GWOT-II: The New War on Yemen
The recent escalation in Yemen marks the beginning of a new phase in global conflict, driven by the Trump administration's efforts to assert power and expand US involvement in the Middle East. This shift follows the withdrawal from Afghanistan and aims to strengthen ties with Israel amid rising regional tensions. Domestically, the administration seeks to consolidate power by targeting gangs and cartels, while using the conflict to justify broader actions. Canada, in response, is distancing itself economically and diplomatically from the US, signaling a potential shift in North American alliances.
If You Aren’t Speaking Up Today, You’ve Chosen The Side of Tyranny
The stories of Mahmoud Khalil and Jasmine Mooney tell us all we need to know about the phase of political regression in which we have found ourselves today; the monstrous, bipartisan backsteps our elected representatives have taken for 25 years have crashed into relief as we ostracize allies, condemn the freedom of expression, and begin the process of mass detainment, deportation, and dehumanization of our own neighbors.
Ethan Klein: The Perfect American Liberal
Like all true Liberals in the US political scene, Ethan Klein has two opposing viewpoints which he must force together like mismatched puzzle pieces; a slew of contradictory ideas which, without proper context or understanding, seem complimentary at first glance but crumble the moment you ask a single question of validity. Indeed, claims made by Klein and those like him are commonly centered upon the multi-cultural identity of the ethno-state (contradiction), how apartheid does not exist for those in Occupied Territories (why are they occupied and by what means?), or how it is essential to domesticate these people into subservience for the Greater Good of the region (what threat exists there? Why and from whom?). They talk of Rights, of both man and State, while simultaneously ignoring that a Nation has been erased in under 100-years to get us to this point to begin with.
Trump Wants To Bully The World, The State Of American Soft Power Puts It All At Risk
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heading to Panama and other Latin American countries as his first diplomatic mission tells us that the US has blinked. The threat of a hard power intervention showing itself as the tantrum it was and still not being enough to sway a country which could normally be easily managed through the velvet glove of diplomacy and a few $billion in economic aid. And it would be ignorant to think that Presidents Petro and Sheinbaum were oblivious to that reality in the moment, that any country could observe the outrageous opening salvo at Panama and see it as anything but a weak country with no political sway outside of the economic dependents the US calls “allies.”
The Chaos Is The Point
As I’m sure you’ve guessed now: the complete whiteout created by news and alerts and senselessness is the point, the core of consolidating power elsewhere. You are meant to feel defeated and powerless, that despite the counter-lawsuits and filings being thrown up ad hoc and en masse there is no hope of ultimately stopping the rapid on-ramping of oligarchy and isolation embodied by the political elite.
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Stage 1 Ceasefire In Gaza: What Comes Next?
We all know Trump and how he operates. Look to North Korea, a purely optical win for the President at the time, and see how this ceasefire agreement could ultimately be another similar stunt purely for the cameras and fame – without the intent or wherewithal to enforce down the line. This move by the incoming-President is not one of empathy, but one of petty politics with no intent of US enforcement after the coming week(s). Trump is concerned with legacy as much as – if not more than – Biden; as a media diva he knows exactly the routines which Liberal Democrats are now enacting as the Mummy President is soon to be wheeled from the Oval Office for the final time, well aware that the waning days of the 46th President are being used to build a wall of credibility, competence, and achievement around Biden. We all know Trump’s pettiness isn’t going to let that slide.