Advancing

 

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.