These wars in Ukraine and Israel look more and more alike all the time.
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I also want to say that it is not Iran’s reputation that is harmed by these assassinations and bombings of undefended civilian targets.
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I think the resistance will bloviate a lot about it and just continue the war, they are winning.

Posted by: Bemildred | Jul 31 2024 15:12 utc | 4

It seems they (the Zionists) want all hell to break loose in the Greater Middle East. At what point will the White House actually try to restrain the outbreak of a much wider war? Or are they planning to turn the region into a nuclear cauldron? The level of lunacy involved is shocking! How much longet can they keep escalating? This isn’t going to end well…

Posted by: Lina | Jul 31 2024 15:13 utc | 6

thanks guys.. i knew it was something like that, lol.. we see israel doing this stupid shit repeatedly – knocking off leaders and then new leaders come along because the root cause has never been addressed..

Posted by: james | Jul 31 2024 15:28 utc | 8

Lina in comment 6 asks:
“At what point will the White House actually try to restrain the outbreak of a much wider war? Or are they planning to turn the region into a nuclear cauldron?”
The foreign policies of the government of the U.S. as motivated primarily by neocons and their sycophants has two basic plans….support the Israeli state in all endeavors and weaken/destroy Russia. The problems with people who support those positions are many fold:
First of all, people here in the U.S. have not suffered from the effects of war in this country, it has always been on foreign soil that such conflict has taken place. Modern technology changes that. The people holding the levers of power believe that they can survive the effects of their warmaking…so do a significant number of their sycophants. It’s hubris, plain and simple.
Second, the U.S. economy is in tatters because so many real resources have been wasted on foreign conflicts with absolutely no ethical justification or practical rewards. Add to that effect, the complete shutdown and destruction of much of the economy during the plandemic. Meanwhile, massive wealth transfer from the poor and middle class to the politically connected is taking a real toll on peoples’ mental health…we have a massive homeless problem, which was totally manufactured. We have a massive fentanyl problem, which was manufactured. The education system has propagandized young people, always has, to serve the state. It’s been my observation that some people are starting to wake up here for practical reasons.
It appears to me that nobody that actually has any real influence in the U.S. corporatocracy has any interest in anything other than money and power, certainly those people do not care about the wellbeing of normal people either in the U.S. or anywhere else. So, in a nutshell, it appears that the lunatics in the U.S. government will not turn down the heat until it all collapses…hopefully with as little bloodshed as possible. Individuals here who are anti-war for ethical reasons become targets fairly rapidly from the vertically integrated media apparatus (thank you Wesley Yang for that term). Finally, for me anyway, conflating America as a concept with the actions of its government is a mistake. Most of the Americans I have met are decent people but politically brainwashed.
As always, just my opinions and observations.

Posted by: Giuseppe | Jul 31 2024 15:45 utc | 10

@ Giuseppe | Jul 31 2024 15:45 utc | 10
excellent comment… 2 questions – how is it going to change and who are you voting for in the upcoming election?? thanks..

Posted by: james | Jul 31 2024 15:49 utc | 12

Posted by: Giuseppe | Jul 31 2024 15:45 utc | 10
Spot on, man. And for anyone thinking ‘the system is broken’, you are wrong.
It is working flawlessly as it was designed to work – for the benefit of the few.

Posted by: motorslug | Jul 31 2024 15:52 utc | 14

Giuseppe@1545
Incisive and well-stated…a “cri de Coeur”. Thanks.

Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 15:56 utc | 16

The assassination of Haniya, a crucial and key mediator for Hamas was a step too far for Netanyahu. Targeting a mediator for the other side, particularly in a sneak attack which violates the sovereignty of another country is considered a savage violation of any and all diplomatic rules as well as international law. This in the context of whispers that Israel assassinated Raisi, and objectively assassinated Sukar in Beirut. By the same actors who assassinated Soleimani. In the context of the Gaza genocide which primary targets the old, and women and children; the use of white phosphorus (US provided) on villages of Lebanon; and the sadistic and perverted treatment of prisoners as well any and all Palestinians – all these actions identify Israel (as well as their affiliates US/UK/EU) as irredeemable to civilized parlay.
Clearly, Blinkin, Sullivan, and Bibi are utilizing the demented, lame duck president as the goat for their actions. These actions reflect total desperation as they see that Russia/China and Iran are ever so slowly diplomatically through BRICS and BRICS partners, ASEAN, GCC and parts of Africa – encircling the hegemonic barbarians. who have fewer and fewer reliable allies as time passes. Be sure that Iran/Russia/China are talking, planning discrete actions – but no matter how hard US/UK/IS try to start World War III, they will be checked. Israel/US/EU can rage and storm, but they have established themselves well and truly as pariahs to the vast majority of the world, who are ever more closely linked politically, economically and diplomatically. Expect a reconfiguration of the UN, arrest warrants and under some as yet undefined body, very public trials for the atrocious war crimes visited on the Palestinians, as well as Druze and Lebanese.

