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America vs Israel: Old Empires, New Enemies, Perpetual Bankruptcies.
https://youtube.com/shorts/WwMgIfHgYKU [Two minutes long.]
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The "Israel Has a Right to Exist" Discourse is Corny.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Hy5bJhPtirw [Two and a half minutes long.]
I was tempted to title this post, simply, Israel: THE USUAL.
Instead, the title here alludes to my (still shocking?) statement about the primacy of local democracy in Ukraine, Crimea, etc., The American Empire with the Mask Off: the Canadian Empire with the Mask On.
"Let us be blunt: if Quebec has the right to establish its independence by a referendum, then the Crimea does, too —along with the Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk) and Taiwan and everyone else, everywhere else. If not, we're back to the phony sovereignty (and even phonier empire-building) of the Napoleonic wars."
^ Still worth reading. Still dangerous in principle and in practice. https://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-american-empire-with-mask-off.html
It's still worth listening to the sequel that was published as a podcast, too. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bXnSQIGAdvbu3B0REfG4Q
What I have to say about Israel is pretty closely parallel to what I have to say about Quebec, Scotland, Taiwan, etc. The making of history is a high stakes game; perhaps that's why so many prefer, instead, to watch it transpire, passively.
