May you live through interesting times….
Is it easier to be on the sidelines or to be in the middle of the fray?
I think no matter what, you spend your day in prayer and watching news alerts. Granted there are no missiles raining down on my home right now, so yes life goes on as normal in a nation half way around the world that watches from a bemused sort of perspective. It’s no different than a video game to most, if they even can find Iran and Israel on a map. I suppose its the same game- can you find Gaza on the globe? A luxury belief of those who think they live in the matrix.
But for so many of us who are watching and holding our breath this is no video game. It is real life and death for so many that we love, but that we have never actually met. We also understand that our future is rolled into the actions of these brave few who risk life and limb to defeat one of the most evil ideologies known to human history… Islamism. (And you thought I was going to say “zionism.” Oh stupid stupid antisemitic cunts and trolls.)
We see zionism on full display now don’t we? A free Jewish People not allowing others to decide their fate? Fighter jets commanded by brave pilots who are quite aware what would happen to them if they ever got shot down over Iran. Mossad agents, with the strength of a thousand individuals imbedded in enemy territory directing and spotting munitions, assassinating those who would incinerate our children, and waiting to see what happens with Fordow. There is a reason the Torah says “Every spy is a prince.”
(And this is not to take from the amazing ground troops who in Gaza do their best, risk their own lives, to avoid civilian casualties as best they can. I suggest you stop listening to the Hamas-Islamo-Nazi news networks like the BBC, which by the way is in partnership with Qatari owned Al-Jazzera, or the legacy media which seems to get their rocks off by disseminating as much antisemitism as they can. The irony of The New York Times writing a piece on the growth of antisemitism, when they had a huge hand in its explosion as a purveyor of Jew-hatred and distorted facts about the Israel’s actions in Gaza. It won’t save them from history’s revulsion.)
The western leadership is as spineless as ever. Calling for a negotiated settlement, as if the reason for the war is that Iran was negotiating in good faith. Let’s forget the mullahs calling for genocide for half the world’s Jews and working towards a weapon that will accomplish this goal. (Jews know when someone is calling for your genocide they mean it.)
Then you have Russia, that slaughtering fascist dictatorship, offering to negotiate between Iran and Israel. Oh, the EU rejected that. Well who the fuck asked them? It is amazing to me that the nations of the EU, which decry colonialism, still think they speak for the nations of the Middle East and for Jews everywhere. (By the way, its not like Israel would trust Russia anyway. I doubt they would ever trust the EU either. But who asked the G7 to butt in?)
And did you see, that useless Macron has demanded that the armament show in Paris, cordon off the Israeli manufacturers so no one can see their weaponry? But then again, the French nation isn’t exactly known for its bravery in the face of adversity is it? Too concerned that the islamists in their midst wont like that France is siding with the democratic forces in this fight.
Then there is the United States, don’t get me started. Yes, good of them to supply the needed weaponry. Good that they are helping shoot down the missiles sent by Iran to kill civilians, but not good that Trump is too cowardly to blow up Fordow. Of course there is the Tulsi contingent still insisting that Iran isn’t working toward a nuclear bomb. Why this antiAmerican, Russia and mullah loving, antisemite is in such a powerful position is beyond me. But then again, the inculcation of the Quincy (Koch-Soros Israel-haters, ahem Jew-haters) think tank and proIranian assets in positions of power in the Pentagon is an abomination.
And yes, Trump makes the final decision since he is COI. (As he told that Qatari paid shill of a moron Tucker Carlson) But does he actually have the cajones to do what is best for the free world? I highly doubt it. Oh he loves his parades, like the failing leaders of the USSR. But, parades do not equal resolve. And parades do not win battles. Resolve to protect the world from evil is what we need. Not everything is transactional and not every individual in the world worships money the way Trump does. Ideology trumps finance. I am sure his Qatari friends with the $400 million dollar plane are whispering in his ear right now, too. Unless he understands that, history will write him up as a failed President.
(The Qataris are pushing Hezbollah to enter the war even though they said they would not and Lebanon warned them not to. Wonder how much the Qataris are offering to pay Hezbollah leadership to doom Lebanon to the ash heap of history.)
Then there are the Iranian People. A proud ancient people who have a right to be free from Islamist tyranny. Who other than Israel is helping them? No one. The world has left them to be subjugated and murdered by these Islamo-fascist theocrats for over 50 years now.
Stopping before the job is fully done will only condemn the west to a greater war in the future, or will condemn us to subservience to a nuclear islamist republic.
We are living through an extraordinary time right now.
It is a hinge moment.
Israel, the IDF, as Douglas Murray says, is “magnificent.”
I am not so sure about the rest of the world.
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In the meantime don’t forget:
IT IS DAY 619 OF THE HOSTAGES BEING STARVED AND HELD IN THE TERROR DUNGEONS OF GAZA 🎗️
It is day 619-4 of the present war.
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Excellent post. It’s rare that I agree with every word anyone writes but I do with this one!
First rate essay! I am also thinking about the hostages and how will they ever get back?