Whoever heard of Tower 22 in Jordan? Seems the Jordanians don't want it famous! It is there because the US is at al Tanf supporting Daish against the Shi'a who pushed Daish out of Mosul.
We should never think about the Sunni (Protector of Mecca) feud with the Shi’a.
The Sunni are Daish (al Qaeda, al Nusra) and crowd, supported by the USA, Emirs and Royals. While the evil ayatollahs run the Shi’a "proxies".
It was the Shi’a militias which finally threw Daish out of Mosul, while Daish still attacks Syria for the USA.
The US bombs last night were direct support for Daish in Syria and Iraq
I heard different. The place is in Syria, this was first confirmed by the US, following the statements from Jordan which refuted the claim that the strikes took place on its soil.
The land was stollen and given to Jordan when the US withdrew from Syria, nevertheless it is still Syria.
The entire border region between Jordan, Syria and Iraq has never been 100% conformed by all three nations, and it was "defined" by the Imperialists to begin with, not by free nations. And of course, Western Imperialism is at the heart of the matter. Remove Western Imperialism from West Asia (everywhere actually) and the regional actors will agree to let peace reign. Iran's known that's the key ever since it rid itself of Western Imperialism. But Imperial Cancer's been metastasizing for decades and is thus rather difficult to remove as too many nations are still handcuffed by it.
Yes, I guess they never needed to have borders before.
I agree with what you say, just I find the word “empire” to be to often misused.
There is no emperor among the predatory capitalist mob, they are a bunch of crooks with no ethic, soul nor care for the people or the land.
Empires, in times of emperors, were made up by the union of villages and countries which at large, voluntarily joined the empire to be under one emperor which was there to protect them.
What the corporate world does on the other hand, have nothing to do with protecting anything beside its investments and, in reality, it is there for the sole purpose of exploiting, poisoning and stilling.
Yes, the modern term for Empire is shorthand for a nation that engages in Imperialism. Emperors somewhat imply a benevolent manner of rule, although Rome certainly wasn't. The Confucian concept of the enlightened benevolent ruler who seeks Balance and Harmony is perhaps closer to what you're thinking.
Indeed, I find that too often we use the terminology given to us by mainstream propaganda, and by it, actually sugar coating their sh.t.
Like for example calling thieves and land grabbers “settlers” colonial projects and the theft of land “settlements” epidemic “pandemic” colonisers, plunder of wealth and and resources “empire”, and absurdities in general “new normal”.
This is a point of view which seams to be ignored by the many which, use words used by the propaganda channels, just to sound more in time with the argument, and consequentially, very often, by misusing the words, end up again, sugar coating, slander our true history, giving some grandness to their crimes and causing the weakening of the main points we use for contrasting their arguments and narratives.
The Astana document released by the Russia, Iran and Turkey urged the US to give up its support of terrorist groups.
So yesterday the US bombed the exact forces in Iraq who are combating ISIS (as b noted over at Moon of Alabama.)
So there's your answer from Biden and the neocons: Go pound sand, the US ain't gonna stop.
So the notion that Biden is "boxed in" and doesn't want a wider war is once again shown to be bogus. Biden most definitely wants a wider war. As I've constantly repeated under several Presidential administrations from Obama to Biden, it's merely a case of CYA; i.e., the President doesn't want to be BLAMED for starting the war. He still WANTS the war, he just doesn't want to be BLAMED for it.
Let's face it, he's not going to suffer any consequences from starting it. Whether he's elected or not is irrelevant. He's never going to stand in the dock at the International Criminal Court. He's never going to be financially poor.
Even if Biden wants to run for President again, how much can he actually CARE about that? He can't even function now; does he really believe he can do so for four more years? Or does he really care more about simply inflicting more harm on the world - as someone like him invariably does and has all his life?
Not to mention he's under the control of people who AREN'T running for re-election and don't give a rat's ass whether he wins or not because they will remain in power in the bureaucracy or the think-tanks that control the bureaucracy.
People keep desperately searching for an out from this wider war. There is none. It's a done deal. And it will not end until the US is out of the Middle East - and Israel no longer exists as a state.
Sorry to return to a coarse analogy but the Outlaw US Hegemon’s “fearless leader” is now committed to pissing his own cheerios and finishing every bowl with enthusiasm- as are his minions and hegemonic partners. The thought of AIPAC being judged as a criminal co-conspirator to genocide is gonna make some heads explode!🤯 Who’d a thunk it? It leads me to believe that the 2024 election for President is going to be delayed or worse- we live in “interesting times”!
