Guest Post by
Rembrandt van Rijn Old Man Sitting 1631
Benjamin -Bibi- Netanyahu has always been a warmonger. He thinks he, and his people, are superior to the Palestinians, and come to think of it, to Muslims in general. And when he first appeared on the scene some 30 years ago, he might have had a point, at least from a military point of view.
But he does not today, and that is very dangerous for his people. Bibi lives in the past, because he liked that past – he could feel superior. He does not recognize to what extent the world, including his, has changed. But change it did, while he was dreaming of winning warfare.
He is not unique in this. The entire US political system suffers from the same “affliction”. There has never been a better reason to introduce term limits in Congress and the Senate. Politicians like Pelosi and Feinstein are just about crying out for help: please get me out of here! Enter Joe Biden stage left. At least Joe has the excuse that he can’t find the exit.
Bibi is not 85 or 90 yet. He’s “only” 73. But he’s been around long enough to get stuck (rusted) in his own preferred ideas and view of the world. Bibi thinks he can do with the Palestinians whatever he sees fit. But, again, the world has changed. And Israel’s alleged military superiority has changed with it.
It didn’t have to be this way. Bibi is more or less the successor to Yithzak Rabin, who was elected PM in 1992 (he had earlier been PM from 1974-77) , and murdered in 1995. Rabin had entirely different ideas about his country. He rejected the use of force in favor of peace negotiations with the Palestinians (1993 Oslo Accords, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize).
That’s why he was murdered. Bibi first became PM in 1996. He had several stints in the job and kept floating to the top. And now Bibi threatens to raze the Gaza strip, and potentially kill 100s of 1000s of civilians. But there is no place in the world for people like him.
The Arab world around Israel has become much stronger and richer and more united. If Israel attempts to kill that many Muslims, it’s not just the Gaza strip that is under threat, but Israel itself is.
The Saudi’s have started talking to Iran, and there are many more such initiatives underway. Dividing the Arab world is no longer a feasible plan of action. Watch Turkey! But exactly like Bibi, the US political system doesn’t understand that either.
They could have though; the Ukraine war could have told them that. But Washington does not want to face its own diminishing role in the world any more the Bibi wants to in his part of it. Russia and China have advertized it loud enough through the BRICS, but the old US system wants nothing to do with multipolarity. They want things back to what they were 30 years ago, when those in charge today could still understand what was happening, and were the “masters”.
It’s not just Pelosi and Biden, Donald Trump doesn’t get it either. If he gets re-elected, he’ll move another embassy to Jerusalem. Bobby Kennedy also has a blind spot on Israel. They are all blind. They should go talk -a lot- to Putin and Xi. If there is to be peace in the Middle East, it will come from them.
Xi Jinping is 70, Putin is 71. Not the youngest either. But there is one main difference. They did not grow up in positions where they were kings. China and Russia 30 years ago were poor countries, perhaps desperately so. Therefore, the architects of the multipolar world have seen the changes they implemented, come to fruition.
That makes for a completely different world view from the Bibi’s and Pelosi’s etc etc who’ve only seen their positions shrink, and are trying to deny and counter that development. Growing at 70 is not the same as shrinking at 70. Or 80.
Yes, Bibi might well be crazy enough to drop a nuclear bomb. It’s up to Israel to get rid of him, and that threat. And it’s up to Xi and Putin to help them do that.
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When it is explained like that, like it would have to be explained to a child. No wonder most days it seems humanity lives in a mad world.
Lyrics from song by Tears For Fears
Mad World
Oh no,they’re hated for a reason alright…..
Many good reasons…………..its why they been ran out of over 50 countries.
Crystal.
“Various scenarios are emerging, including the possibility of military and non-military measures being taken against the Gaza Strip comparable to the siege of Leningrad during World War II,” Putin said. “We understand what that entails. In my opinion, this is unacceptable. More than two million people live there.”
Israel and the jews and anyone else supporting this owes Germany / the Nazies an apology.
It’s why they DON’T teach history,at this point in time the Weimar Republic and America very much resemble each other.Hitler was trying to defend and PRESERVE his nation also.
Take a real good look,our leaders are BOLSHEVICKS!…….
If Israel attacks Gaza in force, it could bring in other countries, if Israel starts to lose America will get involved.
Tony Blinken, not that demented fool Biden is running American foreign policy.
I wonder if it matters that Tony Blinken’s grandfather was involved in the foundation of the state of Israel….?
If America gets involved, it will only accelerate it’s demise.
The truth has become an elusive animal.
There is a certain poetry in all of this, historically speaking that is. Nietzschean, even. Stare into the abyss and all that jazz.
I don’t see any happy endings for anyone, certainly nothing approximating a biblical resolution to this saga, but end it will.
It’s totally Biblical. Right out of Psalm 83.
Maybe it’s happened before, even if there’s no evidence of it historically, but wouldn’t it be interesting if just once if youth rose up against the old? They seem to be the root of most of our problems but we never seem to able to shake them.
Lord Of The Flies Redeux…this time the rescue boat isn’t coming. Whatcha gonna do now, Piggy?!
“Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days be long upon the Earth.”
Yes, student-based revolts/revolutions have led to great outcomes.
Where? In the movies??😆
Sorry, I ran out of sarc tags.
It’s not a blind spot,it’s open and apparent FEALTY to the bankers that ARE THE JEWS but they are not actually Jews,they are heretics,name stealers and Babylonian talmudists…..they are not hebrews!….
Netanyahu is a war criminal on the scale of Hitler. He deserves to be hung.
churchill was a war criminal eisenhower was a war criminal bibi is certainly a war criminal
clintoon both bushes obama are all war criminals, Hitler was no war criminal no matter how
loud the jews / americans say it.