You need to start small,
what you can do on your own,
while you (hopefully) locate others
you can join with. But keep expectations
small. You can't count on the will
of The People, or even wide action
on obvious self-interest. The People
are busy dealing with living their lives.
People who believe the US is
by and for those White Christian
BusinessMen vying to die with
all of the toys.
Kamala Harris is not running against
some perfect candidate. She is
running against Donald Trump.
If you wanted a perfect candidate,
you had four years since the last was
elected to find and promote them, and
what did you do then? Now's the time
to vote for Harris, then go out and find
your perfect candidate for next time.
As to Gaza, by the time the next POTUS
takes office in January (providing that actually
happens), how much will be left to save?
In any case, the situation will have changed,
and may well be much worse, or even
much better.
Terrorists cause death and destruction
to bring attention to their point.
What do we call terrorism for its own
sake, as we see so often these days
by our ubiquitous mass shooters?
SCOTUS, in league with Texas
suborning manslaughter, or possibly
1st degree murder, disallowing life-saving
abortions.
No, this is NOT self-defense. Netanyahu,
like Putin invading a sovereign country,
murdering and terrorizing the civilians,
because they can.
It would not be sane or useful to defend
oneself against a bully by blowing up
the school full of kids and teachers (and
others). How can one think the result
would not be desperately brutal revenge,
not from the bully, but all those new,
unnecessary enemies, aghast at those actions,
feeling the utmost need for defense against
those perpetrators of terror and death.
Advancing toward better gentleness.
Look at the many outrageously stupid
ways we handicap ourselves by insisting
on dividing ourselves into fake categories
to enforce inequalities.
Biden has been in an impossible situation,
made more poignant by his longtime, and
generally accepted by US history, love and
support for Israel as the democracy of the
Middle East. He strives to be bipartisan,
POTUS for all Americans, many of whom are
strong supporters of Israel, including many in
Congress who vote for those weapons to be sent
there (perhaps to some extent in support of
those weapons' manufacturers who
support candidates).
Yet, he is a deeply feeling man who
understands and abhors the suffering
of civilians. He has valiantly tried to
encourage peace, but Netanyahu is having
none of it (perhaps to some extent in
support of Trump who he may see as
being a better ally to himself).
Apparently Biden's policy is (and has
been) to work for a ceasefire. It's
Netanyahu's policy to commit genocide
and take over the Palestinian territory,
and Republican (Congress) policy to keep
up the arms payments to support genocide
by Israel (as promoted by Trump's love for
"strongmen" and real estate deals)
While we know Trump is all about real
estate deals for the current Palestinian
land once it's been(bloodily) cleared,
we don't really know Harris's plans.
Right now she is VPOTUS -- not in charge, and
honor bound to support her President.
Yet, she does not have the decades of matter
of course support of Israel, but comes \
rom a generation in which Israeli cruelty
and bad faith has played out. If she has
a Democratic Congress, it would be easier
to replace authorizations for Israeli defense
funding that now rule, especially if those
Congresspeople are elected with their
positions on Palestine in mind.
Of course, the Christian Right is
pro-Israeli victory, despite their loud
anti-semitism, in their quest for the
Apocalypse, and as allies in Islamophobia.
There are other powerful US groups
with pro-Israel biases vying for their
voice in our national policies. I am thinking
it might be useful to find out who Harris listens to,
respects, and develop a dialog.(social media)
AI targeting loves to annihilate those
terrified civilians: just tell them we
were targeting Hamas/Hezbollah
operatives, they won't check.
