matters and does not matter. it neither matters nor does not matter.
we ever search for a sense of meaningfulness and worthwhileness in our words and actions
but i think perhaps it is in the un-wordable spaces between the realisation of the quadrilemma where ones conscious mind crosses the liminal rubicon and begins to transcend out of the neurotic biologic awarelessness and in to enlightened awareness of the cosmic joke that we begin to discover the unfaltering perfection lying beneath all of our words and actions. From there, one can briefly experience perfection, deepest acceptance, effortless furtherance, liberated from judgement, past or future, and all that shit that makes a common joke of this miraculous, unfathomable existence.
thats my way of dealing with world news anyway.
ive heard it labelled as spiritual bypassing.... but the quadrilemma can be applied to that as well!
Reminds me of quantum mechanics. I like it. 🙂
I agree about the information overload. There is just too much going on to keep up. Plus I am at the point that if it doesn’t effect my life, I can’t pay attention to it.
It’s all too much, too much! 😂
This is usually how I operate but something about this one is very unsettling.
It's unsettling for me because of my religious background, which I am not anymore, but knowing the book of Revelation, too many things are lining up which has me on edge. I have done all I can do though, which was move back to the family property to start homesteading and get ready for some global madness, lol.
Yeah I'm not religious or anything but somehow won't be surprised when the anti-Christ pops up.
Oh wait nevermind he already did that was Obama IIRC.
I used to think that too... I have other suspicions now-a-days.
I feel this and honestly its exactly what people did before and carried on with their lives. Spend 95% of your time in the now, yourself, family and community and built that strong.
If someone punches you in the face, are you justified punching them in the face one hundred times harder? Asking for a friend.
I legit have no idea which side you're talking about.
This conflict is SEVENTY FIVE YEARS old.
However, I do find a lot of people online using this exact kind of language.
Nobody is justifying anything.
I find it very troubling that simply trying to learn more about this conflict always seems to lead to this accusation. As if to say if one doesn't simply blindly accept the propaganda at face value then they must be celebrating death and destruction.
It really is quite alarming and downright disturbing to see so many people forced into this binary position of one side vs the other with no other options allowed. This type of psychology is artificial and manufactured by statists. I seem to be surrounded by such never-ending divide and conquer strategy. It's downright troubling.
I've found it quite unbelievable the sudden rise of the left in Israel. I don't even know how to put it all into words yet, or a sequence of events or even events to unfold, if such. The real oddity of the question that has remained in my mind is the questionable 2020 election and the election that removed Netanyahu, both resulting in a hard left turn of narratives. I will say this much about the situation that I am quite convinced of, that being it was never intended for Trump or Netanyahu to be in control when the vaccines were to be rolled out. Both, more so Bebe than Trump, were strong nationalist. As such neither were going to implement mandates on the vaccines, especially Bebe. If he was to ever do anything of that nature than there is a bigger threat involved. I couldn't even believe he went along with it so the stand back (election loss) seem to indicate something was wrong. Same as with Trump, call it a stand back or a stand down, but for whatever reason neither man was, in my opinion, to be at the helm during the roll outs. I just can't put my finger on it, Trump could be easily swayed, but not Netanyahu, not to those kinds of harms upon the Israeli citizens.....my personal opinion is there is something much sinister out there, just has to be. There is a unknown to all this. This may sort of be run on and non sensical because the reality is that's what it is because you are trying to grasp of the depth of what in the heck is going on. If this was truly a fight between left, right, younger generation vs old or something of that nature than you really would have to believe that the younger generation is so desperate for control they'd outright murder untold numbers of people with a vaccine. I mean you'd have to really convince yourself of that kind of ruthlessness. Here in the states it's one thing, but to believe you could convince the citizens of Israel that sitting around singing kumbaya, or let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me, to me is a fallacy. A mirage, an image they are trying to portray because you simply don't live a life with a sword by your side fearing your neighbor for decades to just drop your sword. To that accord it unimaginable that Netanyahu would either. What the guy quoted of Israel is true. Nobody spits on this earth without Israel knowing about it. So what's up with this? Do we really have that kind of fight going on where a younger generation wants to move the older generation out so desperately they'd set up this fight? Because the only way that could have played out like it did in this regard without Netanyahu knowing about it is if they paid off the military. Because of Netanyahu let this knowingly happen, which is hard to believe, believe me there is something much more sinister at play here. This has troubled me deeply since Netanyahu was ousted. (if he was ousted at all or it was a stand down)....but similar to Trump, if it was a forced situation you'd think he'd been openly vocal to people not to take those vaccines, but neither one of them has spoken negatively about them or warned people not to take them. I could understand some ignorance (which I highly doubt) if you want to go there on the part of Trump but not Netanyahu. It's for this reason I can't get in line with this current event having been a set up on behalf of Netanyahu to knock some common sense back into the people of Israel. I'd like to think he was showing them you can't sing kumbaya with people who so desperately want to kill you that they'd do a suicide mission in a glider onto a Israeli military base, I mean that's some pretty good I hate your guts situation right there. Lastly, the most frightening, they are all working in unison to this craziness and the end result is not going to be good. None of it is adding up, you can't even put two good pieces of the puzzle together, nothing connects.
