Middle East Meltdown: There is no choice of Western political "reality"
Exactly the same War Inc and Media Inc methodology is rolled out before Ukraine's bones are cold.
Irrespective of what you think of the current Israeli Palestine conflict, the Western political trajectory is decided as a result of pre-existing doctrine, commitments and deliberate political rhetoric from both Israel and the US that immediately frames and constrains political response.
The US, EU and UK response is exactly as one would expect:
“We stand with Israel in the face of these unprovoked attacks.”
This is exactly the same as was said regarding Ukraine.
What this conflict and its response does, in part, is confirm what the US 2024 Presidency contest is: managed theatre.
There is not a single serious contender for the Presidency who will adopt any other stance, because support of Israel no matter what is essential in order to win and hold the office.
Compare and contrast Kennedy and DeSantis. There’ no difference. In the case of Kennedy, he’s just breathed the biggest contradiction of his campaign by claiming to “end forever wars” while demanding action in a sustained military campaign. Whatever his chances of office are now as an independent candidate, VST would suggest that he cannot win and has just irrevocably lost a significant potential block of support.
DeSantis is simply an under baked neocon draft pick with a dodgy military past who has misjudged his readiness for the top job based on getting COVID more right than everyone except Kennedy.
The defacto and instantaneous US stance on Israel differs from Ukraine in that the US has no choice but to protect its only direct strategic projection point into the Middle East, where it is able to do so on a unilateral basis, unconstrained by NATO.
What choice is there?
The only choice you have is to exercise your own discretion re the Israel narrative. Nothing anyone does or says will alter the involvement of the US in the conflict from this point onwards, no matter who is in the White House. Even if there was a candidate who did not fully back Israel, they would change their tune long before they got to polling day. It is simply impossible to be the US President without supporting Israel to the same extent as all others prior.
The US has now backed the military and political objectives, as well as the public statements of the Israeli state, including the labelling of Palestinians as sub-human and the intent to deny food, water and electricity to the civilian population of Palestine, while destroying civilian residential buildings with civilians in them.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the self-described independent, unifying peacemaker, is in this camp too, which makes him a hypocrite by default. This was visible in his meandering characterisation of the Ukraine war, where he skirted the full implications of his own son’s involvement. Such is politics.
If anyone’s still looking for evidence of genocide, it’s to be found in this conflict, not Ukraine. And the US is willing to play an active part in that. By its nature, the destruction and eradication of Hamas will involve genocidal action against Palestinian civilians who are not Hamas, soldiers, or terrorists.
Very disappointing statement from RFK, Jr. Now is the time to state the whole truth, not to appease the Jewish oligarchs running the country.
The ties these hypocrites have with Israel are supernatural. They go beyond what we see with our eyes. Meanwhile, Palestine is a model for the rest of the world. Imagine how quickly a 15 minute city could turn into an open air prison like Palestine.