Yes annexation of Lebanon, or at least a good chunk of it, is part of Netanyahu's vision. Hardly the first attempt, this one. But it won't work - hence destruction -- since it is not a huge country, bombing it senselessly is something the US can plausibly still deliver. And the (AFAICT) the West's political system on the whole lacks the …
Yes annexation of Lebanon, or at least a good chunk of it, is part of Netanyahu's vision. Hardly the first attempt, this one. But it won't work - hence destruction -- since it is not a huge country, bombing it senselessly is something the US can plausibly still deliver. And the (AFAICT) the West's political system on the whole lacks the guts to stop it, even knowing full well it's a dumb move. And I also agree that this is set to take down the empire, making US persona non grata all the way out to Indonesia and Malaysia
IMO, the Big Picture displaying who the Terror States are to the Global majority is quite clear. Hopefully, they will be seen as having behaved this way for many decades before that will drive a movement to make sure they are incapable of any continuance of that behavior. Orban said "Europe needs peace" but needs to make that The World Needs Peace, and that means ending hegemony for all time.
Yes annexation of Lebanon, or at least a good chunk of it, is part of Netanyahu's vision. Hardly the first attempt, this one. But it won't work - hence destruction -- since it is not a huge country, bombing it senselessly is something the US can plausibly still deliver. And the (AFAICT) the West's political system on the whole lacks the guts to stop it, even knowing full well it's a dumb move. And I also agree that this is set to take down the empire, making US persona non grata all the way out to Indonesia and Malaysia
IMO, the Big Picture displaying who the Terror States are to the Global majority is quite clear. Hopefully, they will be seen as having behaved this way for many decades before that will drive a movement to make sure they are incapable of any continuance of that behavior. Orban said "Europe needs peace" but needs to make that The World Needs Peace, and that means ending hegemony for all time.