Business Of War
Analysts,
Ed Curtain , The United States government exists to wage war. In its present form, it would crumble without it; and in its present form, it will crumble with it. Only a radical structural change will prevent this. For war-making is at the core of its budget, its raison d’être – 816.7 billion for the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act alone – a deficit-financed sum that tells only part of the story. This amount that finances the military-industrial complex and its blood money is for a country that has never been invaded, is bordered by friendly neighbors, and is oceans away from the multitude of countries its leaders attack and call our enemies. The U.S. wages wars around the world because killing is its lifeblood, its structural essence. https://edwardcurtin.com/the-roots-of-radicalism-and-the-structure-of-evil/
She lost her entire family in an airstrike, but no one has told her yet
Ayah Sha'ban was among 14 of her martyred family members in Gaza City. She was presumed dead and wrapped in a white shroud, but a security guard at Al-Shifa' noticed her breathing and saved her. She still doesn't know about her family's fate. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/she-lost-her-entire-family-in-an-airstrike-but-no-one-has-told-her-yet/
Influential Israeli national security leader makes the case for genocide in Gaza
In an Op-Ed titled "Let’s Not be Intimidated by the World," Israeli ret. Major General Giora Eiland argues that all Palestinians in Gaza are legitimate targets and that even a “severe epidemic" in Gaza will "bring victory closer.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/influential-israeli-national-security-leader-makes-the-case-for-genocide-in-gaza/
Chris Hedges, Israel is carrying out a campaign to make Gaza uninhabitable. This campaign includes destroying all of Gaza’s hospitals. The message Israel is sending is clear - Nowhere is safe. If you stay you die. https://scheerpost.com/2023/11/20/chris-hedges-israels-war-on-hospitals/
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 46: Israeli tanks besiege Indonesian Hospital as bombardment of Gaza continues Israeli forces besiege Indonesian Hospital in north Gaza. Meanwhile, two Lebanese journalists were killed by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, and Palestinian prisoners continue to face humiliation, abuse and torture inside Israeli prisons. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-46-israeli-tanks-besiege-indonesian-hospital-as-bombardment-of-gaza-continues/
Hamas Expected To Release 50 Hostages Over 4-Day Ceasefire If Netanyahu Cabinet Approves In the first phase of the two-phase deal, Hamas is expected to release 50 Israeli women and children held in Gaza, while Israel is expected to release around 150 Palestinian prisoners, mostly women and minors. Some of the Israeli hostages are dual citizens.
The release of hostages and prisoners in the first phase of the deal would take place over four days of ceasefire in Gaza, one of the sources told Axios.
As part of the deal, Israel would allow around 300 aid trucks per day to enter Gaza from Egypt.
A potential second phase of the deal could see 50 more released, and the ceasefire would be extended for multiple more days https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/gaza-ceasefire-deal-mass-release-hostages-closer-ever
Hamas says at least 5,500 children killed in Gaza since October 7 According to it, over 1,800 minors are still missing after Israeli shelling. The statement also pointed out that 80% of the 30,000 people affected by the fighting in Gaza are women and children. ("Affected means "killed or seriously wounded". "Missing" means "missing under rubble".) The movement called on the UN to protect the children of Gaza and to take "serious measures" to stop their "massacres." https://tass.com/world/1708711
Israel-Palestine war: Settler attacks and Israeli restrictions paralyse West Bank economy
Daily raids by Israeli settlers and forces, increased checkpoints and a clampdown on travel permits for Palestinian workers have devastated the local economy https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-west-bank-economy-paralysed
Craig Murray: Activating the Genocide Convention
There is no room to doubt that Israel’s bombing of Palestinian civilians and depriving them of food, water and other necessities of life are grounds to invoke the 1948 Genocide Convention. https://consortiumnews.com/2023/11/19/craig-murray-activating-the-genocide-convention/
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other leaders joined United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for an 'extraordinary' meeting of the BRICS bloc of developing countries to discuss the Israel-Hamas war Tuesday.
During Xi's address, he urged an immediate Gaza ceasefire toward realizing "lasting peace and security," according to Xinhua. He further asserted in the virtual remarks that without a "just settlement" on the Palestinian question, there will remain "no enduring peace and stability in the Middle East."
He called for all parties to immediately agree to ceasefire and stop all violence, including attacks which target civilians. Xi additionally said that all civilian detainees must be released to "avoid more loss of lives and suffering." Xi further emphasized China's desire to ultimately see a two-state solution provide a lasting peace..."China will provide more support and assistance to the people in Gaza, and is calling for humanitarian corridors to protect civilians. The root cause of the Palestine-Israel crisis is that the right to existence and the right of return of Palestinian people have long been ignored." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/xi-urges-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-brics-meeting-beijing-hosts-summit-muslim-nations
Israel army hits surgery floor of Indonesian Hospital in Gaza (the last hospital in Gaza City, and under Israeli army siege) https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231120-israel-army-hits-surgery-floor-of-indonesian-hospital-in-gaza/
It may not be "sexism". What if the Netanyahu regime was intent on letting the attack happen, exposing the Israelis, and even killing some Israelis with choppers?
Female IDF Soldiers Blame ‘Sexism’ For Early Warning of Hamas Activity Being 'Ignored'
“In the past two months, they started sending up drones every day, sometimes several times a day, right near the border, some 300 meters from the fence, and sometimes less than that,” one of the soldiers told Haaretz, clarifying that Hamas were believed to be training to “take over an observation post.”
