"If pacifist hostility toward war were so strong as to drive pacifists into a war against nonpacifists, in a war against war, that would prove that pacifism truly possesses political energy because it is sufficiently strong to group men according to friend and enemy. If, in fact, the will to abolish war is so strong that it no longer shuns war, then it has become a political motive, i.e., it affirms, even if only as an extreme possibility, war and even the reason for war. Presently this appears to be a peculiar way of justifying wars. The war is then considered to constitute the absolute last war of humanity. Such a war is necessarily unusually intense and inhuman because, by transcending the limits of the political framework, it simultaneously degrades the enemy into moral and other categories and is forced to make of him a monster that must not only be defeated but also utterly destroyed. In other words, he is an enemy who no longer must be compelled to retreat into his borders only."
~ Carl Schmitt

https://x.com/LancesLegion/status/1705711797133824089?s=20

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 BREAKING: Groups of Israeli reservists have refused orders to head to the border with Gaza.

An Israeli soldier stated, "We will not go to our deaths, this is suicide."

"Understanding the Hamas attack on Israel:

Iran is aiming for a confrontation with Israel and the US. The success of Russia in Ukraine is encouraging Iran to undo decades of hostile US foreign policy in the Middle East. A bankrupt US Govt has just been invited to another war.

The timing is opportunistic. The US Govt is forced to print trillions of USD as it struggles to raise new debt. Another war would lead to a significant increase in inflation and an accelerated economic decline of the US.

If Iran mines the Strait of Hormuz the global energy crisis would become critical. The Biden administration has used the majority of US oil reserves to stabilize domestic oil prices. Iran can increase the pain for the US Govt significantly.

Ukraine is turning into a major defeat for the US and NATO. A new front in the Middle East would accelerate the US decline. The US Govt and its western partners simply cannot afford it. Russia and China would benefit most. Iran understands this and is playing into the hands of its partners."

https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1710624093878604061

The US lost the conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, and Iran, which ultimately led to retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a historic defeat of an empire, and what we are seeing is a shift in the spatial order. The escalation in Ukraine is an attempt to stall the loss of US influence. And Israel is an inevitable result, if not directly connected to the greater loss of radiating power.

It may even be coordinated with Russian and China due to the US repeatedly escalating the conflict.

Correction: Perhaps best to say "conflicts" regarding Ukraine and Iran (I had written "wars"), given that they were not classical wars. They were however essential points of tension in the world civil war.

A Little bit of Kosher Fried.

To sum up my take on the Israel Gaza war its either -

A. the beginning of the end of Israel and futher decline in US hegemony in the region. Due Israel not seeing this attack coming and attack completely setting back Saudi Israel normalization. Not to mention more independent foriegn policies of Gulf nations from the US.

Or

B. the beginning of the end of Hamas and the larger Gaza resistance. Due to now Israel government being completely united on destroying Hamas and likely invade Gaza. And sending of additional military aid from the United States.

Russian intervention is necessary, and one would expect it to happen precisely in this way, underground and only hinted at on the world stage. It is much like the Iran-Contra link in the 1980s.

🚨BREAKING: Putin considers the establishment of a Palestinian state “necessary”

🇮🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧 "If Israel does enter Gaza and hunts down the Hamas leadership, Hezbollah’s priority would be to open a second (and maybe a third and fourth) front against Israel to halt the Israelis’ momentum. In doing so, it would bring in armed militias from Iraq and perhaps Yemen to bolster its forces, which could widen the scope of operations."

📎 Prof. Michael Tanchum

Ernst Jünger on technology, language, and the end of classical war.

"Do not weigh too nicely the perils of war."
~ Thucydides