Thanks for the update, Mark. Most recently, I have seen a report in the Independent that Israel is using white phosphorus in bombing civilian areas. I don't know how accurate it is. Surely this would be a war crime? It seems as if, right now, the US and Israel can do whatever they want, use any weapon they want, and no organisation can do anything to stop them. Talk of the "end times" of Revelation is, of course, lunacy of a high order; but, in a symbolic sense, perhaps that is what Iran and the wider Middle East is experiencing.
There seems to be war crimes happening regularly, not the least the bombing of desalination plants which most of the region relies on for water. As we all know by now, laws only count if someone enforces them and no one is currently doing that.
I can still remember the sense of doom I felt as the results of the US elections came in back in 2024 & the realisation that, despite all that he is, and all that he has done, Donald Trump had been elected as US President for the second time.
I had a similar sense of dread when Boris Johnson became PM here in the UK & all I could do was be an on-looker, watching in despair as my worst fears became reality. As I watch current events unfold & unravel I am all too aware that what is being played out on the global stage is all part of a much wider story, scripted by those who wish to asset strip nations and peoples on a scale perhaps never witnessed before. Yes there are puppets & puppet masters in this play, but there is a much wider insidious undercurrent being conducted from behind the scenes, a network adept at protecting itself & it’s members, who hide so effectively, often in plain sight. We the wider audience are being played & it seems that all we can do is stand and watch the world being despoiled & carved up by those with self-serving & often hidden agendas.
My biggest fear is that the US President has the nuclear codes & his volatile behaviour is anything but reassuring. I’ve just re-read this BBC article from 2018 & the penny has dropped that this time the two who could stop the nuclear option order from him are Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defence & JD Vance as Vice President.
As someone who grew up during the Cold War (I was 25 when it ended) and spent my teenage years terrified of a nuclear war, it seems ironic that perhaps our best protection now against one, is the fact that Russia has nuclear weapons & this may be the ultimate sanction against Trump using them himself.
Great work, Mark 👏
Thank you.
No thank you…what you do is a dedication 👏
Thanks for the update, Mark. Most recently, I have seen a report in the Independent that Israel is using white phosphorus in bombing civilian areas. I don't know how accurate it is. Surely this would be a war crime? It seems as if, right now, the US and Israel can do whatever they want, use any weapon they want, and no organisation can do anything to stop them. Talk of the "end times" of Revelation is, of course, lunacy of a high order; but, in a symbolic sense, perhaps that is what Iran and the wider Middle East is experiencing.
There seems to be war crimes happening regularly, not the least the bombing of desalination plants which most of the region relies on for water. As we all know by now, laws only count if someone enforces them and no one is currently doing that.
Thank you Mark for your latest update & for all the information you post on Bluesky. I find it invaluable.
Happy to help out, Louise.
I can still remember the sense of doom I felt as the results of the US elections came in back in 2024 & the realisation that, despite all that he is, and all that he has done, Donald Trump had been elected as US President for the second time.
I had a similar sense of dread when Boris Johnson became PM here in the UK & all I could do was be an on-looker, watching in despair as my worst fears became reality. As I watch current events unfold & unravel I am all too aware that what is being played out on the global stage is all part of a much wider story, scripted by those who wish to asset strip nations and peoples on a scale perhaps never witnessed before. Yes there are puppets & puppet masters in this play, but there is a much wider insidious undercurrent being conducted from behind the scenes, a network adept at protecting itself & it’s members, who hide so effectively, often in plain sight. We the wider audience are being played & it seems that all we can do is stand and watch the world being despoiled & carved up by those with self-serving & often hidden agendas.
My biggest fear is that the US President has the nuclear codes & his volatile behaviour is anything but reassuring. I’ve just re-read this BBC article from 2018 & the penny has dropped that this time the two who could stop the nuclear option order from him are Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defence & JD Vance as Vice President.
Trump and the nuclear codes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651616
As someone who grew up during the Cold War (I was 25 when it ended) and spent my teenage years terrified of a nuclear war, it seems ironic that perhaps our best protection now against one, is the fact that Russia has nuclear weapons & this may be the ultimate sanction against Trump using them himself.
All very worrying, and you are absolutely right
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