"JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED, AND THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL, AND THE ENTIRE WORLD ARE BETTER OFF AS A RESULT"(!!!???!!!???!!!)
[Post # P2410]
October 26, 2024
Since the subjects of this blog mainly fall under the umbrella of the war on terror, everyone could reasonably expect to find some notes about the end of Yahya Sinwar.
So, here we go, and this post can't surprise anyone, BUT... if you go on reading, you will not find a single comment on the life, the family, the riches and the crimes of that terrorist. He is not the real focus of this manuscript: in a sense, his death has simply inspired what is written below.
As reported by the media, last week came the surprising news that Yahya Sinwar had been killed.
This piece of news, to the best of our knowledge, was really surprising not only for the general public, but even for the Israeli army and intelligence services, which, apparently, had no idea of the exact whereabouts of the terrorist and succeeded in getting rid of him by pure chance.
In like manner, it might have been surprising to listen to the word of a well-known presidential candidate (October 17, 2024):
"Today, Israel confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, is dead and justice has been served, and the United States, Israel, and the entire world are better off as a result"!?!?!
On the spur of the moment, the would-be Commander-in-chief had decided to turn herself into a new Minerva, the goddess who was supposed to mete out justice, and she did repeat the same argument:
"In the past year, American special operations and intelligence personnel have worked closely with their Israeli counterparts to locate and track Sinwar and other Hamas leaders, and I commend their work.
And I will say to any terrorist who kills Americans, threatens the American people, or threatens our troops or our interests, know this: We will always bring you to justice."
So, here we go, and this post can't surprise anyone, BUT... if you go on reading, you will not find a single comment on the life, the family, the riches and the crimes of that terrorist. He is not the real focus of this manuscript: in a sense, his death has simply inspired what is written below.
As reported by the media, last week came the surprising news that Yahya Sinwar had been killed.
This piece of news, to the best of our knowledge, was really surprising not only for the general public, but even for the Israeli army and intelligence services, which, apparently, had no idea of the exact whereabouts of the terrorist and succeeded in getting rid of him by pure chance.
In like manner, it might have been surprising to listen to the word of a well-known presidential candidate (October 17, 2024):
"Today, Israel confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, is dead and justice has been served, and the United States, Israel, and the entire world are better off as a result"!?!?!
On the spur of the moment, the would-be Commander-in-chief had decided to turn herself into a new Minerva, the goddess who was supposed to mete out justice, and she did repeat the same argument:
"In the past year, American special operations and intelligence personnel have worked closely with their Israeli counterparts to locate and track Sinwar and other Hamas leaders, and I commend their work.
And I will say to any terrorist who kills Americans, threatens the American people, or threatens our troops or our interests, know this: We will always bring you to justice."
At first, I couldn't believe what I heard.
Had she suddenly forgotten her strong wish and desperate efforts to "end the suffering of Palestinian people"?!?
Was she sleeping when (July 25, 2024) she "told reporters she pressed Netanyahu for a ceasefire deal in which Israel would withdraw from Gaza"?!?
Was she not aware of her continuous "support for a ceasefire"?!?
Was she pretending she had never claimed that "any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake"?!?
Had she taken some drugs when she "suggested there could be 'consequences' for Israel if it moves ahead with a planned invasion of Rafah in its pursuit of Hamas fighters"?!?
Or did she ignore that the terrorist "responsible for the killing of thousands of innocent people" had been killed right in Rafah?!?
[cf. https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/netanyahu-annoyed-by-harriss-ceasefire-comments-after-meeting-axios-reports-israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-kamala-harris-hamas-gaza-war-joe-biden,
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/gaza-israel-harris-convention-speech/index.html,
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-us-ruled-consequences-israel-invades-rafah/story?id=108431225]
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/gaza-israel-harris-convention-speech/index.html,
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-us-ruled-consequences-israel-invades-rafah/story?id=108431225]
There and then, completely baffled, I really couldn't believe my ears... YET, after a few minutes, I had a sort of enlightenment. I felt as if a magic SPIRIT was hovering over my head.
I thought back to the INSPIRING words of that mystically INSPIRED presidential candidate (Pittsburgh, PA, October 25, 2024), who had masterfully and majestically suggested that, unfortunately, the world is full of problems to be solved, but, fortunately, we shouldn't worry. By good luck, especially in America, there's a providential SPIRIT and each of us needs to guard that SPIRIT—or, to put it better, each of us has to guard that SPIRIT!!! Each of us must let it always INSPIRE our minds. Each of us must let it always be the source of our optimism, which is that SPIRIT that is so uniquely American.
Each of us must let that then INSPIRE us by helping us to be INSPIRED to solve any problems.
