by Oui
Thu Oct 30th, 2025 at 01:29:29 PM EST
On the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom Has Ended 2001-2021 | 9 Sept. 2021 |
20 Years Military Operation Shock and Awe has Sizzled Out - Cost of US Wealth expressed in $$ trillions (military technology, arms investment and bribes) and loss of American diplomatic prestige overseas.
On British arms sales to Israel
IDF targeting journalists in Gaza
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on Journalists: 'Kill Them All' | Tikun Olam - 21 May 2009 |
Elon Musk and the backlash against Tesla
Elon Musk Serving As A Young Roy Cohn
Vance supports "Patriots" in Germany and across Europe ... creates division and hate.
JD Vance stuns world with embrace of Germany's far-right party | MSNBC News - 17 Feb. 2025 |
Vice President JD Vance shocked leaders at the Munich Security Conference when he challenged Germany's decades-long approach to preventing political extremism and effectively boosted a far-right political party, sparking outrage. MSNBC's Paola Ramos breaks down the significance of Vance endorsing a extremist group on the international stage, and the broader emboldening of extremist movements in Europe by the likes of MAGA allies like Elon Musk.
Ben Jennings on US attempts to downplay renewed hostilities in Gaza - cartoon
This isn't a real ceasefire in Gaza - it's a holding pattern before war returns | The Guardian Opinion |
According to Israel, this round of violence resulted from Hamas fire against IDF forces in Rafah, an area still under Israeli control, resulting in the death of an IDF reservist. Hamas has denied involvement. Israel responded with additional strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis. With each side interpreting violations to suit its own interests, the ceasefire's vague structure leaves a wide margin for miscalculation and opportunism.
Indeed, ending the war has been celebrated as an important step forward that has seen Israeli forces partially pull back, and hostages and prisoners exchanged. However, the main problem is that the plan remains largely undeveloped. It offers no clear timeline, verification process or credible means of enforcement.
Moreover, few details of the second phase of the ceasefire - which should include a complete Israeli withdrawal, the formation of a technocratic administration in Gaza and the deployment of an international stabilization mission - have yet been agreed. With no clear sequencing or third-party oversight, the plan risks entrenching instability rather than resolving it.
Beyond Gaza, violence continues to spread across the West Bank, where over the past few days clashes have intensified between Israeli forces and settlers, and Palestinians. This parallel escalation, enabled if not encouraged by Israel's rightwing government, draws further attention to the limited scope of the current ceasefire and shows just how easily the conflict could expand again.
Ceasefire is still holding
Trump statement: "They took out an Israeli soldier ..."
Israel kills over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as Trump insists truce holds | Al Jazeera |
The US president says Israel has a right to `hit back' after reports that a soldier was killed in southern Gaza.
Al Arabiya: Today's global news headlines
Israel Strikes Kill Over 100 in Gaza as Trump Claims the Ceasefire Is Not at Risk | W News Extra |