Yeah I don't know what it is but this particular situation has me more rattled than any other piece of news I've seen... maybe ever, and I'm not sure why.
Probably because it's well known among those who follow events that we know for whatever reason Israel let this happen. Egypt today confirmed such, they said they warned Israel several times that something big was on the horizon. For me it's appearing to be a globalist move within the global partnerships. The structuring to a global governance of power players into various regions. The only way these partnerships work is everyone agrees to go along to get along removing those who won't. The elites have decided that they are stronger together. The first strike toward this new rule was the death of Khashoggi. First and foremost they had to control the press. Second strike was the virus and vaccines. The third strike was Ukraine and the battle not against Russia but the hard right, extremist. This event would be a fourth strike. One thing that could lend credence to that is warnings coming from power players within the region warning countries not to intervene in this. You have four, five countries lighting up buildings in the colors of the Palestinian flag in solidarity with Palestinians but no call outs to join in the fight. (Since I never leave anything off the table, given this lighting ceremony is unusual and only seen one other time before after the 2020 election debacle, it could also be serving as some silent signal messaging. Though I don't think anyone ever figured out why the unusual lighting of, and turning off at the same time, of certain buildings across the globe meant back than). I can't remember all the countries who were lit up, plus the Vatican, but I do remember Pakistan was another so that leans towards something within the global pack players and not something assigned to do when a particular objective of demand was meant by rogue players who may have gotten their hands on whatever was going out the back door at the white house. (Like I said I never take anything off the table.)
Anything other than this does tend to leave one rattled. That in itself should also but given the alternative; the start of world war three; an attempted take down of Israel would literally mean just that. Russia, Saudia Arabia and Iran have been working on agreements lately, that means one of two things. They are the assigned working partners to bring Iran into the fold of the partnership agreements, proving their worth by setting up Hamas or there's Russia, SA on behalf of the middle east, and Iran working in unison, possibly even China, to bring down the western nations and their allies. I can't rule that out because of whatever it is that is involved in the hush down of any opposition or negative talk of the vaccines, is it fear or is it them working in unison...those unanswered questions is what has us rattled. Are we looking at a conglomerate of elites restructuring into a global governance or are we facing an all out global war. With the latter, if there was a greater threat, there'd had to have been time involved to reconfigure and defeat it.
With all that said there's been one thing spoken frequently out on the chains and that was the warning of a big event that was going to come before the end of the year. One can't help but ask themselves is this it or is there going to be another big religious Christmas event surprise.
That really was the point. The whole thing is a tragedy of killing. I am sorry my comment got lost in translation. Justification is the word... they are justified because.... this happened. If you don't think so... you are ____. The narrative gets spun with justification and finger pointing.
Meanwhile, governments are arming popluations with guns and half truths at the cost of people's peace and lives.
Again, I am sorry this set you off... Keep up the good work.
Smells like 9/11 to me.
The massive death toll of civilians on both sides is heart breaking. Sadly, both sides appear to be not too concerned with shooting or bombing civilian areas.