Posted by: abierno | Jul 31 2024 16:03 utc | 18

Posted by: Lysias | Jul 31 2024 16:03 utc | 17
Hahaha…that’s funny!!
Like israel is NOT in charge there….haha.

Posted by: motorslug | Jul 31 2024 16:23 utc | 20

I think Iran should hold back for a while and insist on Israel being classified as a terrorist state. Of course, this will fail at the UN but my point is to make into an explicit precedent internationally. Anything less than plain condemnation, would be then seen as permission.
I do understand the notion that Israel has gotten away with everything but the sands are shifting. Creating an explicit issue that won’t go away can have value in the greater scheme of things.

Posted by: Eighthman | Jul 31 2024 16:46 utc | 22

Eightman,
Both the UNGA and ICJ have set into motion a process which will label the IDF and Likud as a Joint Criminal Enterprise
This means full blown asset seizures, travel bans, and all sorts of sanctions for IDF and Likud members plus canyone who had ever supported the IDF or Likud. That includes institutions such as Columbia University with its $14 billion endowment

Posted by: Exile | Jul 31 2024 16:53 utc | 24

Ismail Haniyeh – The Palestinian Refugee Who Became the Political Leader of Hamas
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ismail-haniyeh-the-palestinian-refugee-who-became-the-political-leader-of-hamas/

Posted by: Exile | Jul 31 2024 16:57 utc | 26

Palestine Chronicle live feed:
UN REPORT: Israel used dogs and waterboarding against Gaza detainees.

Posted by: Exile | Jul 31 2024 17:04 utc | 28

It ought to be clear by now that the Zionists have no intention of seeking peace as their policy is one of continual war. And it appears the Arc of Resistance is willing to be its adversary. However, as I pointed out back in November, the Zionists cannot survive a siege having a long duration, whereas the Arc can since it’s accustomed to having nothing. Additionally, the largess poured upon them by their only ally the Outlaw US Empire has its limits. Yes, a war of attrition is being waged against the Zionists, thus the similarity with Ukraine. It’s fair to say IMO that Zelensky and Netanyahu are brothers from different mothers. The conflict will continue until force from the outside is applied; I see no other conclusion currently

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 31 2024 17:19 utc | 30

Also you should be happy because regardless of what the actual psychopaths of Maerica think, a regional war in the Middle East would become a global conflict.
These fucking imbeciles want their goldilocks war..not too big, not too small, but just right. Just enough to reset the economic conditions sufforcating the parasitic Empire but not so much the earth becomes a radioactive wasteland. They are of course amoral fools likely to kill us all with their brinksmanship.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jul 31 2024 17:31 utc | 32

Alex from the Duran said that Israel used the WhatsApp(Haniyeh was in a call with his son at the time) to get his exact location. My opinion is that they also might have done the exact same trick go hit the Hesbolla commander in Beirut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtMwfxRS4Dk

Posted by: morongobill | Jul 31 2024 17:35 utc | 34

Reposting from previous Palestine thread:
Chosen people my ass!
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/netanyahus-willing-executioners-how-ordinary-israelis-became-mass-murderers/
Posted by: KMRIA | Jul 31 2024 15:30 utc | 9
I just read that before you posted it again here. I agree, very worthwhile, thanks.
It’s so easy to get complacent or blasé. This will shake you anew, especially
if you follow many of the links. Goddamn, I feel so f-ing helpless.
For Palestinian mothers:How Many Tears

Posted by: waynorinorway | Jul 31 2024 17:44 utc | 36

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 31 2024 17:19 utc | 30
“You have the watches. We have the time.”

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 31 2024 17:45 utc | 38

Trubind1@1644
Please consider the impact on worldwide public opinion…it may superficially seem boring…but so is the building of a house.

Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 17:47 utc | 40

RE: Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jul 31 2024 17:26 utc | 31
There was no intent to pass “blame” to Iran. Or any other nation besides USReal.
Only to point out, that only a Nation State can initiate via the UN Charter Article 51 Right to Protect and lawfully send ground force to protect civilians in another nation.
The resistance groups, with Yemen divided, are not Nation States. I expect zero from Turkey or Pakistan, only most likely, and able is Iran.
So unless the Nation State of Lebanon , supports Hezbollah enough to initiate a R2P themselves, the Palestinians in both West Bank, and particularly Gaza remain marginally defended
I’ve no “mindset” about “children”in war, just feel that between the cholera, polio, starvation, water & food depravity, arrests, torture and complete destruction of Gaza, and West Bank on deck, a need for on the ground protecting forces are acute. That’s all.
As for this: “These fucking imbeciles want their goldilocks war..not too big, not too small, but just right. Just enough to reset the economic conditions sufforcating the parasitic Empire but not so much the earth becomes a radioactive wasteland. They are of course amoral fools likely to kill us all with their brinksmanship.“
Completely agree. “Let me slap you, but please please don’t slap me back.. pretty please”…. Listening to Blinken idio et el… say “peace is still on the table”…blah blah…as F-16s are delivered on-site today in Ukraine as well as all this nonsense, is all out brinkmanship.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jul 31 2024 17:53 utc | 42

@ Ed | Jul 31 2024 17:08 utc | 29
aye and canuck are correct which i acknowledged @ 8…
it was just a thought on the top of my head based on israels actions of trying to decapitate hamas or hezbollah leadership.. the problem with this approach is hamas and hezbollah find others to replace them… the root cause has not been addressed by israel.. instead they are repeating the same stupidity – or i should say – insanity, by doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result… instead they need to listen to what others are telling them and find an actual solution to the root cause of palestines legitimate cause here… things are getting worse for israel.. i say this based on what they are now doing here… in fact, it is going in the exact opposite direction that israel apparently wants and it seems there is no cause for reflection or a change in plans with israel either.. the world will have to step in and fix this mess.. it is also another example of where the so called unipolar leader – usa – is clearly no longer the world leader… there servitude to israel is another reason for their ongoing downfall..

Posted by: james | Jul 31 2024 17:54 utc | 44

Doing my 5-minute tour of American right-wing websites this morning, it occurred to me that even if Trump isn’t a genocidal idiot, it occurred to me that Americans on the RIGHT domestically are fully brainwashed into Islamophobia and the sanctity of the Zionist nation.
If Trump wanted to go easily on Iran (and he does not) or Lebanon, he may not be able to. Trump has his own mind but prefers to follow his conscience when it lines up with his voters. His stance on the bioweapons of vaccination is a good example of how he eventually comes around to his base even when he thinks that they are wrong. He is at the end of the day, a pragmatist with little spiritual or ideological depth.
This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. That said, I feel confident that it will eventually get better. Zionism isn’t on the cusp of victory, it has been treading the waters of defeat for a year now.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 31 2024 17:59 utc | 46

Nuclear War?! In the lands of Mesopotamia, Judea and Palestine, Anak, Israel? Not bewildering. 4200 years ago during the Processional shift of Taurus to Aries clay tablets were made to record the event. The very best rendering of the script (deciphered after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone) detail the catastrophic destruction compared to a nuclear war resulting in the decimation of Sodom, Gomorrah and three other settlements around the Dead Sea.
Today we change from the processional shift age of Pisces to Aquarius.
The clay tablet records relate these particular age changes as from one political ruling family (Enlil) to the other family (Enki).
As most at the bar know all media stories are theatre. Entertainment for the masses. One always must look behind the curtain.
2024BC was the detailed date when Sodom was nuked. I love numbers, so do those two ‘actual’ ruling political families. Troy was not a mythical story. 2024 AD is circumspect indeed.
I’ll be surprised if this fight over control does not go nuke. I have some faith in my fellow man that sanity will prevail.
I know people here at the bar will poo poo this, but disputing records written in essentially stone, 4200 years ago, is foolhardy. Disputing the exact rendering of the transcription and transliteration might be acceptable but not the fact these events happened and were recorded in detail.

