The US could stop the war today if the Biden Administration wanted to. But it does not. The question is, why not? -- Dennis Kucinich, The Kucinich Report
Israel is no friend of America or Americans. It is a construct and device of the US government. Unfortunately the evil that is Zionism has taken control of the US Senate, House, President and Judiciary. It controls the media corrporations and far to many Have fallen for the nonsense of Judeo - Christian values. " Any decent person is Ashamed of the Government they live UNDER"- HL Mencken
WHY: Americans are complicit because they did not care until now.
We in Europe are in the 'middle' of this debacle. US is far away and except for the Twin Towers you have ha NO 'leftovers' of war.
I was there living in the US when the "Towers" were attacked. MY friend(American) and me were ripping American flags off restaurants and refusing to go to 'candlelight vigils' in most Towns.
You are on track. However most Americans (we are led to believe) are uninformed, disinterested or are employees of the military, industrial fascist system. Government propaganda is very effective as it is all government controlled. Those who stand against government in America are marginalized, censored, and though I believe Many oppose our Empire building and Hegemonic Fascist oligarchy posing as Representative Republic government our voice is small. PS there were 3 towers that all fell perfectly into their imploded footprint. It was Not Iraq, the truth is an inside job with israeli's celebrating and Zionists making Billions of dollars. The economic troubles of Europe are all designed to further US hegemony, (Nordstream destruction,Ukraine war spending) but thats another story.
Maybe splittin' hairs here, but one World Trade Center tower fell into its footprint -- the Solomon Brothers building, a.k.a. WTC 7. The other two, Towers One and Two, were blown to smithereens. They essentially disappeared.
My point is that there were 3 buildings destroyed not just the two. The truth may appear in 50 years but there are those who believe #7 (definitely pre planted explosives)had PROOF of Billions of dollars of fraud and theft of gold. 1 and 2 disentigrated due to explosives and possibly microwave weapons. University of Alaska report is good.
Yes, I understood your larger point. To take it further, the vast majority have no idea that three buildings were dramatically destroyed that day. Yet, the statement about them as written was inaccurate.
That is the point of all government propaganda. To control the narrative and create confusion and division. It is said 'One is entitled to their own beliefs, not their own FACTS'. Question Everything!
The US elections have been manipulated since 1985, possibly long before but records are only available up to the year 1985. We have voted for many candidates and their wins have been stolen.
As for Bernie, if you watched the Dem Primary during Bernie's run, the lights were turned off over his supporters, the sound as well. At one point as he returned to his seat by his wife he clearly looked terrified. He and his supporters were robbed.
The potential election of Sanders for those who supported him was stolen by the powers that be. Biden was forced down the throat of Sanders supporters, the DNC, James Clyburn and others who made sure that Sanders was squashed and out of the primary race. Sanders was a threat to the establishment.
I suggest you do the same. 2020 was not the first election fraud foisted on Americans. In addition to the hundreds of coups the US has initiated world wide placing dictators friendly to Washington. Voting for the most part is a pacifier. You have a limited choice of preselected celebrities to pose as the face of government. Meanwhile Edward Bernays explained the secret government behind the curtain. Ukraine, Iran, Iraq, every South and Central American country has tasted US 'democracy'. Germany,Japan, South Korea are still occupied countries.
YES, WE DID... vote for Bernie!! It was taken away from us... TWICE!!
Someone awhile back suggested watching a free film called "The Occupation of the American Mind." Narrated by Roger Waters. We're recovering from being sick, so home and indoors. Background and context for what's happening now. Lots of AHAs. Can't recommend it highly enough for all of us.
Please stop blaming American people who truly do not know what's being done in our names with our tax money. And even those of us who are finding out have no say. "Voting" in this country is mostly, tho not completely, taken out of our hands. Our so-called 'democracy' is mostly a myth at this point.
<< The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, and our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of…. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind. >>
-- Edward Bernays, "Propaganda" 1928
That's just to keep us quiet. There's so much more going on about which you clearly have NO CLUE! The point is... we do NOT have the power you and sadly, most of us, believe we do. It's a myth.
There is a tremendous amount of evidence that, if the Israeli Government did not orchestrate October 7th, it at least knowingly made sure it happened. There is also a great deal of evidence of the IDF intentionally killing Israeli citizens on October 7th. The Grayzone, the Last American Vagabond, the Convo Couch and The Jimmy Dore Show are among the many honest outlets that have shown video and evidence of what really happened that day and members of the IDF have spoken out. I believe that October 7th was all staged for the sole purpose of excusing a planned genocide. The strongest voice against the genocide has been Jewish Voices for Peace, but while Israel is committing crimes agianst humanity, Jews who oppose genocide are being called antisemitic.. In reality, Israel is the most antisemitic nation on Earth. It has defamed the Jewish people by equating support for Judiaism with support for genocide and with support for the massacre of thousands of children. Additionally, Israel is committing a genocide aginst the true Semites (under the corrrect definition of the word) who reside in Gaza. Every Jewish person I know is standing with the Palestinians and not with Israel. Most Zionists are not Jewish.
Why do people on the outside of this conflict take sides? Given the atrocities committed by both sides it would be reasonable to NOT take sides.
Instead condemnation of BOTH sides of this conflict has to be the order of the day! Why?
BOTH sides have abjectly failed to bridge their differences, this failure repeatedly manifests historically in humanities greatest admission to failure WAR!! It is not as if they haven't had sufficient time to learn to love one another this sh1t has been going on for over a millennia. There is even Biblical references to this conflict(David & Goliath) & Islamic scripture has verses that are specifically racist & genocidal towards Jews. the Islamic scripture the Hadith that prophesied the events of the 'Day of Judgment' which includes killing ALL Jews with this verse, please read:
"Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, PBUH, said, 'The Hour will not be established until the Muslims fight the Jews, so the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees. Then the rocks and trees will call: O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.' But the Gharqad tree will not say that, for it is the tree of the Jews.'"
I contend the conflict is a consequence of diametrically opposed incompatible values, values informed by dated, irrelevant theocratic ideologies, ideologies that inherently devalue human life, Islam being the gold medalists in this arena. I invite any adherents to challenge my claim.
You don't have believe me, just ask them poignant questions about what they believe, but most important HOW what is believed informs their morality & subsequently what they deem permissible acts. I did and the answers were terrifyingly disturbing.
War by any metric is humanities greatest admission to failure & so if your ideology repeatedly manifests in war and that fact doesn't illicit soul searching reflection of it's relevance then I fear given our latest AI directed technologically enhanced destructive power, we as a species & other species may disappear!!
How much more unnecessary suffering do both sides need to inflict on each other & endure before they voluntarily extricate themselves from respective dated irrelevant barbaric religions?
Bobby sounded very promising at first, really speaking to the real issues that America faces until October 7th happened. His full throated endorsement of Israel/AIPAC and his silence on the slaughter of Gazans shows that he should step out of the race. He does not have what it takes to fix America and his stance on Israel is in total contradiction to his campaign platform. He sounds like a paid talking head for Israel with ideas from the 1950's. If you haven't seen his recent interview with Krystal Ball, please do so. Not only is he a stanch defender of Israel's genocide, but genocide Bobby was belligerent in his defense. I wonder if he realizes that currently he is to the right of Biden on this issue (even if Biden might just be spouting words and doing otherwise behind the scenes).