Over the last 75 years the international community, especially the permanent members of the UN Security Council, who are the only ones with any real power, have made no serious effort to find a diplomatic solution to this bloody conflict.
Instead they seem content to let the endless spiral of killing followed by revenge killing to continue unabated.
I'm wary of making comparisons: the civil war in Northern Ireland was brought to an end by massive pressure form below as communities on both sides of the sectarian divide were heartily sick of the killing and created the necessary space for the diplomatic negotiations which led to the Good Friday peace agreement. Sadly, I don't see this in the Israel-Palestine conflict which seems as intractable as ever.
My only hope, and it seems unlikely, is that Israel, in its desire for revenge, does not carry out the entire destruction of the Gaza Strip and the mass ethnic cleansing of the entire 2 million population. Expelling 2 million people would create another immense suffering and a huge refugees crisis which would further fan the flames of hatred and conflict across the Middle East.
I don't disagree they wield power. However, you point out later that governmental power derives from the consent of the governed.
The truth is that the real power in every institution is we the people that support it. This is why we are divided, so that we can't do what both sides did in Northern Ireland and agree to put a stop to it.
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Any such brutal and atrocious act against a civilian seeks to generate a feeling of terror among the entire population, the images of women and children are horrible, we must also be careful with fake news, this conflict has many economic, religious, and political aspects. What is difficult to have a clear opinion due to the interests that move, but what is true is that no human being for whatever reason has the right to torture and kill another, but unfortunately war has become a business until for the media and networks.
I don't blame you. As you point out, when we take sides in intractable conflicts that become unreservedly violent, total war, we all lose. The only winners are arms and materiel producers, who seem to take everything we lose.
I saw a poll of European incels regarding these events this weekend, and the majority seem to hope both sides wipe each other out so we don't have to deal with them anymore. Seems a bit selfish to me (like incels care what I think of them), but I have managed to extricate myself from having to deal with any of it for quite some time now, and my own judgment is certainly selfish. Hell, I'm way ahead of the incels. I think I'll decide to STFU now before I say anything more that gets me cancelled or puts a fatwa on my head.
I can only lose, as you astutely observe, by saying more, and pushing for a better tomorrow is all win.
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I’ve been watching this on Twitter as people argue back and forth vigorously and viciously accusing each other of being aligned to one faction or the other.
Some of this is chasing dopamine, some of it is the reaction to the atrocities - IN truth most of us will have little effect on the outcomes and course of events. Some cycles have to run their course, and the powers of this world are well practiced at manipulating their populaces.
I can't even.
There's always ulterior motive. And yes...
I can't fucking bear the kids being hurt. And I can't see anything beyond that right now. Fuck politics.
But good to have rational minds on that because it's the money again no doubt. And civilians will be lead along and used as pawns.
This whole thing is beyond horrific.
The situation in Gaza is a sign that the world is sincere about the conversation about peace.
This is one of the more level-headed comments on the situation I have read in past week or so. And, as someone who was directly affected by similar kind of situation many decades ago, I tend to agree with your main point. We all lose.
I agree that this situation is much more complex than most people want to take the time to properly reflect upon. But your right that a lot of innocent blood has been spilled on both sides, by both sides.
I also agree and emphasize that part of getting the young people of your country to go and kill the young people of another country or another group in your country is dehumanize the other guy and elevate your guys.
The side effect of prolonged or as in this case, multigenerational war is multigenerational hate. Which breeds atrocities, and those create maryters and more atrocities, and pretty soon we have a cycle of atrocities.
This attack was worse than horrible, it was morally reprehensible. As as all atrocities are, but I think that only by avoiding the easy trap of demonization to justify more atrocities, is to break the cycle of retribution, atrocities and then retribution and atrocities.
But I don’t think the people can do it. The emotional drive for retribution is strong, and over 70 years of killing, revenge killing, retribution and atrocities suggests we don’t have the strength to stop, even if it means a better world for our children.
We are only human.
All wars are bankers wars. So we fight the bankers to end the wars. Great things happening with HBD in Sucre at the moment. We just need to keep building the future we want :)