At last, I could see and understand what I had failed to see and understand!😊
At last, I let that SPIRIT INSPIRE me by helping me to be INSPIRED to understand the logic of the events!😊😊
At last, suddenly, everything was so damn clear!😊😊😊
At last, I did understand there was nothing to understand!😊😊😊😊
For weeks, months, years, every word, every statement, every decision of the Democratic presidential candidate and her administration had been INSPIRED by an INSPIRING SPIRIT and all the apparatchiks responsible for those words, those statements, those decisions had let that SPIRIT INSPIRE them by helping them to be INSPIRED, in the hope that a good number of Americans would let that very SPIRIT INSPIRE them by helping them to be INSPIRED to believe that whatever their top bureaucrats were saying or doing was fine and great—NO MATTER IF:
➤ the withdrawal from Afghanistan had turned into a botched operation
➤ the Gaza pier had turned into a ridiculous and ridiculously expensive experience
➤ progressive policies have turned beautiful American cities into dens of criminal gangs
➤ utopian economic schemes have turned the US into a country severely hit by inflation
➤ the appointment of the vice-president as border czar has turned into a nightmare
➤ the bureaucratic machine has repeatedly turned into an instrument to wage violent attacks on democracy by enforcing media and hi-tech platforms to hide the truth and spread fake news whenever it was/is convenient for the political elite
➤ the diplomatic apparatus has often turned into a pro-terrorist organization in view of its calls for a ceasefire (i.e., a surrender to Iran-backed militias), which would have been a gross mistake, as explicitly acknowledged even by the would-be Commander-in-chief 's statement that was quoted above: "I will say to any terrorist who kills Americans, threatens the American people, or threatens our troops or our interests, know this: We will always bring you to justice"
In this context, it might be worth spending some time to address the failed-border-czar issue, since the Democratic presidential candidate has often tried to downplay her responsibility—of course, with the immediate support of her friendly news outlets.
Therefore, it's quite likely to come across articles which state that "Harris was never made Biden's ≪border czar,≫ a label the White House has always emphasized is inaccurate".
Well, given the fact that the White House statements are NOT necessarily accurate, it is highly probable that no official document exists showing that a US apparatchik was appointed as border czar. As a matter of fact, this label seems to be an informal epithet to highlight the role (or alleged role) of a particular bureaucrat, as implicitly (and clearly) explained by the beyond any reasonable doubt liberal Washington Post on April 9, 2021, when an article was published about "Roberta S. Jacobson, a former ambassador to Mexico and career State Department official".
As pointed out in that article, the former ambassador "had been tasked with coordinating the Biden administration's efforts, a broad and daunting task that led some to call her Biden's ≪border czar.≫"
In consequence (fact check number one), the border czar label is NOT a recent invention of shady individuals who want to discredit the would-be Commander-in-chief, BUT was initially used to refer to Roberta S. Jacobson in view of her work.
That said, as reported in the same article, in 2021 the vice-president was "assigned to oversee the part of Jacobson's portfolio involving diplomatic outreach to the Central American nations that are home to most of the migrants" and Roberta S. Jacobson announced her resignation, but she also felt the strong need to express "dismay over media reports that she had acted in response to Biden's giving Harris the lead role on the overall border and regional issue"—THE LEAD ROLE ON THE OVERALL BORDER AND REGIONAL ISSUE!!!😨😨😨
So, the moral of the story (fact check number two) is that the would-be Commander-in-chief was actually appointed border czar or, if it sounds better, was given "the lead role on the overall border and regional issue", as unambiguously reported in 2021 by The Washington Post!!!
[cf. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/fact-check-trump-false-claims-kamala-harris/index.html,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/roberta-jacobson-border-coordinator-leaves/2021/04/09/e2fe3a14-9971-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/roberta-jacobson-border-coordinator-leaves/2021/04/09/e2fe3a14-9971-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html]
In the end, the sad part of the full saga is that an impressive number of people will guard that spirit and will let that then inspire them by helping them to be inspired to vote for a presidential candidate who has been
➤ a leading figure in the development of policies that have affected the lives of millions of American people, owing to a dramatic spike in criminal activity and energy costs, perhaps under the assumption that the fight against fossil fuels can also fight global warming
➤ a staunch enemy of the first and second amendments, with the aim of silencing dissent (as happened, e.g., during the pandementia era) and leaving law-abiding citizens at the mercy of ruthless gunmen
➤ an accomplice in the process of destroying the law enforcement system and the military's credibility, as shown by the widespread lawlessness and the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan or the freedom granted to Iran and its proxies
➤ a politician systematically and scientifically inclined to use ambiguous words—for instance, when
♦ she claimed that her Commander-in-chief was "a very bold and vibrant president" and "an extraordinary leader", ALTHOUGH now she insists she is a different person (WHILE she should be honored to be "very bold and vibrant" as well, longing to become a similar "extraordinary leader"!!!)
♦ she claimed that the current administration had done a great job along the southern border, ALTHOUGH now she maintains she has never been the border czar (WHILE she should be happy to have the world believe she has been, and still is!!!, a sort of Wonder Woman in charge of that great job!!!)