I knew whatever RFK JR had to say wasn't going to be good, but my spouse and I just stared at each other dumbfounded when Krystal brought up the genocide and he said, “I don’t think that’s happening. I don’t think that’s happening … I don’t see any proof of that.” Holy moly! As his former campaign manager, I think Dennis needs to call him out just as boldly as he has Biden. And it must be said, those running for president in the red team are all in for this hideous destruction of Palestinian lives. Congress as well. How truly depressing....
i wasn't surprised by the interview with Krystal because I've heard him say the same things in other interviews on less watched venues. What really surprised and infuriated me is when he said that the Palestinians are the most pampered people!!! He had not said before , i'm sure he'll live to regret that one. it will make a great sound bite if there is a way it can be used. his belligerent attitude was surprising, too
Moreover: it is well past time for this article’s author to give an accounting of RFKjr on the matter of Israel. Whatever decorum Kucinich is attempting to maintain as a former member of RFKjr’s campaign undermines the legitimacy of his Palestinian support. Not unlike, RFK’s take on Vietnam in 1968, the need for nuance has never been greater..
We finally watched that entire BP segment where Krystal AND Saagar <-- (who also asked excellent questions.. and played some needed interference!) interviewed RFK Jr. for third time on BP. Like TomG... my Tom & I were also dumbfounded at Bobby's belligerent (and ignorant???) stance. You did not exaggerate even a little, Siobhan... HO-LEEE... as Jon Stewart would say.
I'm not happy with Biden and never liked him. At least of late he is trying to reign in his own full throated endorsement of Israel (he wants to get reelected) but he is complicit in the genocide of the people of Gaza. However, Biden has always been pro war and part of the neo con circle, so you wouldn't expect any thing less from him. RFK Jr is running on an anti establishment platform, anti war or put another way the peace candidate and wants to reign in the industrial military complex (selling tanks and arms around the world) and end forever wars using diplomacy not war. That is what he has been saying for months at all of his town halls and interviews. If he could flip flop basically on the main tenants of his platform and thinks it is ok for Israel to carpet bomb the Palestinians out of existence, then IMO he doesn't have what it takes to be president.
can't think of any in the recent past that have been any good, unless your being sarcastic. If you are, then yes, he's staunchly supporting Israel as America has always done no matter what they do the spin it as right. Here in there some presidents have put their foot down but only long after they should have and the damage was done..
I feel for RFK Jr in this predicament.. not sure what he is truly thinking (is it really what we hear him say in these interviews.. perhaps yes, and maybe I'm just on denial that he does not GET IT) or how compromised he is in his ability to come out with criticism but surely there is way to be pro peace in this situation. If he can't come out fully against Israel because of the political suicide he will be committing ..he can certainly be more clever about presenting "both sides" equally and speaking to the humanitarian dilemma rather than overtly siding with Israel as he is doing.. Please Bobby, do not lose your moral compass at the 11th hour no matter what kind of pressure or threat you may be under... Don't throw your hear won victories out the window in this one. Please.
RFKJR has said that AS PRESIDENT, he would gather leaders in the region to discuss and work things out. Right now, only Biden has the power to do the right thing and he is not.
Yes, the guy is all over the map, a pity. He is on target on vaccines, on US bioweapons, hopefully those areas will be where he can contribute. But big picture, he is clearly not right for the Presidency.
yes that's the dilemma, most of the candidates who have an actual shot of getting in the primary have the same point of view but for them it's in line with their campaign platform. For rfk, jr it's way out of sync
right, one wonders what is going on in his head but i don't see him having the right temperament for president. he does like to totally control the conversation, as many litigators do and be right all the time
Western commentators make a fundamental error when they assume that it's up to Israel and their US backers to turn to peace in the region. That is just hubris, and that is not what the Axis of Resistance believes, nor does it believe in Israel's "right to exist." No one and nothing has a "right to exist." One's existence depends on one's deeds. And the Axis of Resistance is well aware of what Israel's deeds have been for 75 years and what the consequences are going to be. Already citizens of Israel are engaged in mass emigration from that cursed place. It is only going to increase. The deeds of Americans are also catching up with them after a century of endless war against the people of the world. Does America have a "right to exist"? This country is collapsing.
Truth is We, The American People have little to no more say about this foolishness than you do. Most of us would put a stop to it immediately if we could. We'd invest in our own country and people if it were truly our choice. And we would wage peace, not war.
The assumption that hamas carried out monstrous atrocities such as rape and behaving children, is all false and based on propaganda, israeli army and air force killed most of the people that day
and only an independent investigation can tell us who is truly responsible for all the individual deaths of the massacre of the 7h October, plenty of evidences prove that many were murdered by the israeli soldiers, tanks, planes and helicopters.
The blood already spilled will never be erased from the book of history.
The longer the blood spill will go on, the larger the stain will become, and those who have lett the blood spill enlarge, would be them self stained by the blood they had spilled with their support and bombs, and will them selfs become remembered for the horror they had become.
march on and force close down all israeli embassies, sue your government for crime against the constitution, humanity, and for its active role in facilitating and arming genocide.
Also, a country can not be commanded by someone who is apparently senile, and with his insane statements, provokes instability and war, putting at danger not just the life of his own citizens, but the entire world.
Crimes against humanity are being committed DAiLY inside the US. There are military vets like me who are illegally being used as non-consensual guinea pigs to test DoD developed directed energy weapons, voice to skull & are subjected to FBI/DHS funded gang stalking locally for decades on end. To add further insult to injury we are also placed on the TSDB Watchlist & our status is then shared with thousands of govt, non- govt agencies, private companies & even foreign governments. And did I mention I have no criminal record & have felt something mechanical moving around my gut since 2011 that I believe is remotely interfaced with & acts as a GPS tracking device. And it is reported that at least 70% of so-called US citizens on the TSDB are WOMEN like me! Now ponder WHY that would be & it gives further insight into why the FBi keeps it secret who's on certain lists, why we were added, provides no due process to challenge being added to the lists & the fact that they do not have to confirm whether you are the lists & will not remove names even if sued. Imo, lists within the TSDB are hiding victims like me who are non- consensual human experimentees who are put on the lists & left there indefinitely or shuffled from 1 list to another via bogus national security claims-- Look up the cases of Pastor Kaji Dousa & Saadiq Long. They both sued yet we're just taken off one list & added to another secret list. The TSDB Watchlist is being used to cover up this ongoing US government state crime.
I know this has been going on since wwI US soldiers have been used as biological weapons since then, see “Spanish flue’ a code name given to biological warfare.
It was with the bush era that things got worst for US personnel, and ever since then cover up over cover up to hide the facts, see Oklahoma City bombing and the destruction of all files pertains to the poisoning of US troops from the first golf war. “Syndrome” anthrax vaccines, DU poisoning, bacteriological and chemical exposure ecc ecc, all documents placed in a building blown up and as usual, blamed on patsies
I don’t know what to say, when I lived in the US, people and specially soldiers, were standing for the constitution, since then, the constitution as been placed under attack and soldiers and generals have watch it all happening without saying a word.
Now that everything is subcontracted to private entities, there is almost no way to control what is happening.
In the US, some General should realize he is already at war with those trying to destroy the constitution, use its power, and arrest all those who are desecrating the law of the nation.
The US constitution was written the way it was written for this very reason, and it’s the duty of every American to make sure it’s uphold and respected.
The same goes for what is happening in Gaza, a text book Genocide which is being covered up by medias and authorities which ignoring the overwhelming amount of evidences, continue to use the word “alleged” when talking about warcrimes which are not alleged, but obvious.
I am sure that there is many good old Generals and Admirals which are aware of the situation, perhaps they need to be made aware that also the soldiers and the people are, and they are ready to take a stand with them to restore their inalienable rights.
