Feline Goddess, Bastet, mi amor! Now I feel better about catching your head in the door!
Maeve
"The Israeli public has been convinced over the years that it can exist here in the region while deeply disdaining all its neighbours and rampaging in a thuggish and murderous manner against everyone - whenever and however it wants - relying solely on brute force. "That's why there was something so substantial about the sight of the bombed-out buildings in Ramat Gan," he said. "They are so similar to the images we're used to seeing from Gaza. Those sooty grey skeletons of buildings, that billowing cloud of dust, that carpet of ash and rubble covering the street, those images of children's dolls in the hands of rescue teams. "The scale is, of course, completely different, but these images are nevertheless a momentary rupture of this disturbed fantasy that we are immune to everything," he added.
United States citizens should take note. We never seem to appreciate the consequences of our actions, at home or abroad, until they return to us. The people in the global South, the East, Middle -East--people around the world-- are humans like us, with struggles, sorrows, dreams and aspirations. We need to shake the boot off our necks, then lift it off our neighbors ' necks.
"Flattery will get you everywhere."
Yes, you can bet your last dollar Dems and Reps are working with the CIA to make this happen.
You are welcome. This was something that troubled me all night, last evening. Please try to lmk updates/safety when reasonable.
Is this in whole or part because Iran was threatening to leak secrets? If in part, is that just the pretext to doing it, anyway? Are Bibi troubles at home secondary to "I just wanted to do this?”
I am so, so sorry. 🫂
fighting each other
And wars all over the globe, including proxy wars.
The water tastes sweeter when the well runs dry.
We forget, get handed the lesson, repeat.
Anyone not plain vanilla and falling in line, apparently. Unless you're fabulously wealthy or otherwise "useful."
I noticed, and was deeply ashamed. That was a one-off, though. I can't say it would be different if it were more it would be different, but it may be.