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November 22, 2024 · 5:55 pm

USA’s Terrible Overreach in This Our World From Biden’s Time

Ameen Izzadeen, in The Daily Mirror in Sri Lanka, 22 November 2024 …… where the title reads “Biden’s legacy: Gaza genocide and now possible nuclear war in Europe” **

US Alternate Ambassador Robert Wood raises his hand to veto a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday. AFP

Never has the world been so precariously on pins and needles as it is now, with Europe exposed to the threat of nuclear war, the West Asian region facing genocide, and the rest of the world uncertain about what to expect from the leadership change in the United States—a nation teetering on the brink of moral bankruptcy.

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October 22, 2024 · 1:37 pm

The Epitome of “EVIL” … Today’s Soulmates with Hitler

Brian Victoria

In an increasingly secular world, calling someone or something “evil” will seem to many as an anachronistic label, conjuring up as it does a reddish figure featuring a fiendish face and horns, pitchfork in hand, with wings and a tail. A truly dreadful and fearsome sight indeed!

Christians have traditionally viewed evil as a rebellion against God, embodied in the figure of “Satan” (aka Devil). Satan was identified as the cause of all suffering in the world.  Further, it was Satan’s fall from Heaven that illustrated the cosmic battle between good (God) and evil (Satan). As such, Satan existed as a malevolent force outside of ourselves, constantly attempting to entice us to accede to his wicked ways.

By comparison, in contemporary thought, evil is examined through psychological, social, and cultural lenses. Thus, evil can arise from one’s own psychological disorders, group dynamics or the sociopolitical/socioeconomic systems under which we live. No longer is it seen as a metaphysical or malevolent moral force lying outside of ourselves.

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October 9, 2024 · 2:56 pm

Meirsheimer’s Forecast in 2009 — Seeking to ”Save Israel From Itself”

John Meirsheimer, in The American Conservative, 18 May 2009….. article entitled “Saving Israel From Itself” …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by Tthe editor, Thuppahi

The two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the Jewish state’s long-term security—and our own.

Israel and Palestine in Middle East on contour map. Palestinian territories of Gaza and West Bank. Jerusalem and Jordan River on outline map. Theme of Israel, war, conflict.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The United States and Israel fundamentally disagree about the need to establish a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. President Obama is committed to a two-state solution, while Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is opposed and has been for many years. To avoid a direct confrontation with Washington, Netanyahu will probably change his rhetoric and talk favorably about two states. But that will not affect Israel’s actions. The never-ending peace process will go on, Israel will continue building settlements, and the Palestinians will remain locked up in a handful of impoverished enclaves in the West Bank and Gaza. Anticipating this outcome, Obama has told Congress to expect a clash with Israel.

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September 10, 2024 · 2:51 am

The “Deep State”– Threats to Democracy within Today’s Western States’its

Alastair Crooke : Afraid of Free Speech

Watch Alastair Crooke & Judge Napolitano in Serious Dialogue ….. on World Poltics & the Anti Democratic strands in Present Western States = https://www.youtube.com/live/mnm9Vzrpkrg

Judge Napolitano …. & …. Alastair Crooke

Reflections from “Observer in a Black Sea Port”

Why are democracies suddenly opposed to free speech and against democracy?

Very interesting argument about how Western democracies are attacking democracy,  shutting down free speech, attacking the first amendment of the US Constitution because the deep structures of the deep state are being challenged.

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September 7, 2024 · 9:18 pm

Age-old Themes Imbricated within the Palestine-Israel Conflict

 Simon Sebag Montefiore, in The TIMES, 6 September 2024, where the title reads: “A conflict built on centuries of myth-making” … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi **

‘Forever wars’ do not exist but bringing peace to the Holy Land is complicated by so much of its history being wilfully misunderstood.