Mr. Kucinich introduced HR 2977 I believe over 20 years ago so I imagine many in positions of power have known about this for a very long time. Imo the US government embraced fascism long ago. My objective is simply to act as a canary in the mine. The TSDB lists grow by an estimated 1000 daily so eventually we will all either know someone on a list or be on one. The irony is that after demonizing Communism for more than a century, the tactics used today by US 'law enforcement' borrow directly from known Communist pogroms like Zersetzung & organized gang stalking which can be traced back to East German Stasi methods.
Absolutely, there is not much else to do about stalkers, they do what they are told to do and as you can imagine they are also always given some false reason to do it.
Luckily, many of them smell the rat and after a while realize that what he or she is doing is wrong, and ends up exposing the all program.
The head issue is the patriot act, all the other illegal programs derive from that.
And then of course, the fact that subcontractors are used, makes so that foreigner agents assume control of the digital side, which means, governments are now puppets of a foreigner cabal.
Used to be that Generals and Admirals used to keep things somehow in balance, till I guess they also became instrument of the digital manipulators.
Once again, I think that there is enough serious people in the US, which could do what is needed, they just need to do what is needed to plug the sinking ship, and expel the saboteurs.
For what I can see, Now is the perfect time to act, enough with the maniacs and warcrimes and Genocide sponsors.
Senile Biden can be legally removed without any problem, with if he does it because he is really senile or because he is acting, he is over the top and has already crossed every red line.
America used to be the land of the dreams, and call me romantic but I liked it.
It just needs to be dusted of from the dirt, and come back to shine as the beacon of freedom it used to be.
Israel has lost any reason to exist . It is a criminal entity built on land stolen from indigenous Palestinians by Britain and fraudulently gifted to Zionists . Israel continues to steal, destroy and murder.
The Israeli government has one mission that it is carrying out for the world to see: total elimination of the Palestinians. Rabbis in the US have decried this genocide. but as long as the Biden Administration funds it, Israel will succeed. The US has supported war to fund its MIC, and the Democrats (afraid of AIPAC) have turned a blind eye as the rest of the world (and US citizens, including Jews) make clear that this is genocide. Why? Same as every they/we decision: $$$$$$$$$$$.
It's always about something the US wants (resources of course) and now it's a group hug from UK and others. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-geopolitics-gaza-multibillion-dollar-gas-field. Bibi was already giving it away on 10/29 of this year through exploration licenses to UK and Italy. And we wonder why no western country steps up to shake Biden out of his greed-induced willful and heinous disregard for what's happening. Follow the money. Always follow the money...
The following news explains why the U.S. has "gotten religion" on stopping the murder and mayhem by the IDF in Gaza. You will also notice that NOT A WORD is said about the catastrophic economic impact the loss of transit fees in the Suez will 🔨 have on Egypt.
When you read these 🐍 propaganda pieces, you can discern the stuff that REALLY has TPTB worried by their 🙊 dead silence on any obviously important related issue. Consider that Egypt, a partner in crime with the U.S. and Israel in the Genocide visited on the Palestinians, is now being pressured BIG TIME by the LOSS of Suez Canal Transit Fees. The Houthis' 👍 action pressures Egypt to actually HELP Gaza by opening wide the Humanitarian access to Gaza from Egypt, something Israel CANNOT stop. Egypt KNOWS the Houthis would agree to stop all attacks on ships IF Egypt helped Gaza (December 18, 2023 Reality based article SNIPPET: "The Houthis, who rule much of Yemen, have pledged to continue carrying out attacks until Israel halts its assault on Gaza. However, in an initial indication of possible moderation, the group said on Saturday that real steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza would contribute to “reducing the escalation”).
For Egypt to allow the Palestinians into the Sinai, without sufficient infrastructure, they well may see the greatest number of deaths from this egregious assault on the people of Gaza. Plus, from Sinai they will be determined to relaunch their efforts to recover their homeland would well cause incredible destruction of Egypt as well, when the Israelis attack them, in "self-defense."
Egypt will never allow the Palestinians into the Sinai. The issue for Egypt is the money from the transit fees in the Suez Canal, nothing else. Egypt cares nothing whatsoever about the welfare of Palestinains. It is ALL about MONEY. Egypt might open access TO Gaza for humanitarian aid, but forget Egypt allowing Palestinians into Egypt. There are practical reasons for that.
You see, Israel is an expansionist country with absolutely no regard for the boundaries of surrounding countries. It is no accident thta Israel NEVER states where its boundaries ARE. Israel was forced in 1973 to give back the Sinai it had taken over since 1967. Israel now illegally occupies some land from Lebanon, Syria and Jordan in blatant disregard for the territorial sovereignty of those nations. If Israel could get away with it, they would take EVEN MORE land around them.
All that said, why then, wouldn't Egypt appease Israel, ending the Genocide in Gaza and getting all the Suez Canal transit fee flowing again, by allowing Israel to forcibly and brutally herd all the Palestinains from Gaza into the Sinai? BECAUSE, as soon as Gaza is emptied, then rebuilt into an Israeli city, with a great big MILITARY air base on it, Israel will USE that air base to launch cross border bombing raids on the "Palestinian Terrorists" in Egypt with the BULLSHIT "excuse" that Palestinains are "engaging in terrorism in Israel". THIS is what Israel DOES. THIS is what Israel has BEEN DOING in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, AND Egypt, whenever these Zionist Fascsist bastards think they can get away with it.
Israel always trots out the BS trope that, "Israel MUST USE Force because FORCE is the only thing the countries around them understand". It's the other way around.
Dennis, I have been a long-time admirer of you because you have been one of the precious few in our barren, bought-off political landscape to speak truth and challenge power. I agree with what you say in your column, but there is a huge gaping hole in your list of culpability. As the former campaign manager for RFK Jr., what are your thoughts about his truly despicable and completely Zionist views on the US/Israeli Gaza genocide? In his interview on "Breaking Points" lat week he even dismissed the Palestinians as "pampered". He also said Israel was taking every step to avoid civilian casualties.
While I initially had some hope for his campaign -- especially when you were involved -- I now see him for the fraud he is.
I published a Substack column on RFK Jr's frankly fascist views about Palestinians and this ongoing war crime: "'Bibi' Kennedy Torches Last Scrap Of Legitimacy & Credibility Over US/Israeli Genocide: Child of unearned generational wealth labels Palestinians 'pampered'". ( https://mark192.substack.com/p/bibi-kennedy-torches-last-scrap-of )
Couldn't agree more! His interview on Breaking Points was insane, he makes no sense, his ideas on Israel are from the 1950's (pure status quo propaganda) and he was getting belligerent defending Israel. He should drop out, he is embarrassing and a fraud. He is in total contradiction to his campaign platform. I stop supporting him on October 8th! I look forward to reading your substack column.
agree I was so enthusiastic about him, now I can't stand to look at him. I wonder if his primary reason for running is to get into the White House and release all the documents pertaining to JFR and RFK. How he can be so stupid on the subject of Israel is beyond me.
His pal, Rabbi Schmulie (sp?) is a total extreme Zionist. There's money. There's also the whole Epstein Mossad intel/blackmail operation, which I think had more of an effect than any of us realize.
What kind of Israel do you wish to survive? When you detail the brutal, genocidal ways that Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza & the West Bank (and don’t forget East Jerusalem & Palestinian citizens of Israel), is this Israel worthy of surviving? Who leads this Israel? Who lives in the Israel that you want to survive? The vast majority of Israelis do not condemn the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians because far too many of its young people & the whole of society have dehumanized Palestinians. Israel is in need of a moral cleansing first!
