Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the start of the Yom Kippur War.
Took me a moment to remember that, given today’s events. 💔
Discussion
I hadn't heard of this but in my defense I went to public school https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War
Sometimes things are just terrible. This wheel just keeps on turning with no end in sight.
We have so many dreams theories on how the world can be better and then reality hits.
A few weeks ago in Egypt there was a big practice military show in the sky. Jets, helicopters, and paratroopers over Cairo. Pretty intense to watch at the time; I hadn’t seen anything of that scale before. They were practicing for a 50th anniversary 6th of October (Yom Kippur war) sky event I think.
There is also a city in Egypt called Sixth of October.
What’s your take on the situation? I don’t feel I can trust mainstream news on the topic.
I’m avoiding most public commentary since everyone on my Twitter timeline is an overnight Middle East expert anyway.
War like this is terrible. The attackers going after civilians are monsters. And that’s going to spur a massive response from Israel, likely killing far more civilian Palestinians.
I’m on the side of civilians on both sides; not a fan of Israel’s treatment of Palestine and how that treatment contributes to extremism, but also I am obviously against Hamas and their actions.
Civilians just want peace regardless of their location. Always the pawns…
That’s a great level headed take nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a. Sadly endless war is a feature of our current system with the biggest beneficiaries being the military industrial complex and the biggest casualties being the civilians. Zooming out and disengaging from the intense, divisive commentary is very difficult to do. Look forward to the day that sound money disincentives endless wars.
The Anatomy of the State is a worthwhile re-read at this point. You are equipped with tools to put the pieces of the puzzle together. States work together to have their populations conclude that the enemy is the other side of the border. This makes them less likely to realise that their own "leaders" are their enemies. "Leaders" are willing to sacrifice their own people to create this perception. Religion is often used as a powerful tool as part of the process. Overall, once people are sufficiently afraid, you can bully them to agree into more control measures over your life. The big thing that prevents people from understanding all of this is that they cannot believe that the USA/UK/EU/Russia/Ukraine/China/Israel/Palestine/Iran/Turkey/etc... leaders are all working together on this. Once that penny drops, it all makes sense. And it is deeply disturbing. I am anxious about this reality every day of my life. Nobody is really safe.
I think it's possible that a REAL split between these forces might still come one day. But we are not witnessing that yet.
We have no enemies
Im with you.
Im muting all of the overnight experts.
Blame never stops hostility.
There is really no point in engaging in any conversation. Everyone is entrenched, and rightly extremely emotional. I just hope people understand that in the end more ppl die.
Humans created their own mental prison of electromagnetic control and deception, and then tossed the keys of our self destruction to a kinetically weaker but superior form of intelligence. This puppet master enemy of ALL humans is weaponizing our primal emotions of self destruction, and is yet to be identified.
This verifies you as a human beeing nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a
Thank you for not beeing an android or something...
Think we all need some hugs theese days.
So here is at least my virtual one for you and the plebs here.
I wish you would see that #Hamas = #Mosad... #Palestine people are so different than what the Hamas says...
Question why Israel doesn’t allow civilians to run and open border for them rather than to let them die.
nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a I think you’ll appreciate this. A nuanced take that captures many of the complexities.
This is the only correct answer
anybody who believes Israel would be caught by surprise on the 50th anniversary of Yom Kippur War is ... naive to say the least
this is a self-inflicted wound that will be used as a pretext to start a larger war
Ppl put into impossible situations.
I was watching Golda yesterday (oblivious of the annyvwsary).
Does Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza, let Palestinians in?
Yeah.. I was surprised to hear Israel was “surprised” by this.. seems they would’ve been on more alert given the anniversary 🤷♂️