There was a moment during the last significant negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, in May 2008, that is relevant today. Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian minister of negotiations, told the Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni: “It’s no secret we’re offering you the biggest Yerushalayim in history. But we must talk about the concept of al-Quds. We’ve taken your interests and concerns into account … ”

 

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August 3, 2024 · 7:39 pm

Mearsheimer on Israel’s International Crimes

Theodore K

20230125 UC Political Science Website Photo. Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Cobb, Cummings, Harper, Pick, Rosenwald, Saieh, and SSRB . (Photo by Joe Sterbenc)

John Mearsheimer has provided the world with an insightful analysis on Israel, Netanyahu, and the US Rules Based Order.

SEE …. LISTEN … to Prof. John J. Mearsheimer: “Netanyahu’s Grave Mistakes” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4opzJiXAz0
Thus inspired …. THEODORE K’s THOUGHTS:  “Netanyahu has no interest in peace. His goal is genocide of the Palestinians, to make Gaza uninhabitable,  to expand Israel into Gaza and the West Bank, as the US cheer him on to the tune of the Rules Based Order – the “Rules Based International Order” Australia supports and keeps ranting on about.

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June 24, 2024 · 6:29 pm

Hot Press! Terrorist Attacks on Russian Sites in the Caspian

Observer in a Black Sea Resort Town

On Sunday 23 June, which was the Orthodox holiday of Trinity, a public holiday in Russia, three coordinated attacks took place.

The first was a Ukrainian-US attack on a popular Black Sea resort near Sevastopol in Russia’s Crimea, which killed four, including two children playing on a beach. Over 150 people were wounded. In this Ukrainian-US strike, five ATACMS ballistic missiles–requiring American servicemen to operate them–were fired at a popular beach near Sevastopol. Four missiles were intercepted but the explosion of the cluster warhead in the fifth missile in the air resulted in many civilian casualties.

Attending to casualities yesterday in a Black Sea resort town near Sevastopol after cluster munitions from a US made ATACMS missile exploded above the beach resort.

 

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June 11, 2024 · 12:58 am

The Changing World Order

Alastair Crooke … with Judge Napolitano … about “Israel and Reality”

Alastair explores the historical context that has shaped modern Israel, the ongoing conflicts and peace processes, and the broader implications for the Middle East and beyond. Alastair provides unique perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing Israel today, from security concerns to socio-political developments.

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May 28, 2024 · 8:11 pm

Why the US is no longer the indispensable nation …

Theodore K …. with the underlining in red imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi

On 25 May 2024, President Biden gave a speech to new graduates at West Point to prepare them for war. It was a delusional speech in which Biden attempted to assert the right of the US to control the world under the guise of meaningless platitudes such as the US is the “indispensable nation”, “the world’s only superpower”,”and “the leading democracy in the world”. All the evidence of US security, defence and foreign policy over the past 32 years shows these claims are false. Biden fails to recognize the reality of a changing world – a world that has moved on since 1994. US hegemony is declining. We now live in a multipolar world when the emphasis is on international democratization. The US has inflicted terrible damage to the world, especially over the past three decades due to the Neocons.

President Joe Biden delivers the commencement address for the U.S. Military Academy class of 2024, Saturday, May 25, 2024, in West Point, New York.
(Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

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May 25, 2024 · 2:23 am

A Lament: Biased US Media Coverage of the Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia University

Mobashra Tazamal’s LAMENT from The Campus at Columbia University

“I am left with the understanding that to be Muslim at Columbia is to face extreme censorship of your language to appease an audience that doesn’t represent nor respect you. To be Muslim at Columbia is to be racially profiled and doxxed, beg for administrative resources and support, and still receive none. To be Muslim at Columbia is to face Islamophobia on campus—to be spat on and called “terrorists”—and receive no University acknowledgment or recognition. Instead, our experiences are interrogated, as administrators try to poke holes in our narratives, questioning whether they even happened, while others get seats at the table with the University President and the governor of New York, dedicated to making sure they feel seen, heard, and valued.

To be Muslim at Columbia is to have your community and peers be suspended, arrested, and brutalized by the New York Police Department for peacefully protesting the genocide of those who widely look and practice like us, and still being made out to be the aggressors.”

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