I agree, many Jewish people in Israel were protesting the assaults on Gaza, the Israeli govt troops attacked them, jailed some and has forbidden protests.
Some sobering -- troubling -- numbers from recent polling in Israel:
"Poll results were also hawkish when it came to the use of force in Gaza: 57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were using too little firepower in Gaza, 36.6% said the IDF was using an appropriate amount of firepower, while just 1.8% said they believed the IDF was using too much fire power, while 4.2% said they weren’t sure whether it was using too much or too little firepower."
Now if this survey was run by Bibi's govt, I would ignore it. That 1.8% is very suspect, here's why.
Bibi ruled that there can be no protests against his govt, nor against the slaughter in Gaza. If you do you will be beaten and arrested. I do know that the orthodox Jews are against the slaughter, were actively protesting, were beaten and arrested. I also know they have very large families, 12 children in a single family are not uncommon.
So this 2016 Pew Study estimate of how many there are can only be greater, say by as much as 8 percent, maybe more. Bottom line I think the number against the war combining secular and orthodox Jews is around 30%, possibly more.
Lastly, those Jews with dual passports, and younger Jews as well are leaving Israel in droves, many to the US and Canada, I see them as voting against the war with their feet :)
Good points, and as we saw with our illegal genocidal wars for oil and raw earth minerals in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11, most people blindly follow the government BS patriotism campaigns demonizing the other and glorifying the nation as decent, honorable victims.
There is a great film by (real) journalist John Pilger on how nations use propaganda and how the media falls in line. All things we are seeing now with few exceptions: "'THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE': Young People Need To Know How Govt & Media Collaborate To Kill Truth To Wage War"
Yes, absolutely, which is why alternative media is such a threat to the "message." I also think that's why the 18-24 aged group in the US having a far greater comfort level with alternative media sources diverge so significantly from the "message" on Gaza, on Israel.
One area in which the diverge from the "message" is on "white colonialism." I think they, rather than having bought into the "white bad" message, although I am sure many have, see the impact of white colonialism in the flood of poor, often illiterate illegials all around them. Asking the questions; who are these people, where the hell do they come from, why did they leave, gets you to, "white colonialism" having a lot to do with it.
Now IMO they need to sharpen their views and see the real source of this misery is the 1% but they may get there. I know my own view of the world is 180 from that of my youth. If alternative media survives, if this age group is a realistic bellwether, then we may see a far better future world.
Dennis, you have a rare opportunity to change history with some participation in the 2024 elections. Please sit down with Jill Stein and Cornel West and share a ticket in a peace party. You could creatively share roles. You three share the same basic political belief with Martin Luther King that we should increase social services and pay for it with military cuts.
Yes, but when you are supposedly running for president you have to actually bring people together and DO something. His inability/unwillingness to work with people in the Green Party and do the nitty gritty work of political organizing, lobbying, coalition building and getting on state ballots. He is on one ballot -- Alaska -- but that sounds like it was because some third party group did the work.
Regardless, he won't be on many (any) other ballots and probably won't make any real difference. In such a warped political system there was never any chance of West or any other third party candidate winning, but he could have exerted some debate and modest change from the outside.
The interview he did with Jimmy Dore was stunning. West has no real awareness of class. He is totally focused on race and wokeism ... issues that divide and play right into the political tactics of the neoliberal corporate democrats. I did a search for the video to include a link but it looks like it was taken down. The censorship state spreads.
I have no illusion of change/reform within the electoral process. It's dead n' done. We need labor strikes, general strikes, mass boycotts, sit-ins ... people rising up. ... direct action. That won't happen until things get a lot worse, which I fear they will.
But first people need to put down their portable Dopamine stimulation devices ... phones.
Good comments Mark. I don't think West by himself is a perfect candidate but he's better than 99% of the other candidates. That is why I suggested he be part of a team with Dennis and Jill. We are helped by anyone who is stumping for Democratic Socialist values. We are helped by anyone who works against the military/industrial complex.
Good analysis except for a couple things. You support a state of Israel but don't support a state of Palestine. ??? Maybe consider two states, one state for Palestinians and Jews or a confederation. Also, Oct. 7 was a military raid against occupiers, not a terrorist attack. Scott Ritter, the guy who proved that Iraq had no wmd, says that approximately half of the killed were soldiers and 80% of the civilian deaths were caused by IDF Apache helicopters and tanks. https://open.substack.com/pub/scottritter/p/the-october-7-hamas-assault-on-israel?r=wl9s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Sorry, Mr. Kucinich, although I commend your characterizations in most of this piece -- particularly regarding the theater of the absurd daily staged by the Biden administration -- I find it hard to agree that Israel should continue to exist in its present form as a Zionist state with a minority of Arab citizens who may as well be as dead as those poor souls in Gaza. Zionism, like American exceptionalism is a blight on the remainder of the world. It assumes supremacy of some small population of the globe's humans (0.11% of the global population for Israel, less than 5% for the US) for reasons that, predicated on some ethereal notions of "chosen-ness" or "destiny" are almost ludicrous. This is unhealthy for the rest of the world. And yes, I wish my own country would evaporate in its current iteration and be reborn in peace, demilitarization, re-industrialization, and agricultural husbandry. But at my advanced age, my hopes grow razor thin.
Israel is no friend of America or Americans. It is a construct and device of the US government. Unfortunately the evil that is Zionism has taken control of the US Senate, House, President and Judiciary. It controls the media corrporations and far to many Have fallen for the nonsense of Judeo - Christian values. " Any decent person is Ashamed of the Government they live UNDER"- HL Mencken
WHY: Americans are complicit because they did not care until now.
We in Europe are in the 'middle' of this debacle. US is far away and except for the Twin Towers you have ha NO 'leftovers' of war.
I was there living in the US when the "Towers" were attacked. MY friend(American) and me were ripping American flags off restaurants and refusing to go to 'candlelight vigils' in most Towns.
America you do not own the world.
You are on track. However most Americans (we are led to believe) are uninformed, disinterested or are employees of the military, industrial fascist system. Government propaganda is very effective as it is all government controlled. Those who stand against government in America are marginalized, censored, and though I believe Many oppose our Empire building and Hegemonic Fascist oligarchy posing as Representative Republic government our voice is small. PS there were 3 towers that all fell perfectly into their imploded footprint. It was Not Iraq, the truth is an inside job with israeli's celebrating and Zionists making Billions of dollars. The economic troubles of Europe are all designed to further US hegemony, (Nordstream destruction,Ukraine war spending) but thats another story.
Maybe splittin' hairs here, but one World Trade Center tower fell into its footprint -- the Solomon Brothers building, a.k.a. WTC 7. The other two, Towers One and Two, were blown to smithereens. They essentially disappeared.
My point is that there were 3 buildings destroyed not just the two. The truth may appear in 50 years but there are those who believe #7 (definitely pre planted explosives)had PROOF of Billions of dollars of fraud and theft of gold. 1 and 2 disentigrated due to explosives and possibly microwave weapons. University of Alaska report is good.
Yes, I understood your larger point. To take it further, the vast majority have no idea that three buildings were dramatically destroyed that day. Yet, the statement about them as written was inaccurate.
That is the point of all government propaganda. To control the narrative and create confusion and division. It is said 'One is entitled to their own beliefs, not their own FACTS'. Question Everything!
Just sayn.
Can you not use your brains?
All over the world people are 'marginalized' but you have a 2 party system which you have gone along with for ages.
You could have voted for Bernie Sanders BUT you did not!
The US elections have been manipulated since 1985, possibly long before but records are only available up to the year 1985. We have voted for many candidates and their wins have been stolen.
