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Bonnie Jean Blackmore's avatar

Great assessment! Although I can’t help but think this Goliath versus Goliath spat is reckless theatre. Creating the jangling keys to distract from the war hawks behind this escalation. Why isn’t Trump calling Lindsey Graham on the carpet? I agree with everything you say. I’m so tired of the blue/red yes/no children.

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Jeanette van Dijk's avatar

You raise a crucial point about Lindsey Graham. He's been pushing for escalation for months. I seriously doubt Trump even knew about those strikes beforehand. That's the terrifying reality: unelected officials and advisors just do what they want, then present leaders with fait accompli.

It's a massive problem across the West. The war machine is rampaging out of control, operating independently of whoever we vote for.

The only thing we can do is not playing their games. Letting them know we don't eat their bullshit and spread awareness of what they're actually doing. I know it's not much, but with a lot of us, maybe, just maybe we tip the balance?

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Gagarin Miljkovich's avatar

This isn't the first or last time, a human civilization have gone ignorant. The legend of "Atlantis" is a great story to learn from. Please check out Randall Carlson a YouTube/Rumble. Possible you can do a guest-apperance at his show.

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Jeanette van Dijk's avatar

Will do!

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Old Codger Steve's avatar

Reckon I will need to read this another couple of times to fully digest (as with all incisive, intelligent and convention challenging writing). Will take some pondering which is equally fascinating and troubling.

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Jeanette van Dijk's avatar

No worries Steve, this will be the topic of my next book, where I will explain in detail how we got to this point 😉

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