Posted by Dovetail Joint on December 28, 2023, 6:57 am
Well, I looked into the darkness of the abyss, and what I glimpsed was far worse than even the genocide currently unfolding in Gaza.
As Israel gets bogged down, and, is seen to be unable to fulfill its military aims, it'll be tempted, or forced, to escalate the war into Lebanon and attack Hezbollah. That will divert attention away from the Gaza quagmire and failure, and more importantly probably 'drag' the United States into the wider war in the Middle East, which'll then put enormous pressure on Iran to intervene, and then what?
If that wasn't bad enough, we then see the outline of a possibly very dark future; because, now that the leaders of the West have given the green light for the mass slaughter, the genocide in Gaza to go ahead, what else are they and Israel not capable of doing? I mean, one would imagine that genocide was a pretty big red line to cross, no?
If the Gaza genocide is now policy and acceptable, why not the first use of nuclear weapons by Israel if it feels threatened, an existential threat from Hezbollah and Iran? The step from genocide in Gaza to using nuclear weapons is a far shorter one than most people think. Hezbollah is highly disciplined, well armed, supposedly 50,000 strong, with over 10,000 rockets and missiles at their disposal. If Gaza is proving to be a hard nut to crack, then Hezbollah is on a completely different level.
So, that's what I see when I look into the abyss. And now it's too late to stop Israel, the ultra rightwing are already in power, obvious criminals, racists and fanatics, capable, as they've shown in Gaza, of doing anything, of crossing any normal, civilized, moral, line in the sand.
It's taken 78 years and now nazism has been rehabilitated in Europe. In the colonies nazism never went away, only changed its form.The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
Fascism has never been more fashionable since the 30s, Canadian parliament given a standing ovation to an actual Nazi, nazis in Ukraine, Zionazis being supported in their genocide against the Palestinians by the west. We are living through dark times.
We can only hope that the US and its vassal states collapse without taking us all down with them. It's up to all of us to eek out a living and create functioning communities without resorting to the barbarism the GICs have encouraged for centuries. When I watch videos of the people in Gaza I'm always astounded by their bravery, resilience and solidarity/strength of their community in the face of unimaginable horror. I've seen interviews with children who are more conscious/aware and articulate than most adults I know. That's not to romanticise them or downplay the damaging trauma they have to endure but they're an inspiration.