As for Bernie, if you watched the Dem Primary during Bernie's run, the lights were turned off over his supporters, the sound as well. At one point as he returned to his seat by his wife he clearly looked terrified. He and his supporters were robbed.
The potential election of Sanders for those who supported him was stolen by the powers that be. Biden was forced down the throat of Sanders supporters, the DNC, James Clyburn and others who made sure that Sanders was squashed and out of the primary race. Sanders was a threat to the establishment.
I think it was Hilary who was forced down their throats...
that was the 2016 election and thankfully she lost yet she is still yakking trying to remain relevant lol I'm talking about 2020.
I suggest you do the same. 2020 was not the first election fraud foisted on Americans. In addition to the hundreds of coups the US has initiated world wide placing dictators friendly to Washington. Voting for the most part is a pacifier. You have a limited choice of preselected celebrities to pose as the face of government. Meanwhile Edward Bernays explained the secret government behind the curtain. Ukraine, Iran, Iraq, every South and Central American country has tasted US 'democracy'. Germany,Japan, South Korea are still occupied countries.
I think we are not understanding each other very well. I think we agree.
Please let's start again?
YES, WE DID... vote for Bernie!! It was taken away from us... TWICE!!
Someone awhile back suggested watching a free film called "The Occupation of the American Mind." Narrated by Roger Waters. We're recovering from being sick, so home and indoors. Background and context for what's happening now. Lots of AHAs. Can't recommend it highly enough for all of us.
Please stop blaming American people who truly do not know what's being done in our names with our tax money. And even those of us who are finding out have no say. "Voting" in this country is mostly, tho not completely, taken out of our hands. Our so-called 'democracy' is mostly a myth at this point.
Why don't you know?
Others know.
This is one reason:
<< The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, and our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of…. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind. >>
-- Edward Bernays, "Propaganda" 1928
That's just to keep us quiet. There's so much more going on about which you clearly have NO CLUE! The point is... we do NOT have the power you and sadly, most of us, believe we do. It's a myth.
Do you believe Russians know what their govt is really doing?
yeah but first he got screwed
This article is far more eloquent than my scribble. Please take 2 minutes to evaluate it's premise;
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/12/no_author/democracy-the-illusion-of-liberty/
excellent article! thanks for posting.
There is a tremendous amount of evidence that, if the Israeli Government did not orchestrate October 7th, it at least knowingly made sure it happened. There is also a great deal of evidence of the IDF intentionally killing Israeli citizens on October 7th. The Grayzone, the Last American Vagabond, the Convo Couch and The Jimmy Dore Show are among the many honest outlets that have shown video and evidence of what really happened that day and members of the IDF have spoken out. I believe that October 7th was all staged for the sole purpose of excusing a planned genocide. The strongest voice against the genocide has been Jewish Voices for Peace, but while Israel is committing crimes agianst humanity, Jews who oppose genocide are being called antisemitic.. In reality, Israel is the most antisemitic nation on Earth. It has defamed the Jewish people by equating support for Judiaism with support for genocide and with support for the massacre of thousands of children. Additionally, Israel is committing a genocide aginst the true Semites (under the corrrect definition of the word) who reside in Gaza. Every Jewish person I know is standing with the Palestinians and not with Israel. Most Zionists are not Jewish.
Yes they call those Jews who don't agree self -hating Jews. I find that phrase very offensive.
Completely agree
I totally agree as well. Great post.
I do not know the accuracy of the last sentence, but am aware of the truthfulness of those sources and others, including the Electronic Intifada.
Why do people on the outside of this conflict take sides? Given the atrocities committed by both sides it would be reasonable to NOT take sides.
Instead condemnation of BOTH sides of this conflict has to be the order of the day! Why?
BOTH sides have abjectly failed to bridge their differences, this failure repeatedly manifests historically in humanities greatest admission to failure WAR!! It is not as if they haven't had sufficient time to learn to love one another this sh1t has been going on for over a millennia. There is even Biblical references to this conflict(David & Goliath) & Islamic scripture has verses that are specifically racist & genocidal towards Jews. the Islamic scripture the Hadith that prophesied the events of the 'Day of Judgment' which includes killing ALL Jews with this verse, please read:
"Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, PBUH, said, 'The Hour will not be established until the Muslims fight the Jews, so the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees. Then the rocks and trees will call: O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.' But the Gharqad tree will not say that, for it is the tree of the Jews.'"
I contend the conflict is a consequence of diametrically opposed incompatible values, values informed by dated, irrelevant theocratic ideologies, ideologies that inherently devalue human life, Islam being the gold medalists in this arena. I invite any adherents to challenge my claim.
You don't have believe me, just ask them poignant questions about what they believe, but most important HOW what is believed informs their morality & subsequently what they deem permissible acts. I did and the answers were terrifyingly disturbing.
War by any metric is humanities greatest admission to failure & so if your ideology repeatedly manifests in war and that fact doesn't illicit soul searching reflection of it's relevance then I fear given our latest AI directed technologically enhanced destructive power, we as a species & other species may disappear!!
How much more unnecessary suffering do both sides need to inflict on each other & endure before they voluntarily extricate themselves from respective dated irrelevant barbaric religions?
This is insanity!!
Thank you, Dennis. I only wish you could have convinced Bobby. So sad.
RFK's complete lack of a moral compass is on full display--there is no convincing such scum.
Bobby sounded very promising at first, really speaking to the real issues that America faces until October 7th happened. His full throated endorsement of Israel/AIPAC and his silence on the slaughter of Gazans shows that he should step out of the race. He does not have what it takes to fix America and his stance on Israel is in total contradiction to his campaign platform. He sounds like a paid talking head for Israel with ideas from the 1950's. If you haven't seen his recent interview with Krystal Ball, please do so. Not only is he a stanch defender of Israel's genocide, but genocide Bobby was belligerent in his defense. I wonder if he realizes that currently he is to the right of Biden on this issue (even if Biden might just be spouting words and doing otherwise behind the scenes).
I knew whatever RFK JR had to say wasn't going to be good, but my spouse and I just stared at each other dumbfounded when Krystal brought up the genocide and he said, “I don’t think that’s happening. I don’t think that’s happening … I don’t see any proof of that.” Holy moly! As his former campaign manager, I think Dennis needs to call him out just as boldly as he has Biden. And it must be said, those running for president in the red team are all in for this hideous destruction of Palestinian lives. Congress as well. How truly depressing....
i wasn't surprised by the interview with Krystal because I've heard him say the same things in other interviews on less watched venues. What really surprised and infuriated me is when he said that the Palestinians are the most pampered people!!! He had not said before , i'm sure he'll live to regret that one. it will make a great sound bite if there is a way it can be used. his belligerent attitude was surprising, too
Yes, that's what infuriated me too!! He disgusts me --sounds like a paid shill for Israel.
agree and i feel so angry that he is out there spouting mistruths.
Indeed. Thank you for pointing that out!
Agree. It really is up to us,.now, each of us must stop waiting for someone else to save us(like the lemmings that pray for Trump).
We have to get up off our asses and organize together now!
Moreover: it is well past time for this article’s author to give an accounting of RFKjr on the matter of Israel. Whatever decorum Kucinich is attempting to maintain as a former member of RFKjr’s campaign undermines the legitimacy of his Palestinian support. Not unlike, RFK’s take on Vietnam in 1968, the need for nuance has never been greater..
Totally agree!
