Interlude – Still in Anticipation of Next Acts of Hostility

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Jun 23, 2021 at 11:44

Skirmishing with balloons and watching the skies for the next rocket attack; only the timing is inexact for the moment, the inevitability is not. Another lull, used here for a philosophical observance: will they ever get tired of this?
The practical answer is no; in fact, they are likely tired; but the thrill of anarchist tendencies are entrenched in their thinking and with the prodding of their proxy sponsors and friends of the anti-Semitic world, the actors of rage can barely contain themselves.
Where does that leave the nation of Israel? They remain, for the moment, in the center and targeted.
Danger and treacherous acrimony are part and parcel of a region that is at the crossroads of various historical theaters of empire; the Egyptians and Babylonians, Persians and Greeks, Ottomans and non-Muslim religious enterprises; and now resurgent remnants of all of these.
Add to that the Russian and Turkish interlopers in play (in Syria's sandbox) against the Iranian Islamic Regime's proxy team partners, all at the brink of their own displays of exacting a toll for similar ambitions of influences they all have no business of trying to impose upon a people seeking peace.
So, as posited earlier, what does anyone think are the prospects of peace when peace is not being sought for any reason; the premise of continuing to give war a chance is one of diminishing returns. The enemies do not seek peace; they cannot function peacefully - it is in their religion.
Historically, the ambitions of empire are core psyche tells of a humanity that has been at war with itself for ages; Israel became targeted when they entered into the promised land with promises of peace and all intentions are to remove Israel (as if possible) so that one power reigns over all.

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