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richardstevenhack's avatar

"What is needed is diplomacy and respect for international law."

As I like to say: "That Ain't Gonna Happen."

I also assess all the political drama in Israel between Netanyahu and Gantz as utterly irrelevant. Neither are any comments by former IDF officers or former Israel politicians relevant.

This war is being run from Washington, not Tel Aviv. Netanyahu is utterly dependent on Washington to stay in office which is why he went to Washington to get two million standing ovations in Congress. Netanyahu is tied to the neocons in Washington and they are tied to him. It's not a binary "either-or", it's a "this plus that." Which of the parties is initiating any particular event is irrelevant.

Read my lips: The US neocons and Netanyahu and the Zionist crazies are running the show. They're in a trap - they can't stop now or everything collapses: Israel collapses, the US in the Middle East collapses, the whole nine yards. They have no choice but to continue until they either win it all or lose it all.

Of course, they will lose it all - this is what the neocons do. But that never, ever stops them from trying.

But as long as that is true, nothing anyone says who is not part of the US neocon or Israeli crazy component matters. The only thing that matters that will stop this is the Axis of Resistance completely destroying Israel and driving the US from the Middle East permanently.

This will be a long war (unless it goes nuclear). It's likely to last several years, if not as long as Afghanistan. Get used to it. One or more million people will die, just like Iraq (if it goes nuclear, raise that to tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions.)

There will be no peace or negotiations until someone loses big time, i.e., someone can no longer put up a fight.

People tend to look at how badly Israel is doing in Gaza and Lebanon and assume it will be all over soon and there will be negotiations. No. Uh-uh. Wrong.

The US is poised to enter the war as soon as they can blame Iran for doing any significant damage to Israel. The US electorate will back a war with Iran - because all the Democrats want Harris to win and all the Republicans want Trump to win - both of which support war with Iran and both are backed by people who want war with Iran. Everyone else in the US with influence - the MIC, the oil companies, the banks - they all want war with Iran because they will profit from it, even as it tanks the global economy.

Everyone who doesn't want war with Iran are losers with zero influence. That includes everyone here including me.

I've been predicting this war for seventeen years. All I care about is that I was right. Finally.

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james's avatar

thanks ismaele....

the cry for a resolution is very loud and clear and has been for some time, but it appears israel is not interested in a 2 state solution and never was.. same deal the usa which vetoes any UN resolution aimed for the same purpose...

quote " the United States will take every measure necessary to defend our people." it's interesting.. i guess this is supposed to include all of israel, lol...

i appreciate the sober commentators within israel who realize this can't go on and are looking for a way to end it... i hope these voices become louder and eventually dominate israels position in the coming months and years... i am very unsure if it is possible, but it is the only hope for israel at this point... make peace with those you've displaced or murdered... if you don't now, it will never happen and israel will cease to exist, except as a memory of a failed experiment thanks the uk and usa historically and all those who curried favour in the halls of power the past 100 years.. zionism is a fanatical ideology that has only brought pain and suffering to those who still practice judaism..

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