We finally watched that entire BP segment where Krystal AND Saagar <-- (who also asked excellent questions.. and played some needed interference!) interviewed RFK Jr. for third time on BP. Like TomG... my Tom & I were also dumbfounded at Bobby's belligerent (and ignorant???) stance. You did not exaggerate even a little, Siobhan... HO-LEEE... as Jon Stewart would say.
If RFK is unqualified (which you say he is and obviously so) how is Biden(whom i have supported until this)not equally disqualified?
I'm not happy with Biden and never liked him. At least of late he is trying to reign in his own full throated endorsement of Israel (he wants to get reelected) but he is complicit in the genocide of the people of Gaza. However, Biden has always been pro war and part of the neo con circle, so you wouldn't expect any thing less from him. RFK Jr is running on an anti establishment platform, anti war or put another way the peace candidate and wants to reign in the industrial military complex (selling tanks and arms around the world) and end forever wars using diplomacy not war. That is what he has been saying for months at all of his town halls and interviews. If he could flip flop basically on the main tenants of his platform and thinks it is ok for Israel to carpet bomb the Palestinians out of existence, then IMO he doesn't have what it takes to be president.
Or, depending on what you think of past US presidents, perhaps he has exactly what it takes.
can't think of any in the recent past that have been any good, unless your being sarcastic. If you are, then yes, he's staunchly supporting Israel as America has always done no matter what they do the spin it as right. Here in there some presidents have put their foot down but only long after they should have and the damage was done..
zackly!!!!!!!!!!
haven't had a chance to see that interview yet... thanks. tragic turn-around for a candidate who looked and sounded so promising at first.
*hard won victories. Sorry for the few typos above
I feel for RFK Jr in this predicament.. not sure what he is truly thinking (is it really what we hear him say in these interviews.. perhaps yes, and maybe I'm just on denial that he does not GET IT) or how compromised he is in his ability to come out with criticism but surely there is way to be pro peace in this situation. If he can't come out fully against Israel because of the political suicide he will be committing ..he can certainly be more clever about presenting "both sides" equally and speaking to the humanitarian dilemma rather than overtly siding with Israel as he is doing.. Please Bobby, do not lose your moral compass at the 11th hour no matter what kind of pressure or threat you may be under... Don't throw your hear won victories out the window in this one. Please.
RFKJR has said that AS PRESIDENT, he would gather leaders in the region to discuss and work things out. Right now, only Biden has the power to do the right thing and he is not.
Yes, the guy is all over the map, a pity. He is on target on vaccines, on US bioweapons, hopefully those areas will be where he can contribute. But big picture, he is clearly not right for the Presidency.
yes that's the dilemma, most of the candidates who have an actual shot of getting in the primary have the same point of view but for them it's in line with their campaign platform. For rfk, jr it's way out of sync
right, one wonders what is going on in his head but i don't see him having the right temperament for president. he does like to totally control the conversation, as many litigators do and be right all the time
Very true.
Western commentators make a fundamental error when they assume that it's up to Israel and their US backers to turn to peace in the region. That is just hubris, and that is not what the Axis of Resistance believes, nor does it believe in Israel's "right to exist." No one and nothing has a "right to exist." One's existence depends on one's deeds. And the Axis of Resistance is well aware of what Israel's deeds have been for 75 years and what the consequences are going to be. Already citizens of Israel are engaged in mass emigration from that cursed place. It is only going to increase. The deeds of Americans are also catching up with them after a century of endless war against the people of the world. Does America have a "right to exist"? This country is collapsing.
In my honest opinion: NO the American people are complicit in this genocide also the Western Country's who support this.
I get SO f...ing angry because the USA is fighting wars many miles from their home and it is us in the middle who have to deal with the fallout.
Truth is We, The American People have little to no more say about this foolishness than you do. Most of us would put a stop to it immediately if we could. We'd invest in our own country and people if it were truly our choice. And we would wage peace, not war.
What is happening in Gaza text book Genocide https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
The assumption that hamas carried out monstrous atrocities such as rape and behaving children, is all false and based on propaganda, israeli army and air force killed most of the people that day
and only an independent investigation can tell us who is truly responsible for all the individual deaths of the massacre of the 7h October, plenty of evidences prove that many were murdered by the israeli soldiers, tanks, planes and helicopters.
Here the last report
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231219-witnesses-say-israeli-warplanes-targeted-settler-homes/
The blood already spilled will never be erased from the book of history.
The longer the blood spill will go on, the larger the stain will become, and those who have lett the blood spill enlarge, would be them self stained by the blood they had spilled with their support and bombs, and will them selfs become remembered for the horror they had become.
We must end the mass murdering and terror.
Stop the genocide!
Cease fire now!
Yes! Absolutely! How fo we do it??!!
march on and force close down all israeli embassies, sue your government for crime against the constitution, humanity, and for its active role in facilitating and arming genocide.
Also, a country can not be commanded by someone who is apparently senile, and with his insane statements, provokes instability and war, putting at danger not just the life of his own citizens, but the entire world.
Crimes against humanity are being committed DAiLY inside the US. There are military vets like me who are illegally being used as non-consensual guinea pigs to test DoD developed directed energy weapons, voice to skull & are subjected to FBI/DHS funded gang stalking locally for decades on end. To add further insult to injury we are also placed on the TSDB Watchlist & our status is then shared with thousands of govt, non- govt agencies, private companies & even foreign governments. And did I mention I have no criminal record & have felt something mechanical moving around my gut since 2011 that I believe is remotely interfaced with & acts as a GPS tracking device. And it is reported that at least 70% of so-called US citizens on the TSDB are WOMEN like me! Now ponder WHY that would be & it gives further insight into why the FBi keeps it secret who's on certain lists, why we were added, provides no due process to challenge being added to the lists & the fact that they do not have to confirm whether you are the lists & will not remove names even if sued. Imo, lists within the TSDB are hiding victims like me who are non- consensual human experimentees who are put on the lists & left there indefinitely or shuffled from 1 list to another via bogus national security claims-- Look up the cases of Pastor Kaji Dousa & Saadiq Long. They both sued yet we're just taken off one list & added to another secret list. The TSDB Watchlist is being used to cover up this ongoing US government state crime.
I know this has been going on since wwI US soldiers have been used as biological weapons since then, see “Spanish flue’ a code name given to biological warfare.
It was with the bush era that things got worst for US personnel, and ever since then cover up over cover up to hide the facts, see Oklahoma City bombing and the destruction of all files pertains to the poisoning of US troops from the first golf war. “Syndrome” anthrax vaccines, DU poisoning, bacteriological and chemical exposure ecc ecc, all documents placed in a building blown up and as usual, blamed on patsies
I don’t know what to say, when I lived in the US, people and specially soldiers, were standing for the constitution, since then, the constitution as been placed under attack and soldiers and generals have watch it all happening without saying a word.
Now that everything is subcontracted to private entities, there is almost no way to control what is happening.
In the US, some General should realize he is already at war with those trying to destroy the constitution, use its power, and arrest all those who are desecrating the law of the nation.
The US constitution was written the way it was written for this very reason, and it’s the duty of every American to make sure it’s uphold and respected.
The same goes for what is happening in Gaza, a text book Genocide which is being covered up by medias and authorities which ignoring the overwhelming amount of evidences, continue to use the word “alleged” when talking about warcrimes which are not alleged, but obvious.
I am sure that there is many good old Generals and Admirals which are aware of the situation, perhaps they need to be made aware that also the soldiers and the people are, and they are ready to take a stand with them to restore their inalienable rights.
