Probably more than a few cannibals in Gaza too right now, sadly.

Headlines like this are a good reminder that, except for your local surroundings, you’re basically powerless change anything meaningful.

Thank you for your opinion. I hope you have a pleasant day.

Agreed.

Though I do think that if progressive-minded people were more apt to fly the American flag at protests, it would be harder to criticize them.

Americans love to subdivide themselves, and that’s especially true for activists. The flag reflects that.

Partly what made the TV series ‘Evil’ so good was that it was horror from a skeptical perspective.

All cats eventually ascend to godhood. It is known.

Is this not the responsible thing to do?

I recall this being the major complaint from Americans about ending the permanent war we had going in Afghanistan too.

No worries. :)

Thank you for your commentary.

Some of that’s true, yes.

But you’re missing the bigger point here: the antiwar movement in the US flourished because people who didn’t want to fight were forced to fight, and the American government saw that the military draft was self-defeating and, while it still exists statutorily, it is effectively nonexistent because they don’t want another anti-war movement interrupting the gravy train.

This is my hope.

Vietnam taught the US that war actually means something when your country’s actions force you to become involved when you didn’t want to be.

This is on Netanyahu.

Oh the irony.

While Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz told reporters: “Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed - he personally gives the order to fire on hospitals.”

Be that as it may, we also only seem to vote for people that we know aren’t going to actually do what they say, except on the issue of immigration.

Of course they are.

The only thing that holds back the US military machine is the threat of mutually-assured destruction.

A pop song called “May Your Village Burn”?

It’s like every day I think Israel has lowered themselves to the absolute bottom, only to learn that, nope, they’re even worse than I thought.

Most countries, Israel included, don’t possess the material for a protracted war. Most Non-US countries can make war, at best, for six months.

Yup. Going nuclear is now an existential need for Iran.