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Jul 31 2024 18:00 utc | 48

Yes we’d all love to see Israel shutdown forever. But one cannot act without consideration for the Samson Option. It’d also be nice if the Russians warned the Israelis: no more bombing other countries or we destroy your air fields. I suppose the Russians figure Israel wants a wider war so that would be playing into their hands. Or maybe it’s a case of Putin having a Jewish son in law. The tribe gravitate to power everywhere! Where’s Edward I when you need him?
What I would suggest is that the Resistance respond to these targeted assassinations with some of their own. These endless wars all began with the attack on Yugoslavia. They’ve continued because the warmongers responsible never pay a price for their crimes. The western media used to have a conscience and would shame our politicians into behaving. Today the media are war criminals too – accessories after the fact.
I don’t think all of western society is sick in the head. Yes we’re incredibly spoiled and our moral values are rather wishy washy. But it’s the top 1% and their sycophants who are responsible for these war crimes. Maybe if they knew their own lives would be at risk…
Israel is a special case as it’s an entire nation behaving like a rabid dog. But if one can’t resort to war because of the nuclear threat, then they’d better find a Plan B soon.
I’m not seeing any Plan B from the Resistance. I’m only seeing the Putin policy of turning the other cheek. And those amazingly flexible Red Lines!
Perhaps it is simple minded to think they can crash every western economy if they take action that’s shocking enough. However this War of Attrition has the goal of avoiding a larger war until the West collapses. Maybe it’s time for Iran to make a big push to bring the western fraud down?

Posted by: EoinW | Jul 31 2024 18:01 utc | 50

I have no sources or links to offer but the assignation of Haniyeh does not “feel” right. Was he the victim of some internal power struggle? I have often wondered about what the people in Gaza think about their billionaire leaders living it up abroad. The killing seems a little too clean, and the reaction seems muted.

Posted by: Matador | Jul 31 2024 18:10 utc | 52

Trubind1@1753
Back to research for you, sirrah. Yemen is NOT a “divided nation”. The Yemeni government by the Ansar Allah is located in Sanaa, the national capital. The vast majority of Yemen’s people are located within that realm of governance.
The ousted dictator of Yemen cowers in some hidden-hole in Saudi. He is a mere puppet of the Wahabi regime. Do you persist in a habit of accessing boobtoob noose on the nightly propaganda system in the U.$.? As one who has never allowed a boobtoob into my home; I can only pity those who habitually expose themselves to Bernaysian mind-control mechanisms.

Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 18:18 utc | 54

I know people here at the bar will poo poo this, but disputing records written in essentially stone, 4200 years ago, is foolhardy. Disputing the exact rendering of the transcription and transliteration might be acceptable but not the fact these events happened and were recorded in detail.
Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Jul 31 2024 18:00 utc | 48
Care to adjourn on the open thread? Me and at least Norwegian would probably discuss the matter.
BTW consider that anything written 4.200 years ago concerned things much earlier. 2024 BC is between the end of Gutian invasion/rule and some sacking by Elam, not what you mention.

Posted by: Newbie | Jul 31 2024 18:18 utc | 56

James@1754
Agreed. The old adage is a perfect fit: “Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad (insane)”.
The fall of the Zionist entity is ever more probable…as it is being revealed as Humpty-Dumpty.

Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 18:21 utc | 58

RE: Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 17:59 utc | 47
“Appears that you are a bit less understanding of the devoutly believed tenets of Islam…in particular, martyrdom”
True.
“You appear to suffer from an inability to flesh out the bigger picture in this existential conflict.”
True. I’m more microcosm than macrocosm, but it’s fluid depending on my perception of needs and danger. Sometimes you have to zoom in, and sometimes you have to zoom out. It’s true I’m not “fixed” in any picture. But Laith Marouf’s words and genuine heartfelt “Gazans can’t take much more of this”…. Caused me to zoom in and react a bit.
All of us here want a free Palestine and USreal punished for decades of murderous decadence.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jul 31 2024 18:29 utc | 60

Merv Ritchie@1800
With you on the Cosmic time cycles in which you pointed out archeological evidence. Ever since the Roman Emperor Constantine employed a cultish gaggle of cronies to assemble his “Holy” Bible…complete with both redactions and interpolations…the spiritual messages of Jesus, the Anointed One…were hijacked and hung up upon a cross.
Followed “Holy Mother Church” and their Dark Ages, as the Wisdom Schools were demolished, as were the great temples of antiquity, while philosophers and Gnostics were deliberately murdered and massacred by the deracinated religionist fanatics of the JudieChristie MagickMindfuck. Civilization was demolished as part of a negative agenda which deviated understandings which had been realized for numerous centuries…during the entire Epoch of Kali Yuga. That devolutionary cycle is now in its ultimate decline.
The pathway to renewal is spiritual in essence, while being played out in political, military and ultimately economic gamesmanship by the terminally deluded.

Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 18:30 utc | 62

Could Israel be taking advantage of a period when nobody is in charge in DC?
Posted by: Lysias | Jul 31 2024 16:03 utc | 17
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Exactimundo.
Related to my thought, namely, they are going hog wild because somehow that creates facts on the ground that presents a challenge/problem to both the candidates qua candidates and the eventual winner.
Meanwhile no one is in charge to impose any policy, give instructions to diplomats (I know I know, but still) or other govt reps such as SecDef (I know I know).
Perfect situ for Net/tail to wag US/dog.
US public and ROW is left to wonder whether the US actually did greenlight any of this S— when Net was in DC.
Some here have referenced a video of Trump walking away from Net but I have not seen it. Does anyone have a link?
Somehow I cannot see Trump going along with the “protect the rapists” scenario. Am I being naive?

Posted by: Jane | Jul 31 2024 18:51 utc | 64

Posted by: james | Jul 31 2024 17:54 utc | 44
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Thanks, james for the response. Israel is not interested in peace or a two-state solution, and the world is starting to catch on to the Zionist game being played out on the world stage since 1947.
See the article below, it explains toe things: One, how the Zionist in occupied Palestine avoided their responsibility to allow for a free and Sovereign state, and two: why the world and the UNSC ( on UN bodies and courts) did nothing about the Zionist crimes committed against the Palestinian people in occupied Palestinian.
https://theintercept.com/2023/11/28/israel-palestine-history-peace/

Posted by: Ed | Jul 31 2024 19:01 utc | 66

Posted by: Jane | Jul 31 2024 18:51 utc | 64

“Somehow I cannot see Trump going along with the “protect the rapists” scenario. Am I being naive?”

Imho, Jane, very. I was relieved tRump defeated Shillery, who I couldn’t fathom how she was about to become commander and chief? Wtf was all I could think. However, tRump utterly mishandled the plannedemic, because he empowered the very people he’d promised to drain from the swamp, but what truly did it for me was when tRump took credit for murdering Gen. Soleimanni along with other important military leaders.

Posted by: aye, myself & me | Jul 31 2024 19:18 utc | 68

My favorite Scott Ritter quote:
” Scott Ritter – Israel are evil. Israel must be annihilated. Eliminated as a nation state. It has no right to exist. ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmOn56EVHg&t=693s
Posted by: Fred | Jul 31 2024 6:23 utc | 281
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Several weeks ago there was a post at MOA that showed Scott addressing (in Russian) several thousand Chechnian soldiers (surely one of the high points of the retired colonels life). It must have occured to him how effective they could be at house clearing in Occupied Palestine – coming down from Syria through Haḍbatu l-Jawlān with Hezb’allah to their right.
Israel delenda est!
Now with regard to that bullshit truism attributed to that jew humbug Einstein about repetition and madness. Of course one can keep on repeating an actions and expect a different result – providing some externality(s) change! As Bob Marley sang “every day the bucket go to the well, one day the bottom drop out!”
Israel delenda est!

Posted by: Ново З | Jul 31 2024 19:23 utc | 70

Colonel McDouglas: 1)believes US aircraft strike groups and U.S./Israel air power will overwhelm, overrun and destroy Lebanon and all of Hezbollah. Perhaps even “tactical” nuke in Southern Lebanon (Hezbollah). States no one in the region would interfere.
2) Believes Israel even has green lite to attack Iran if needed.
3) States only possible challenge would be Turkey going thru Syria. Basically stating Israel so powerful, can take on Hamas, Lebanon, Syria and Iran and still be victorious, standing on the dead bodies of all opposing nations.
4) Oh, and can move ship out of the range of being fired upon, but still fire on others and rule the sea.
Also, stated no “peace” deal will ever happen. Capitulation, removal of all Palestinians . Otherwise, happy to go to war.
Only concern… real concern, is Russia.
Even if I don’t agree, hearing another side, certainly brings a devastating picture all around.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jul 31 2024 19:28 utc | 72