Mr. Kucinich introduced HR 2977 I believe over 20 years ago so I imagine many in positions of power have known about this for a very long time. Imo the US government embraced fascism long ago. My objective is simply to act as a canary in the mine. The TSDB lists grow by an estimated 1000 daily so eventually we will all either know someone on a list or be on one. The irony is that after demonizing Communism for more than a century, the tactics used today by US 'law enforcement' borrow directly from known Communist pogroms like Zersetzung & organized gang stalking which can be traced back to East German Stasi methods.
Absolutely, there is not much else to do about stalkers, they do what they are told to do and as you can imagine they are also always given some false reason to do it.
Luckily, many of them smell the rat and after a while realize that what he or she is doing is wrong, and ends up exposing the all program.
The head issue is the patriot act, all the other illegal programs derive from that.
And then of course, the fact that subcontractors are used, makes so that foreigner agents assume control of the digital side, which means, governments are now puppets of a foreigner cabal.
Used to be that Generals and Admirals used to keep things somehow in balance, till I guess they also became instrument of the digital manipulators.
Once again, I think that there is enough serious people in the US, which could do what is needed, they just need to do what is needed to plug the sinking ship, and expel the saboteurs.
For what I can see, Now is the perfect time to act, enough with the maniacs and warcrimes and Genocide sponsors.
Senile Biden can be legally removed without any problem, with if he does it because he is really senile or because he is acting, he is over the top and has already crossed every red line.
America used to be the land of the dreams, and call me romantic but I liked it.
It just needs to be dusted of from the dirt, and come back to shine as the beacon of freedom it used to be.
There are many petitions that are out there we can sign, including the one I started.
Other petitions, including
Codepink:
https://www.codepink.org/cnngaza?utm_campaign=12_15_pali_update_alert_3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
Ceasefire Now:
https://www.change.org/p/sign-and-share-this-urgent-petition-calling-for-a-ceasefirenow-in-gaza-and-israel
Pick a side .
Israel has lost any reason to exist . It is a criminal entity built on land stolen from indigenous Palestinians by Britain and fraudulently gifted to Zionists . Israel continues to steal, destroy and murder.
Totally agree. And not different from this country except in outward appearance.
The Israeli government has one mission that it is carrying out for the world to see: total elimination of the Palestinians. Rabbis in the US have decried this genocide. but as long as the Biden Administration funds it, Israel will succeed. The US has supported war to fund its MIC, and the Democrats (afraid of AIPAC) have turned a blind eye as the rest of the world (and US citizens, including Jews) make clear that this is genocide. Why? Same as every they/we decision: $$$$$$$$$$$.
It's always about something the US wants (resources of course) and now it's a group hug from UK and others. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-geopolitics-gaza-multibillion-dollar-gas-field. Bibi was already giving it away on 10/29 of this year through exploration licenses to UK and Italy. And we wonder why no western country steps up to shake Biden out of his greed-induced willful and heinous disregard for what's happening. Follow the money. Always follow the money...
Yes. Europeans are complicit and I am here in France.
We, the people, in most western nations are out on the streets.....BUT which Politicians are listening to us. VERY few.
Thank you for your bravery!
BINGO!
The following news explains why the U.S. has "gotten religion" on stopping the murder and mayhem by the IDF in Gaza. You will also notice that NOT A WORD is said about the catastrophic economic impact the loss of transit fees in the Suez will 🔨 have on Egypt.
When you read these 🐍 propaganda pieces, you can discern the stuff that REALLY has TPTB worried by their 🙊 dead silence on any obviously important related issue. Consider that Egypt, a partner in crime with the U.S. and Israel in the Genocide visited on the Palestinians, is now being pressured BIG TIME by the LOSS of Suez Canal Transit Fees. The Houthis' 👍 action pressures Egypt to actually HELP Gaza by opening wide the Humanitarian access to Gaza from Egypt, something Israel CANNOT stop. Egypt KNOWS the Houthis would agree to stop all attacks on ships IF Egypt helped Gaza (December 18, 2023 Reality based article SNIPPET: "The Houthis, who rule much of Yemen, have pledged to continue carrying out attacks until Israel halts its assault on Gaza. However, in an initial indication of possible moderation, the group said on Saturday that real steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza would contribute to “reducing the escalation”).
https://soberthinking.createaforum.com/geopolitics/war-provocations-and-peace-actions/msg1541/#msg1541
For Egypt to allow the Palestinians into the Sinai, without sufficient infrastructure, they well may see the greatest number of deaths from this egregious assault on the people of Gaza. Plus, from Sinai they will be determined to relaunch their efforts to recover their homeland would well cause incredible destruction of Egypt as well, when the Israelis attack them, in "self-defense."
There is a lot for Egypt to consider.
Egypt will never allow the Palestinians into the Sinai. The issue for Egypt is the money from the transit fees in the Suez Canal, nothing else. Egypt cares nothing whatsoever about the welfare of Palestinains. It is ALL about MONEY. Egypt might open access TO Gaza for humanitarian aid, but forget Egypt allowing Palestinians into Egypt. There are practical reasons for that.
You see, Israel is an expansionist country with absolutely no regard for the boundaries of surrounding countries. It is no accident thta Israel NEVER states where its boundaries ARE. Israel was forced in 1973 to give back the Sinai it had taken over since 1967. Israel now illegally occupies some land from Lebanon, Syria and Jordan in blatant disregard for the territorial sovereignty of those nations. If Israel could get away with it, they would take EVEN MORE land around them.
All that said, why then, wouldn't Egypt appease Israel, ending the Genocide in Gaza and getting all the Suez Canal transit fee flowing again, by allowing Israel to forcibly and brutally herd all the Palestinains from Gaza into the Sinai? BECAUSE, as soon as Gaza is emptied, then rebuilt into an Israeli city, with a great big MILITARY air base on it, Israel will USE that air base to launch cross border bombing raids on the "Palestinian Terrorists" in Egypt with the BULLSHIT "excuse" that Palestinains are "engaging in terrorism in Israel". THIS is what Israel DOES. THIS is what Israel has BEEN DOING in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, AND Egypt, whenever these Zionist Fascsist bastards think they can get away with it.
Israel always trots out the BS trope that, "Israel MUST USE Force because FORCE is the only thing the countries around them understand". It's the other way around.
Dennis, I have been a long-time admirer of you because you have been one of the precious few in our barren, bought-off political landscape to speak truth and challenge power. I agree with what you say in your column, but there is a huge gaping hole in your list of culpability. As the former campaign manager for RFK Jr., what are your thoughts about his truly despicable and completely Zionist views on the US/Israeli Gaza genocide? In his interview on "Breaking Points" lat week he even dismissed the Palestinians as "pampered". He also said Israel was taking every step to avoid civilian casualties.
While I initially had some hope for his campaign -- especially when you were involved -- I now see him for the fraud he is.
I published a Substack column on RFK Jr's frankly fascist views about Palestinians and this ongoing war crime: "'Bibi' Kennedy Torches Last Scrap Of Legitimacy & Credibility Over US/Israeli Genocide: Child of unearned generational wealth labels Palestinians 'pampered'". ( https://mark192.substack.com/p/bibi-kennedy-torches-last-scrap-of )
Couldn't agree more! His interview on Breaking Points was insane, he makes no sense, his ideas on Israel are from the 1950's (pure status quo propaganda) and he was getting belligerent defending Israel. He should drop out, he is embarrassing and a fraud. He is in total contradiction to his campaign platform. I stop supporting him on October 8th! I look forward to reading your substack column.
Yeah, that really was something. I'm betting his campaign staff were grinding their teeth and pulling out their hair.
