shojiwax.com<p><strong>War is a nothing burger.</strong></p><p>Well here we are. Under its <strong>narcissistic, incoherent, man-baby</strong> president, the United States of America joined the genocidal government of Israel to bomb Iran. </p><p>I won’t go into the geopolitical outrage at all this – partly because I’m not competent enough to make useful comments, partly because I’m ignorant to the long history of the US meddling in the Middle East, and mostly because it is just <strong>screaming into the abyss.</strong></p><p>Yet.</p><p><strong>Iran is probably toast.</strong> It has limited military response; its missile capability is being degraded by the hour. Sure, there will be threats (such as closing down the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Strait of Hormuz</a>) and demands that the United Nations condemn (in the <em>strongest</em> possible terms, mind you) the joint US and Israeli actions….</p><p>But war is a nothing burger.</p><p><strong>Nothing will happen.</strong> Iran will continue to be bombed etc etc. Its civilian population will increasingly suffer etc etc… until there is a fall of the current regime. And then nothing will happen <strong>while the country falls apart</strong> into whatever future the US decides is best for its own strategic interests.</p><p>Or more realistically, what is best for the financial interests of the powerful ‘elites’.<br>Or even more realistically, a future that is <strong>whatever the fuck DJ Trump pulls out from that belly-button-lint-lined mono-syllabic rambling</strong> <strong>abyss between his ears</strong> in any particular pivotal moment of decision-making.</p><p>Then.</p><p>Nothing will happen whilst we are all distracted by the pseudo-shock-and-awe of it all. And nothing will happen whilst the UN does nothing, and Australia does nothing, And the UK does nothing, and the Democrats do nothing.</p><p><strong>Meanwhile the people of Gaza will do nothing but continue to be slaughtered.</strong> </p><blockquote><p>Hundreds die daily from hunger and thirst, just as our children, women, and men perish under relentless bombardment and destruction. Since the war’s onset, neither humans nor animals have been spared; killing, displacement, and famine have devastated all forms of life. Yet the world remains silent, watching this tragedy unfold without intervention. No one speaks of a full ceasefire, and no one breaks this staggering silence. Over 2 million Gazans are being suffocated — not just by bombs, but by a global silence that seems to wish for our demise. All we ask for is our right to live with dignity: to live on our land and eat from its blessings without fearing that food will cost us our blood.</p><p>— Dalia Abu Ramadan (<a href="https://truthout.org/articles/why-are-americans-letting-israel-starve-us-to-death-in-gaza/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">full article here</a>)</p></blockquote><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/gaza/" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/iran/" target="_blank">#Iran</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/israel/" target="_blank">#israel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/isreal/" target="_blank">#Isreal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/meditation/" target="_blank">#meditation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/middle-east/" target="_blank">#middleEast</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/trump/" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shojiwax.com/tag/war/" target="_blank">#war</a></p>