@ Lysias #17
“Could Israel be taking advantage of a period when nobody is in charge in DC?”
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Hah, I asked that at 9 am Eastern Time on the other thread. Biden has not spoken publicly for himself about the assassination at all yet. Not even up to this minute. All I can find is this from the White House SPOX, Kirby, who said:
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White House adviser John Kirby has been speaking to the press. Here are the main points he made:
The White House is not in a position to confirm the events in Tehran and whether the killing of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh was Israel’s doing. I can state that I had no conversations around that reporting that I can speak of today.
Achieving a deal in Gaza has always been a complicated process. It’s too soon to know what any of these reported events could mean, but we’re not going to stop working on it.
We don’t believe that an escalation in the Middle East is inevitable, and there’s no signs that an escalation is imminent. This is something that has been a concern all along since October 7.
The president was briefed on the reports of the events in the Middle East but I’m not going to comment on the exact timing.
– from aljazeera live- blog
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Biden seems to be hiding from the entire thing. Either he is comatose or he is simply not in charge any more at all. It is rather bizarre that the US president would not make some comment, even if just on twitter, about the situation, but there has been complete silence. A few spokes-people and Kamala (all of whom swear fidelity to the Zionist entity) issued statements, but not one fucking word from the POTUS.
I’m not big on conspiracy theories, but seriously – what the hell is going on in DC?

Posted by: teri | Jul 31 2024 19:35 utc | 74

@75 Oop. Link broken there – just search it at wayback with original url.

Posted by: Ornot | Jul 31 2024 19:39 utc | 76

With you on the Cosmic time cycles in which you pointed out archeological evidence. Ever since the Roman Emperor Constantine employed a cultish gaggle of cronies to assemble his “Holy” Bible…complete with both redactions and interpolations
Posted by: aristodemos | Jul 31 2024 18:30 utc | 62
The “white supremisist power” elite of the Enlil political family (ruling in alternating processional shifts of approx 2200 years) never relinquishes authority easily to the Enki family which is always associated with snakes as Enki himself had the double serpent as his emblem being the medical and scientific specialist. Enlil was always the administrator.
The Enlil clan has always had disdain for humanity hence the wests perpetual genocidal behaviours on all others, like Constantine and the “Holy” Roman Empire. As for the Jesus cult, the two fish symbol Christian’s claim for Jesus and his feeding the masses with two fish and a loaf of bread is the sign for Pisces !
It was the Enki clan who spliced chromosome number two via bone marrow extracted (rib story) to create homosapiens (go forth and multiply) from the Neanderthal etc (managing to evolve too quickly – ie the missing link) creating us to be their workforce for resource extraction, primarily gold.
And we do their job well. Over 30 thousand tonnes stockpiled in pure .999 uniform bars, doing nothing, just sitting, after destroying the environment for human habitation everywhere it is extracted. Only proven productive use of gold on large quantities is for space travel. Strange coincidence.
But just like us humans these masters of our existence engage in great hostilities. And we are their workforce for wars too.
Our best and maybe only, manner to live is to accept and watch the show. Getting caught up in the details we are allowed to witness (media entertainment including this online stuff) is completely futile. Loving and hugging, having neighborhood barbecues etc is the only truth. Everything else is mind putty entertainment.
Yeah, I’m disgusted by what is being perpetrated on humanity, and yet my life style apparently is dependant on it. I wish the nazi supremacists (Enlils gangs) would learn to live and let live but I’m also a realist and understand the last numerous processional age changes. I’m lucky to be alive to witness the change from Pisces to Aquarius. Maybe I won’t suffer the consequences and will get to tell a story or two.

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Jul 31 2024 19:42 utc | 78

Posted by: Jane | Jul 31 2024 19:01 utc | 67

“…we were making a second Ireland of that country.”

And a similar liberation movement to the IRA grew. Thanks you!

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 31 2024 19:46 utc | 80

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jul 31 2024 17:53 utc | 42
Iran has zero ability to project and supply ground forces beyond it’s immediate neighbors. Even if they could get sufficient troops to the front and had enough vehicles to move all the food and ammo to start they would be on a logistical line that is exposed to airpower.
Only Turkey could reasonably be able to make it with ground forces in sufficient strength to invade. And then they would need Russia and China to promise to step in as trade and military partners to replace NATO and the EU or they would be at risk of their ‘allies’ strangling them to death economically.

Posted by: badjoke | Jul 31 2024 20:08 utc | 82

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 31 2024 17:32 utc | 33
Iran should have assassinated Netanyahoo in the US or on his next international trip. Tidy symmetry.

