Another mental health day, but I’ll offer two brief updates first.
Regarding the Polish elections this Sunday, a somewhat remarkable development has occurred. It demonstrates that the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) is seriously concerned that it will be forced into a coalition that will make its current policies with regard to Russia difficult to maintain. Recall that this follows in the wake of the resignation of the top two Polish generals—a vote of no confidence, one way or another—in the current government:
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A two-day meeting for NATO defense ministers was held in Brussels. However, the head of Poland's defense ministry did not attend, sending ambassador Tomasz Szatkowski.
Instead, Blaszczak met with Polish military and conscripts, and took part in a special screening of the government TV program "Reset," which denounces Poland's opposition.
Many accused Blaszczak of stirring up chaos by refusing to be at a meeting where the alliance is discussing joint action, the response to the war in Gaza and the situation in the Middle East. However, in the wake of the scandal involving the dismissals of key generals, the ruling party needs to focus even more heavily on the elections, which will be held this Sunday.
Moreover, many sources say that the Polish leadership is afraid to leave the country because of possible protests.
3:18 AM · Oct 13, 2023
So, more fallout from the Neocon war on Russia—increased instability in the societies and governments of our hapless vassals.
You can read about Gordon Levy at the link. He’s a very high profile Israeli journalist, but I won’t attempt to characterize him. I will add, that much of his remarks are direct references to the so-called Abraham Accords:
remarkable Haaretz op-ed by the award-winning Israeli journalist and commentator Gideon Levy
So, Mr wauck, how does Eliade or any other thinker, help you understand that whether you like it or not the Zionist movement arose among the Jews and it succeeded in establishing a state where today most of the Jews now live. It has a Jewish population of around 8 million and another million or so Arab citizens. The Jews are not going anywhere. Furthermore, when will you and other Christians get over your ideas, or the idea of the Catholic Church, that it is verrus Israel. Wouldn’t you say it’s about time to change some particularistic tendencies in those quarters?
I’m disappointed that the basic fundamental problem with Gaza & the so called West Bank has been ignored in all of this. The unfortunate fact is that Jews are just not acceptable under the concept of Dar al-Islam. It’s all about the Islamic faith not accepting any other religion. Why did the Arabs attack Israel in 1948 with its Auschwitz borders? Gaza was turned over to the so called Palestinians in 2005. They promptly destroyed the greenhouses and other things left over by the Israeli settlers. Rather than build a productive society they “elected” Hamas who then murdered any political opposition and built a terrorist state. The idea that the Gazans were held in a prison is true. It’s just not the Jews who imprisoned them. Hamas is the jailer and Islam is the ideology. What happened on 10/7 revealed what fundamentalist Islam and its adherents is all about. These people are not capable of self governance until their ideology changes. Think imperial Japan and NAZI Germany who were thoroughly defeated and had their cultures changed to civilized societies. We can only hope that the Israeli offensive does just that. I’m skeptical because the media and analysts including this substack will start the usual campaign of demonizing Israel and questioning their motives.
Gideon Levy apparently hasn’t seen or perhaps doesn’t believe what the monsters perpetuated on 10/7, much like the cognitive dissonance displayed by the Hamas supporters at Harvard who believe the images displayed by Hamas itself was staged propaganda by Israel. People on the Left just can’t let go of deeply held beliefs.
Never again is an empty phrase.