Fair enough, apologies for the hissy fit. I’m not a fan of policing of discourse on the issue of the Gaza War. I’m no expert on the Middle Wast, but have tried to write honestly and openly about the war here on WoC, not pulling punches. So being accused of nefarious intent set me off.
On the issue at hand, I think Biden, like Obama, has d…
Fair enough, apologies for the hissy fit. I’m not a fan of policing of discourse on the issue of the Gaza War. I’m no expert on the Middle Wast, but have tried to write honestly and openly about the war here on WoC, not pulling punches. So being accused of nefarious intent set me off.
On the issue at hand, I think Biden, like Obama, has deep misunderstandings of what’s afoot, and about how power works. And if there is wider war, that’s going to be very much his fault. This is, incidentally, completely unrelated to America’s relationship with Israel. It’s much bigger than that relationship.
No problem. Sorry about the 'nefarious'... didn't intend to smear you with that... it was just a linguistic thing about how the tail meanings the word 'ostensible' often has.
Biden/Obama appeasement might be very dangerous. I think that Israel and Iran both no longer believe that U.S is reliably married ideologically and emotionally to Israel.
U.S / Israel relationship is veering towards the transactional as U.S foreign policy becomes more fickle in the winds of domestic emotional drivers. Without full confidence in U.S, Israel will go to war. It knows it can probably win wars but cannot win a fever of forever skirmishes... while under the long term threat of Arab population growth.
Very seldom in history has there been a small, vulnerable nation under existential threat... which happens to have considerable capability of waging a huge all-out (even nuclear) war... but relatively little capability to fight the small battles. THis is super dangerous.
Sinwar has shown how limited the IDF is in urban warfare... even though they are so dominant. He is seen by many as a Saladin
Fair enough, apologies for the hissy fit. I’m not a fan of policing of discourse on the issue of the Gaza War. I’m no expert on the Middle Wast, but have tried to write honestly and openly about the war here on WoC, not pulling punches. So being accused of nefarious intent set me off.
On the issue at hand, I think Biden, like Obama, has deep misunderstandings of what’s afoot, and about how power works. And if there is wider war, that’s going to be very much his fault. This is, incidentally, completely unrelated to America’s relationship with Israel. It’s much bigger than that relationship.
No problem. Sorry about the 'nefarious'... didn't intend to smear you with that... it was just a linguistic thing about how the tail meanings the word 'ostensible' often has.
Biden/Obama appeasement might be very dangerous. I think that Israel and Iran both no longer believe that U.S is reliably married ideologically and emotionally to Israel.
U.S / Israel relationship is veering towards the transactional as U.S foreign policy becomes more fickle in the winds of domestic emotional drivers. Without full confidence in U.S, Israel will go to war. It knows it can probably win wars but cannot win a fever of forever skirmishes... while under the long term threat of Arab population growth.
Very seldom in history has there been a small, vulnerable nation under existential threat... which happens to have considerable capability of waging a huge all-out (even nuclear) war... but relatively little capability to fight the small battles. THis is super dangerous.
Sinwar has shown how limited the IDF is in urban warfare... even though they are so dominant. He is seen by many as a Saladin