Out of town.

So here’s a important article by Mike Whitney, detailing the ways in which Trump is responsible for Hamas’s bust out of Gaza and Israel’s genocidal response.

And a taste–“So, with a wave of his hand, Trump broke with all of his presidential predecessors, all the applicable UN Resolutions, and with traditional US foreign policy dating back five decades. And this was just the beginning because—as we know now—the Abraham Accords set the dominoes in motion leading inexorably to the flattening of Gaza and the displacement of two million civilians. As author of the Accords, Trump is largely responsible for the unfolding catastrophe. 

Keep in mind, the Accords really had nothing to do with peace or normalization. As senior fellow at the Arab Center Dana El Kurd said, “to frame the Abraham Accords as a “peace”(agreement) that increased stability between signatories is deliberately misleading….To be sure, Arab-Israeli normalization cannot be considered “peace,” but should rather be understood as authoritarian conflict management. Through this lens, it is possible to understand more clearly how the accords have changed the landscape of the region, and why pursuing such a policy makes for an unsustainable future…

“Authoritarian conflict management”?? What does that mean?

It means that the inducements for participation in the Accords had more to do with strengthening domestic repression than promoting regional peace.“

While it’s fun to laugh at the severe liberal butt-hurt caused by Trump’s re-election, it’s important to acknowledge the way in which the red/blue cultural war is a distraction from our comprehension of power.

I despise Trump for totally different reasons than the average American liberal, but for the same reasons I despise Biden and the Democrats and hold them responsible for their series of disasters, crimes and genocides.

Remember kids–follow the money, arms and resources, while disregarding the corporate media agitprop.

Stay safe out there.