I would like to see AiPAC get charged - and better, deported back to Israel where they can die with the rest of the Zionists.
As for the election, I couldn't care less what happens to it - cancel it for all I care. The US was never a "democracy", and not much of a "republic" either. And we anarchists don't vote.
thanks karl... the Astana Format meetings statement sounds bang on... and it is impressive the recognition in south yemen of those under ksa-uae influence realizing how they are essentially serving the same empire bombing them... safe travels!
Max at his best laying out chapter and verse on the real situation in Israel, how Israel's so-called "liberal Zionism" is dead and replaced by genocidal messianic nationalist Zionism, how all the Israeli Prime Ministers were in favor of this, how the international institutions are helpless to do anything, etc.
I was listening to Mearsheimer and Mercouris and Glenn Diesen, but when Mercouris started going off on his whining about how Biden could stop it all by just picking up the phone, I deleted it. Waste of time talking like that. This one with Blumenthal is massively better.
Sorry, am not going to sit through 2 HOURS of Danny and Pepe to find a moments tidbit of compelling wit or insight. I'll get by without it, thanks anyway.
Your loss. :-) Haiphong bores me, but Pepe almost never does. Besides, if you download the video and view it locally, you can move through it faster, ignoring Haiphong's long-winded meaningless comments and concentrate on Pepe's most informative comments.
Learn to use Youtube download utilities like Media Downloader.
Whoever heard of Tower 22 in Jordan? Seems the Jordanians don't want it famous! It is there because the US is at al Tanf supporting Daish against the Shi'a who pushed Daish out of Mosul.
We should never think about the Sunni (Protector of Mecca) feud with the Shi’a.
The Sunni are Daish (al Qaeda, al Nusra) and crowd, supported by the USA, Emirs and Royals. While the evil ayatollahs run the Shi’a "proxies".
It was the Shi’a militias which finally threw Daish out of Mosul, while Daish still attacks Syria for the USA.
The US bombs last night were direct support for Daish in Syria and Iraq
Exactamundo!!
I heard different. The place is in Syria, this was first confirmed by the US, following the statements from Jordan which refuted the claim that the strikes took place on its soil.
The land was stollen and given to Jordan when the US withdrew from Syria, nevertheless it is still Syria.
Apparently there is also oil there.
The entire border region between Jordan, Syria and Iraq has never been 100% conformed by all three nations, and it was "defined" by the Imperialists to begin with, not by free nations. And of course, Western Imperialism is at the heart of the matter. Remove Western Imperialism from West Asia (everywhere actually) and the regional actors will agree to let peace reign. Iran's known that's the key ever since it rid itself of Western Imperialism. But Imperial Cancer's been metastasizing for decades and is thus rather difficult to remove as too many nations are still handcuffed by it.
Yes, I guess they never needed to have borders before.
I agree with what you say, just I find the word “empire” to be to often misused.
There is no emperor among the predatory capitalist mob, they are a bunch of crooks with no ethic, soul nor care for the people or the land.
Empires, in times of emperors, were made up by the union of villages and countries which at large, voluntarily joined the empire to be under one emperor which was there to protect them.
What the corporate world does on the other hand, have nothing to do with protecting anything beside its investments and, in reality, it is there for the sole purpose of exploiting, poisoning and stilling.
Yes, the modern term for Empire is shorthand for a nation that engages in Imperialism. Emperors somewhat imply a benevolent manner of rule, although Rome certainly wasn't. The Confucian concept of the enlightened benevolent ruler who seeks Balance and Harmony is perhaps closer to what you're thinking.
Indeed, I find that too often we use the terminology given to us by mainstream propaganda, and by it, actually sugar coating their sh.t.
Like for example calling thieves and land grabbers “settlers” colonial projects and the theft of land “settlements” epidemic “pandemic” colonisers, plunder of wealth and and resources “empire”, and absurdities in general “new normal”.
This is a point of view which seams to be ignored by the many which, use words used by the propaganda channels, just to sound more in time with the argument, and consequentially, very often, by misusing the words, end up again, sugar coating, slander our true history, giving some grandness to their crimes and causing the weakening of the main points we use for contrasting their arguments and narratives.
Anyhow thank you for your work.
