As the French would say “oh la la, la la, la la” (to me this phrase is not really French until ‘la la’ is repeated 3 times) – but then again everything can be repeated pretty much to your hearts content.
Here’s a final point I would like to make;
Its becoming increasing clear to me that these “reactionary” posts of mine on social media or even the (over-analysis/paralysis phenomenon) by social media platforms/political influencers are meaningless in the grand scheme of things and will not lead to any form of real/meaningful change. In fact as I argued before endlessly in many of my posts, the political establishment very much encourages activism through the “cloud” while detrimental/largely irreversible changes happen all around us on the “ground”. For changes to happen there needs to be a well coordinated/consistent effort that helps drive change including activism, political parties and political think tanks-“well coordinated”; after all its not the lack of vision about whats going around us that we lack but rather the lack of action to do something about them. Let me also suggest that in these dangerous times in terms of unconventional weaponry, militant actors and rogue states the old tried/tested concept of “let it be cause it’s always be that way” is well, dumb & dangerous. With that said as I do not have access/connections to these mechanisms it’s becoming a largely waste of time/energy that goes nowhere and is becoming a drag on my work and priorities.
So here’s the deal; I will resist writing any reactionary posts on politics and may if I feel the urge write 1 article/week at the most (if at all) on this blog website. My social media followers already know my position on most of these foreign policy matters so no further comment necessary particularly that most of my predictions have come to fruition; so that’s my final word about all foreign policy matters until there is an opening that would allow me to contribute more effectively on such subjects.
Now for a final word on the situation in the mideast; its truly a shame that Israel is wasting its talent (and there’s plenty of it) by betting on instability and conquest and essentially building a war economy focused on that – where some make tons of profit – rather than one focused on long term stability/peaceful co-existence that many more can profit from. Israel can really flourish economically in the region and even in helping promote democratic transition only if it chooses to reverse hardline ideology that’s supercharged by hate and supremacist concepts copied from history books that’s driving the entire region into the abyss. I feel/hope that many Israeli’s do (or can) come to this same vision in the near future and I would love to help make this happen if an opportunity comes this way.
The same argument – in a way – also applies to the west in dealing with this conflict; efforts to isolate conflicts – which is largely unachievable in whichever way you think about it – so these efforts should be directed squarely to help eliminate conflicts once and for all so as to focus time/resources in meaningful ways to help the majority prosper rather than those few profiting from instability or lobby’s that are in effect undermining core values based assumptions of “shared values”, and those who know precious little about the region beyond a cow to be milked away (aka short-termism).
So there you have it, hope it makes sense.