“A month and a half before the war, we saw that in one of the Hamas training camps they had built an exact, scaled model of an observer’s position, like the one we operate. They started training there with drones to hit the [machine gun] shooter,” the female soldier, known only by the name Ilana, said. https://sputnikglobe.com/20231120/female-idf-soldiers-decry-sexism-as-early-warning-of-hamas-activity-was-ignored-1115067774.html
Another front of the war opens: Watch Houthis Seize Israeli Billionaire-Owned Cargo Ship Using Chopper, Speedboats https://sputnikglobe.com/20231120/watch-houthis-seize-israeli-billionaire-owned-cargo-ship-using-chopper-speedboats-1115082434.html
The ADL is leading the attack against free speech on Palestine
The Anti-Defamation League's call for the FBI and IRS to surveil, investigate, and possibly prosecute student activists is a new level in its McCarthyite campaign to silence any and all criticism of Israel. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/the-adl-is-leading-the-attack-against-free-speech-on-palestine/
"Don't Be Manipulated, Stand With X" - As Elon Promised, X Files Suit Against Media Matters [Musk has filed in a "favorable jurisdiction", and should prevail.] The lawsuit, just filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division, alleges the organization's tactics were manipulative and deceptive...
..Update (2015ET): Texas AG Ken Paxton has officially opened an investigation into Media Matters for potential fraudulent activity:
The Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) is opening an investigation into Media Matters for potential fraudulent activity.
Under the Texas Business Organizations Code and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, the OAG will vigorously enforce against nonprofits who commit fraudulent acts in or affecting the state of Texas.
Attorney General Paxton was extremely troubled by the allegations that Media Matters, a radical anti-free speech organization, fraudulently manipulated data on X.com (formerly known as Twitter).
“We are examining the issue closely to ensure that the public has not been deceived by the schemes of radical left-wing organizations who would like nothing more than to limit freedom by reducing participation in the public square,” said Attorney General Paxton. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dont-be-manipulated-stand-x-elon-promised-x-files-suit-against-media-matters
Meryl Nass MD, 2 very good shows I did in the past 2 weeks
One with James Corbett and one with Zahra Sethna. Summaries included below the links. Zahra's excellent interview with me got quicktaken down by YouTube. Scroll down for the CHD-TV-link.
Peter McCullough MD, More than Half of Vaccinated Feel Sick a Year Later , Indian Cohort Study Finds Post-COVID-19 Vaccination Syndrome Very Common
I predicted this in December 2021, Alex Berenson The mRNAs didn’t end Covid, Omicron did This point can’t be emphasized enough: the soaring deaths in older people came even though nearly every senior in the United States was vaccinated.
Then, in the spring of 2022… Covid ended. All the cells turned green, all at once! Covid ended for older people, for the middle-aged, and for the young. It ended and it has not come back (except slightly for older people, which is not a point in favor of the jabs).
Meryl Nass MD, We have added a wonderful feature to the Door to Freedom website: Translated handouts on the WHO in up to 9 languages, with more coming.
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Dr John
When I was studying for an MBA, one of the best faculty (i.e. one with the greatest experience of the real world, all over the world) advised us all to read the American Declaration of Independence, the American Bill of Rights and the American Constitution.
I think he did so because he felt the documents were highly idealistic and he wanted us to think for ourselves about whether they were being upheld in modern USA, what the reasons might be that they might not be and whether or not that needed to change.
The conclusion I came to was that, for the 'American Idea' to work, citizenry needed to be very active and they could not afford to 'trust their leaders uncritically'. A government that truly answers to the people, serves the people, is a very rare thing and the temptation of the hangers-on is to enrich themselves, grant themselves privileges, without the populace either noticing or holding them to account.
The fact now is that since I was born in the early to mid 1960s, the US State has become completely corrupted, its budgets bear no relevance to monies levied and fiscal discipline has completely disappeared. What is amazing is that the demand for 'sound finances' no longer exists amongst a large rump of the US populace, nor does a demand that the USA merely defend its own borders, rather than existing as a global police force.
The way the USA has been corrupted is the purchase of politics, primarily by the armaments industry, Israel and, more latterly, Big Pharma. Bankers and financiers have always been powers behind the throne, but their corruption is about periodic bailouts, thus making their gambling risk free. The others are about constancy of spending/appeasement and they absolutely do not represent the will of the US people, nor do they represent the interests of the US people.
There are only three ways to repair the US system of governance:
1. Going bankrupt and having foreigners impose fiscal discipline: this is unlikely in the near term.
2. Violent domestic revolution bringing about a coup d'etat followed by new elections after criminalising AIPAC, the Defence lobby and Wall Street blackmailers.
3. 'The perfect miracle' of 200 million plus Americans simply refusing to vote for the Uniparty and not standing for the sort of vote rigging which has been endemic throughout the 21st century.
Even then, most of us looking in from outside question whether the societal cancer has spread too deep for too long for the dream to be maintained.
But most of profoundly would prefer 'the American idea' to die rather than World War III be imposed on all of us just so that a corrupted idea can be perpetuated in Disneyworld, Hollywood and on CNN.
RE: The United States government exists to wage war:
Ernest Mandel. Belgium Trotskyist, wrote at length during the
1970s about the US War Economy - about how production
for wars was good for the overall health of the US economy...
Without its War Industries the US economy would SHRINK, so
too blue-collar jobs, and the middle classes living standards...
(in which case, war is as much necessary as it is addiction)...