Posted by: Patroklos | Jul 31 2024 20:28 utc | 84

Gaza civilian toll according to Ralph Nader:
Over 200,000 killed, wounded, maimed or missing, over 2 million forced into starvation and thirst.
Prima fascia evidence of war crimes…….

Posted by: Tobias Cole | Jul 31 2024 20:32 utc | 86

Following up on that thought, Netanyahu isn’t the craziest Israeli politician, like Putin isn’t the craziest Russian politician, or Zelensky the worst Ukrainian “leader”.
Killing a “perceived” worst guy when he’s an example counter-propaganda avatar is poor decision-making, IMO.
The Palestinian side needs Netanyahu like Biden needed Trump, and Trump needed Crooked Hillary. You can’t run against yourself or against abstract social problems. It is necessary to find one person and project all of the world’s sins upon that person in order to energize people.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 31 2024 20:37 utc | 88

RE: Posted by: badjoke | Jul 31 2024 20:08 utc | 82
I’m sure you’re right. I hadn’t thought of the logistics all the way through. Other than going through Syria. About as far as I got with the thought.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jul 31 2024 20:42 utc | 90

@ Ornot | Jul 31 2024 19:36 utc | 75
getting an archived version is not the same as going to the link ed provided, is it??
@ Ed | Jul 31 2024 19:44 utc | 79
i have found an ”archived” version, but your link requires me to give them an e mail… you don’t have to believe me.. that’s fine.. but that is my reality.. for fucks sake… why would i lie about this? i don’t understand some people..

Posted by: james | Jul 31 2024 21:02 utc | 92

best way to get rid of the genocidal maniacs is to explain to all the readers of the new testament that the old testament was composed after homer, after hesiod, after plato and after aristotle, from various myths belonging to the cananeans, sumerians, babylonians and persiansfor millenia before.
it is a theft pure and simple

Posted by: Minaa | Jul 31 2024 21:04 utc | 94

re: The Intercept
They used to have a 1 story max free read without subscribing (no payment required) but I’ve noticed since Ryan Grimm and Jeremy Scahill left to start their own substack site that has not been the case. Rumour is, Intercept is losing money and Pierre Omidyar (Ebay co-founder) is just letting it go without further backing.
Ryan and Jeremy’s site is a great source, no sub needed but is nice:
https://www.dropsitenews.com/

Posted by: motorslug | Jul 31 2024 21:07 utc | 96

While the Americans continue to claim they seek de-escalation, negotiation, and ceasefire, on the rare occasions when their position offers some detail we can see the non-negotiable demands remain:
– Hamas must surrender and release all hostages
– Hezbollah must retreat to other side of Litani
– Israel alone will control the security in occupied Palestine
– normalization agreements with Israel are signed
The leverage backing these positions remains:
– pulverizing the civilian populations in Gaza / West Bank
– targeted killings of Resistance leaders, soldiers, and other sectors (medical, journalists,etc)
Despite demonstrations of the Resistance’s capabilities, the calculation remains:
– general impunity for escalations and atrocities, based on Resistance desire to avoid large-scale war.
The above strategy is weak in the legal and economic zones where international pressure, albeit slow and incremental, is effective. The Biden admin’s sham UNSC ceasefire resolution followed by a series of atrocity attacks and assassinations by Israel has surely prompted disgust across the world, and the next round of responses by international community will be strong in legal/economic censure.

Posted by: jayc | Jul 31 2024 21:13 utc | 98

@82
I don’t think that Iran would make the same mistake as Iraq did. You would have to ask what force was available to interupt a very distributed movement or supply chain. Syria is a friendly supply base already. Iraq as sovereign might not intervene even, US bases might be crippled and busy with other, but most of all surface to air missiles might prove dissuasive for more than very targeted strikes. That is just to say nothing is given. Air power has been effective but has not been challenged yet. Opening even a limited but equiped Syrian front, and with Lebanon open, it would be very dificult for “Israel”. Along with missile saturation and whatever else could be cooked up. I could not imagine.
It would depend how much the US would throw into it all, what counter measure the resistance had available etc.
But I am completely speculating here, I just do not know what is possible…or better said too much is possible to be able to figure.
Turkey, Turkey houses US nuclear weapons at Incirlik. If it enterred the fray there would be a lot else to figure out.

Posted by: Ornot | Jul 31 2024 21:37 utc | 100