It's tragic because if ever there were a time for a serious, tough and compassionate third party candidate, this is it.
agree I was so enthusiastic about him, now I can't stand to look at him. I wonder if his primary reason for running is to get into the White House and release all the documents pertaining to JFR and RFK. How he can be so stupid on the subject of Israel is beyond me.
His pal, Rabbi Schmulie (sp?) is a total extreme Zionist. There's money. There's also the whole Epstein Mossad intel/blackmail operation, which I think had more of an effect than any of us realize.
The more I learn the more I'm wondering just what is RFK jr's angle and why is he really running.
Me too.
Such a wasted opportunity.
Can your summarize?
Robin, check out this commentary by Sabby Sabs ... RFK Jr is totally misrepresenting the position of JFK and RFK Sr about Israel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUagTUw_81g
Here is the source story, which I have not had a chance to read yet, but it looks interesting:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/from-dallas-to-gaza-jfk-assassination-good-for-israel/286457/
Could well be.
What an honorable man... Dennis, like Jimmy Carter, is a very decent and transparent individual, who has always put others before his own interests.
Unfortunately, the world does not deserve such honorable men.
Not about deserving...we NEED such people to inspire us all to do better!
and to lead us since we seem to be lacking in decent leadership
What kind of Israel do you wish to survive? When you detail the brutal, genocidal ways that Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza & the West Bank (and don’t forget East Jerusalem & Palestinian citizens of Israel), is this Israel worthy of surviving? Who leads this Israel? Who lives in the Israel that you want to survive? The vast majority of Israelis do not condemn the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians because far too many of its young people & the whole of society have dehumanized Palestinians. Israel is in need of a moral cleansing first!
I disagree. A lot of Israelis were demonstrating to get right wing Netanyahu out of office.
They knew perfectly well that Net. was trying to keep out of Jail.
I will never ever believe that all Israelis or Jewish people (except for he Zionists) wanted this to happen.
I agree, many Jewish people in Israel were protesting the assaults on Gaza, the Israeli govt troops attacked them, jailed some and has forbidden protests.
Some sobering -- troubling -- numbers from recent polling in Israel:
"Poll results were also hawkish when it came to the use of force in Gaza: 57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were using too little firepower in Gaza, 36.6% said the IDF was using an appropriate amount of firepower, while just 1.8% said they believed the IDF was using too much fire power, while 4.2% said they weren’t sure whether it was using too much or too little firepower."
https://time.com/6333781/israel-hamas-poll-palestine/
Now if this survey was run by Bibi's govt, I would ignore it. That 1.8% is very suspect, here's why.
Bibi ruled that there can be no protests against his govt, nor against the slaughter in Gaza. If you do you will be beaten and arrested. I do know that the orthodox Jews are against the slaughter, were actively protesting, were beaten and arrested. I also know they have very large families, 12 children in a single family are not uncommon.
So this 2016 Pew Study estimate of how many there are can only be greater, say by as much as 8 percent, maybe more. Bottom line I think the number against the war combining secular and orthodox Jews is around 30%, possibly more.
"Approximately 21 percent of Israeli Jews are Orthodox, according to a 2016 Pew study." https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/orthodox-judaism/
Lastly, those Jews with dual passports, and younger Jews as well are leaving Israel in droves, many to the US and Canada, I see them as voting against the war with their feet :)
Good points, and as we saw with our illegal genocidal wars for oil and raw earth minerals in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11, most people blindly follow the government BS patriotism campaigns demonizing the other and glorifying the nation as decent, honorable victims.
There is a great film by (real) journalist John Pilger on how nations use propaganda and how the media falls in line. All things we are seeing now with few exceptions: "'THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE': Young People Need To Know How Govt & Media Collaborate To Kill Truth To Wage War"
https://mark192.substack.com/p/the-war-you-dont-see-young-people
Yes, absolutely, which is why alternative media is such a threat to the "message." I also think that's why the 18-24 aged group in the US having a far greater comfort level with alternative media sources diverge so significantly from the "message" on Gaza, on Israel.
One area in which the diverge from the "message" is on "white colonialism." I think they, rather than having bought into the "white bad" message, although I am sure many have, see the impact of white colonialism in the flood of poor, often illiterate illegials all around them. Asking the questions; who are these people, where the hell do they come from, why did they leave, gets you to, "white colonialism" having a lot to do with it.
Now IMO they need to sharpen their views and see the real source of this misery is the 1% but they may get there. I know my own view of the world is 180 from that of my youth. If alternative media survives, if this age group is a realistic bellwether, then we may see a far better future world.
The genocide in Gaza is fueled and funded by the MICIMATT complex for its own monetary enrichment.
We need a president like you. Please run.
Dennis, you have a rare opportunity to change history with some participation in the 2024 elections. Please sit down with Jill Stein and Cornel West and share a ticket in a peace party. You could creatively share roles. You three share the same basic political belief with Martin Luther King that we should increase social services and pay for it with military cuts.
Unfortunately, West isn't reliable. He's an academic, not a real fighter. He's all about him.
He's been pretty active with the union and Palestine issue.
Yes, but when you are supposedly running for president you have to actually bring people together and DO something. His inability/unwillingness to work with people in the Green Party and do the nitty gritty work of political organizing, lobbying, coalition building and getting on state ballots. He is on one ballot -- Alaska -- but that sounds like it was because some third party group did the work.
Regardless, he won't be on many (any) other ballots and probably won't make any real difference. In such a warped political system there was never any chance of West or any other third party candidate winning, but he could have exerted some debate and modest change from the outside.
The interview he did with Jimmy Dore was stunning. West has no real awareness of class. He is totally focused on race and wokeism ... issues that divide and play right into the political tactics of the neoliberal corporate democrats. I did a search for the video to include a link but it looks like it was taken down. The censorship state spreads.
I have no illusion of change/reform within the electoral process. It's dead n' done. We need labor strikes, general strikes, mass boycotts, sit-ins ... people rising up. ... direct action. That won't happen until things get a lot worse, which I fear they will.
But first people need to put down their portable Dopamine stimulation devices ... phones.
Good comments Mark. I don't think West by himself is a perfect candidate but he's better than 99% of the other candidates. That is why I suggested he be part of a team with Dennis and Jill. We are helped by anyone who is stumping for Democratic Socialist values. We are helped by anyone who works against the military/industrial complex.
Good analysis except for a couple things. You support a state of Israel but don't support a state of Palestine. ??? Maybe consider two states, one state for Palestinians and Jews or a confederation. Also, Oct. 7 was a military raid against occupiers, not a terrorist attack. Scott Ritter, the guy who proved that Iraq had no wmd, says that approximately half of the killed were soldiers and 80% of the civilian deaths were caused by IDF Apache helicopters and tanks. https://open.substack.com/pub/scottritter/p/the-october-7-hamas-assault-on-israel?r=wl9s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Thank you. I was going to say exactly what you do. 👏
Sorry, Mr. Kucinich, although I commend your characterizations in most of this piece -- particularly regarding the theater of the absurd daily staged by the Biden administration -- I find it hard to agree that Israel should continue to exist in its present form as a Zionist state with a minority of Arab citizens who may as well be as dead as those poor souls in Gaza. Zionism, like American exceptionalism is a blight on the remainder of the world. It assumes supremacy of some small population of the globe's humans (0.11% of the global population for Israel, less than 5% for the US) for reasons that, predicated on some ethereal notions of "chosen-ness" or "destiny" are almost ludicrous. This is unhealthy for the rest of the world. And yes, I wish my own country would evaporate in its current iteration and be reborn in peace, demilitarization, re-industrialization, and agricultural husbandry. But at my advanced age, my hopes grow razor thin.