♦ she claimed that a ceasefire was the right solution for Gaza and threatened that Israel would face "consequences" if its army dared to invade Rafah, ALTHOUGH she has recently hailed the death of Yahya Sinwar (WHILE she should have been shocked and devastated by the ongoing fighting and the lethal effects of a military operation, characterized by the killing of a poor terrorist, who could have been saved by her ceasefire!!!)
♦ she claimed that the current administration had done a great job along the southern border, ALTHOUGH now she maintains she has never been the border czar (WHILE she should be happy to have the world believe she has been, and still is!!!, a sort of Wonder Woman in charge of that great job!!!)
♦ she claimed that a ceasefire was the right solution for Gaza and threatened that Israel would face "consequences" if its army dared to invade Rafah, ALTHOUGH she has recently hailed the death of Yahya Sinwar (WHILE she should have been shocked and devastated by the ongoing fighting and the lethal effects of a military operation, characterized by the killing of a poor terrorist, who could have been saved by her ceasefire!!!)
Last but not least, the teaching that we should "guard that spirit" and "let that then inspire them by helping them to be inspired" seems typical of a presidential candidate who is completely incapable of solving real problems and, maybe, doesn't have any idea of what she is talking about.
Indeed, it may well happen that even a Democratic political consultant of the caliber of David Axelrod makes similar comments or, if you prefer, makes comments that can easily lead to similar conclusions. We've just had a wonderful example thanks to a program broadcast by the beyond any reasonable doubt liberal CNN network:
"The things that would concern me is when she doesn't want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to word salad city. And she did that on a couple of answers.
One was on Israel. Anderson asked a direct question, would you be stronger on Israel than Trump? And there was a seven minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking. And so, you know, on certain questions like that, on immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration's policies.
And that's a mistake. Sometimes you have to concede things and she didn't concede much."
Anyway, for those of us who like to "guard that spirit" and "let that then inspire us by helping us to be inspired to solve the problems" (if possible, without making any efforts to solve any problem!!!), there is an episode in Jihad Al-Kuffar, in which we find people who love to chatter a lot and tend to use attractive words, but just say obvious things and seem unable to seriously tackle any problem—as if they said "we like what we like" or "when we go on holidays, we want good weather"!
According to the book, the fictitious diary of an al-Qaeda fighter, the episode I am talking about took place during the G8 meeting in 2001 in Italy, where this militant was eventually involved in a failed suicide mission.
While he was there, he came across some local anarchists and one of them introduced himself as "Comrade Ulyanov" (Chapter 14).
"It's my 'nom de guerre.' You wanna know why? It's the true surname of my favorite idol, Nikolai Lenin", he said—probably ignoring that "Nikolai" is a pseudonym or, perhaps more precisely, "a recurrent error, common to conservatives"!!!
One evening, Ulyanov and some radical activists of the anti-globalization movement, who had taken part in a "compelling march of immigrants", started to discuss about that wonderful event, a rally with a large participation of people. As reported by the alleged author of the diary, "men and women, together with daughters and sons, nieces and nephews, almost sunk in an ocean of Palestinian flags and red banners, had packed the streets in support of the most advanced social projects of the moment".
Then, the fictitious author makes some notes about a chitchat between Ulyanov and a "young man":
"I really had a great time this afternoon. With so many people around, I felt kind of involved in a pluralist, democratic workshop, which I'd like to call 'laboratory of disobedience.' Do you know why? Some weeks ago, at the end of a meeting, I found a short note, probably left behind by some participant," said a young man, taking a piece of paper out of his pocket. "Let me share it with you, for it gives an idea of what we should do in the future, of what I lived for today. Listen carefully and tell me what you feel."
"Okay, go ahead," exclaimed Ulyanov.
The guy in front of him had a moment's pause, shot a glance at Ulyanov, pulled back his hair, and started reading."The laboratory of disobedience is a practical experiment based on common objectives that permit the groups that compose it to learn, to change, to mutate their own political principles, and to enrich themselves with the other open-minded subjects. This experimental space will let us get to know one another, to recognize ourselves through our different and joint searches and paths. We can walk together asking questions, joining together again, and disobeying. We admit that this proposal comes late and is ambitious, but we will be happy if just a few seeds begin to grow in this meeting space. We want the productive and social figures that are always hidden away, ignored, and turned into nothing to become visible." [*]
As he added some words about his personal goals, I did not understand a couple of points, but I showed appreciation for his opinions and his mates' remarks. After all, each word seemed to be in favor of a Western world challenged by nonconventional theories and driven by a progressive spirit.
[*] The words "The laboratory of disobedience [...] become visible" were copied from the webpage http://www.ainfos.ca/02/jun/ainfos00299.html
COMMENTS
Remark by Mark S., VA on 10/29/2024 at 05:17:28 PM
Subject: The Washington Post
Content: Maybe The Washington Post is not so liberal as you seem to believe.
After supporting Dem presidential candidates for decades, there's no endorsement for KH!
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