Sol
Thanks for your reply. There's a reason why I refer to the Age of Colonialism as the Age of Plunder as it's the more accurate term.
The Astana document released by the Russia, Iran and Turkey urged the US to give up its support of terrorist groups.
So yesterday the US bombed the exact forces in Iraq who are combating ISIS (as b noted over at Moon of Alabama.)
So there's your answer from Biden and the neocons: Go pound sand, the US ain't gonna stop.
So the notion that Biden is "boxed in" and doesn't want a wider war is once again shown to be bogus. Biden most definitely wants a wider war. As I've constantly repeated under several Presidential administrations from Obama to Biden, it's merely a case of CYA; i.e., the President doesn't want to be BLAMED for starting the war. He still WANTS the war, he just doesn't want to be BLAMED for it.
Let's face it, he's not going to suffer any consequences from starting it. Whether he's elected or not is irrelevant. He's never going to stand in the dock at the International Criminal Court. He's never going to be financially poor.
Even if Biden wants to run for President again, how much can he actually CARE about that? He can't even function now; does he really believe he can do so for four more years? Or does he really care more about simply inflicting more harm on the world - as someone like him invariably does and has all his life?
Not to mention he's under the control of people who AREN'T running for re-election and don't give a rat's ass whether he wins or not because they will remain in power in the bureaucracy or the think-tanks that control the bureaucracy.
People keep desperately searching for an out from this wider war. There is none. It's a done deal. And it will not end until the US is out of the Middle East - and Israel no longer exists as a state.
Sorry to return to a coarse analogy but the Outlaw US Hegemon’s “fearless leader” is now committed to pissing his own cheerios and finishing every bowl with enthusiasm- as are his minions and hegemonic partners. The thought of AIPAC being judged as a criminal co-conspirator to genocide is gonna make some heads explode!🤯 Who’d a thunk it? It leads me to believe that the 2024 election for President is going to be delayed or worse- we live in “interesting times”!
I would like to see AiPAC get charged - and better, deported back to Israel where they can die with the rest of the Zionists.
As for the election, I couldn't care less what happens to it - cancel it for all I care. The US was never a "democracy", and not much of a "republic" either. And we anarchists don't vote.
As some would say, “from your lips to God’s ear!” I totally agree btw that Israel is toast (and stuck in the toaster to boot!)
The matza balls are burning to a crisp in the fryer!
Deep fried matzo balls- probably be a much bigger fad than “freedom fries”! I think you’re on to something here amigo!😝
Well, yes; that's the Big Picture.
thanks karl... the Astana Format meetings statement sounds bang on... and it is impressive the recognition in south yemen of those under ksa-uae influence realizing how they are essentially serving the same empire bombing them... safe travels!
Just ran across this, which is likely to be a must-view on the subject - Pepe is The Man on stuff like this:
PEPE ESCOBAR JOINS ON WIDENING MIDDLE EAST WAR, RUSSIA, CHINA: NATO'S WIII SCENARIO?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kF_KCMIDIo
Yeah, I saw Pepe's note at his telegram. Usually, he only does 1 hour with DH filling in the rest.
Here's another absolute must-view - another 1 hour, 22 minutes:
Unregistered 268: Max Blumenthal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frjbgW-lch8
Max at his best laying out chapter and verse on the real situation in Israel, how Israel's so-called "liberal Zionism" is dead and replaced by genocidal messianic nationalist Zionism, how all the Israeli Prime Ministers were in favor of this, how the international institutions are helpless to do anything, etc.
I was listening to Mearsheimer and Mercouris and Glenn Diesen, but when Mercouris started going off on his whining about how Biden could stop it all by just picking up the phone, I deleted it. Waste of time talking like that. This one with Blumenthal is massively better.
Sorry, am not going to sit through 2 HOURS of Danny and Pepe to find a moments tidbit of compelling wit or insight. I'll get by without it, thanks anyway.
Your loss. :-) Haiphong bores me, but Pepe almost never does. Besides, if you download the video and view it locally, you can move through it faster, ignoring Haiphong's long-winded meaningless comments and concentrate on Pepe's most informative comments.
Learn to use Youtube download utilities like Media Downloader.
This confirms that public statements aside, the Saudis privately want the whole thing to go away so they can get back to cozying up to Israel.
It does seem that way.
Karl, is there some way to donate to you for your invaluable efforts?
VERY interesting developments.... thank you.