What's happening in the Middle East, with U.S. warships already defending shipping in the Red Sea against attacks from Yemeni Houthis, is deeply alarming. Last week, Turkey left NATO and the UAE went off the petrodollar for its oil transactions. BRICS is expanding its membership. Israel is being attacked by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen, who say they are showing solidarity with the Palestinians, demanding that the attacks in Gaza stop. What might inflate this into a regional conflict that would take us almost overnight into WWIII would be for Iran and Turkey to attack Israel at the same time. Of course, that would also mean attacking the United States. And they would be backed by China and Russia. I've been watching a major shift in geopolitical alliances happening in the world this fall, especially last week. The Abraham Accords among Middle East countries with Israel have been utterly shredded. You are right that Israel and the United States, as its financial backer, have lost any standing that they had and also the goodwill of most countries in the world with the vengeful slaughter and massacre of Palestinians. I pray for peace and harmony among people as I have never prayed so fervently before. Only the will of the people who want peace can stop this deadly warfare that could spiral so easily out of control. Humanity must unite for peace. If we all do our part, we can calm this down, abate the violence, and shift our collective paradigm towards new ways of thinking and being that will take us in a different direction than we are currently heading. It could start with a global day of mourning for all of those who have died and suffered in the war in Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and other places.
Thank you for that very good piece. The US naval build-up in the Gulf/Red Sea area is very concerning. The flare-up with Yemen is reminiscent of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, when supposedly innocent US warships were fired on by North Vietnam. That was used as a pretext to bomb Vietnam and start a full-fledged war.
What's happening in the Middle East, with U.S. warships already defending shipping in the Red Sea against attacks from Yemeni Houthis, is deeply alarming. Last week, Turkey left NATO and the UAE went off the petrodollar for its oil transactions. BRICS is expanding its membership. Israel is being attacked by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen, who say they are showing solidarity with the Palestinians, demanding that the attacks in Gaza stop. What might inflate this into a regional conflict that would take us almost overnight into WWIII would be for Iran and Turkey to attack Israel at the same time. Of course, that would also mean attacking the United States. And they would be backed by China and Russia. I've been watching a major shift in geopolitical alliances happening in the world this fall, especially last week. The Abraham Accords among Middle East countries with Israel have been utterly shredded. You are right that Israel and the United States, as its financial backer, have lost any standing that they had and also the goodwill of most countries in the world with the vengeful slaughter and massacre of Palestinians. I pray for peace and harmony among people as I have never prayed so fervently before. Only the will of the people who want peace can stop this deadly warfare that could spiral so easily out of control. Humanity must unite for peace. If we all do our part, we can calm this down, abate the violence, and shift our collective paradigm towards new ways of thinking and being that will take us in a different direction than we are currently heading. It could start with a global day of mourning for all of those who have died and suffered in the war in Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and other places.
Thanks for your supportive comment, Ariel. I agree with most of it but I don't think that Turkiye has left NATO.
Thank you for that very good piece. The US naval build-up in the Gulf/Red Sea area is very concerning. The flare-up with Yemen is reminiscent of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, when supposedly innocent US warships were fired on by North Vietnam. That was used as a pretext to bomb Vietnam and start a full-fledged war.