I, like most civilized people grieve for the suffering of war against Israel, especially civilians. While a few would point to a Palestinian side of the story, in this case, there is none. Palestinians have been used as a pretext for hate for a long time. This is a spiritual war but one that has a literal military component. Israel takes pains to avoid civilian casualties, their aggressors target them. This is all anyone needs to know. Forces claiming Palestinian advocacy protest Israeli defense. ‘The Squad’ comes to mind. It occurs to me that not too long ago in America, taking such a public stand would be viewed as synonymous with treason and would have been met with some sort of judicial action like deportation or worse. Now, these voices feel the liberty to shout loud and proud. That indeed is a spiritual marker. Hamas is evil. The Iranian regime backing them is evil. The Biden regime that enabled them with weak wristed acquiescence and cash is evil. The Squad is evil. Would that all of these get the same level of treatment that Israel will unleash on the combatants come against them.
On another level, beware. This could easily become World War III; other neighbors and factions first, Iran directly, then US, Russia, China and all the allies thereof. The teetering blocks that are the economy, the border, and our own present dissipate leadership would topple in the chaos that ensues. No prediction here, just the observation that true partitions here are weak or nonexistent and that our enemies are incentivized to an unprecedented level. The disorder that follows would change our lives. We’re already headed for great hardship for our profligate ways and the literal national mass derangement called ‘wokeness’, so whatever is added to it will make it that much more complicated. Be prepared.