The mask is off

October 4, 2024

Susan Dirgham brings together a number of opinions very well.

We are now in a near regency in the US, with the duumvirate of Blinken and Austin III, with supporting parts from Miller, Hochstein, and Sullivan. Still it was actually Biden who announced active US military support for the Israeli attack on Lebanon which threatens the lives of many people, including thousands of Australians and Americans.

And yet at almost the same time it was Blinken saying China couldn’t help broker a Ukraine peace deal because it was allegedly arming Russia. So how would the US be any different as a Palestine peace broker, if it is now an active combatant?

In his UN speech Netanyahu made it clear that the pagers and walkie talkies were stages 1 and 2 of the offensive, and stage 3 was triggered from his NY hotel room even while he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. With at least 40,000 troops and an aircraft carrier in the Middle East, the US could have stopped a wider war. Instead, as noted earlier, Biden chose to join it, and in doing so, will try to force Iran to respond.