Hi Eric, glad to find your work. What about evaluating whether the Oct 7 event was, or contained elements of a false flag event?
More specifically, do you have any comment of the Oct 7 event being a LIHOP (let it happen on purpose) or even a MIHOP (made it happen on purpose)?
I am impressed by Max Blumenthal’s reporting on the Oct 7 event. According to him, the Gazans were, mysteriously, literally allowed through (what was normally) a heavily guarded fence.
As I was writing my two essays on Gaza, I thought a lot about also writing on the potential (even likelihood) that the Israelis left themselves unguarded purposely in order to invite a serious attack from Gaza that could be used as a pretense for its genocide on the Palestinians.
Indeed we can look back at Pearl Harbor, 9-11, etc, as likely being the same sort of maneuvers.
But in the end I didn't get into it, because I didn't want to distract from the fact that, even if Israel *did* invite the attack, this doesn't mean the Gazan fighters somehow lacked agency, strategy, or a legitimate attack. I see such moments as a dance between the Empire and the resistors in which both sides know there is a false flag game being played, and the resistors are simply factoring that in to their decisions and strategies.
9-11 almost certainly went down exactly that way, with the Saudi resistors being the wiser party, knowing that if they struck a blow that would trigger massive US warmaking in the Middle East, the end result would be the rapid decline and fall of the US Empire - and that is exactly what is now happening.
The Gazan fighters and government understood the same about Israel, and chose to use the opportunity Israel likely very purposely gave them, because they knew that the result would be a massive, vile response from Israel that would bring about the end of the state of Israel, making it a complete pariah on the world stage. That end will happen - likely soon.
So I chose just to focus on the Warsaw Ghetto comparison as the most concise way to lay out what happened, and is still happening (while in the process keeping the essay shorter and more readable).
Wow, thank you Eric for providing such thoughtful detail here. I am putting together a book on mass deception that will include 9/11, COVID, MLK assassination, health problems associated with glyphosate (Roundup), the vaccine culture war, and more.
You can see where I’m going with this: might you be interested in submitting a chapter? If so, I will gladly explain further.
I'm interested. It would depend on the amount of work involved. I'm more an analyst and commentator right now because I have little time for direct journalistic research. Message me a word count for the chapter, as well as the headings and slant of each of the intended chapters.
Seiken, as I noted in the essay, the same was assumed of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and yet, Germany lost WWII, in which the Uprising was a key turning point. Likewise, armed resistance was thought to be hopeless in South Africa and Northern Ireland, but in both cases, armed resistance played a major role in ending imperial domination.
The entire world outside of the western empire (and even citizens of the empire) are now turning firmly against Israel at an unprecedented scale.
I give apartheid Israel 10 years of survival left, afterwhich it will likely go the way of apartheid South Africa. Hopefully without any neoliberal bank loans.. 😉
The Palestinians have a legitimate right to attack all the illegal settlments of the occupying state. Just like the citizens of any country that was occupied during WWII had the right to fight against the invader.
Hi Eric, glad to find your work. What about evaluating whether the Oct 7 event was, or contained elements of a false flag event?
More specifically, do you have any comment of the Oct 7 event being a LIHOP (let it happen on purpose) or even a MIHOP (made it happen on purpose)?
I am impressed by Max Blumenthal’s reporting on the Oct 7 event. According to him, the Gazans were, mysteriously, literally allowed through (what was normally) a heavily guarded fence.
Hi Clark,
As I was writing my two essays on Gaza, I thought a lot about also writing on the potential (even likelihood) that the Israelis left themselves unguarded purposely in order to invite a serious attack from Gaza that could be used as a pretense for its genocide on the Palestinians.
Indeed we can look back at Pearl Harbor, 9-11, etc, as likely being the same sort of maneuvers.
But in the end I didn't get into it, because I didn't want to distract from the fact that, even if Israel *did* invite the attack, this doesn't mean the Gazan fighters somehow lacked agency, strategy, or a legitimate attack. I see such moments as a dance between the Empire and the resistors in which both sides know there is a false flag game being played, and the resistors are simply factoring that in to their decisions and strategies.
9-11 almost certainly went down exactly that way, with the Saudi resistors being the wiser party, knowing that if they struck a blow that would trigger massive US warmaking in the Middle East, the end result would be the rapid decline and fall of the US Empire - and that is exactly what is now happening.
The Gazan fighters and government understood the same about Israel, and chose to use the opportunity Israel likely very purposely gave them, because they knew that the result would be a massive, vile response from Israel that would bring about the end of the state of Israel, making it a complete pariah on the world stage. That end will happen - likely soon.
So I chose just to focus on the Warsaw Ghetto comparison as the most concise way to lay out what happened, and is still happening (while in the process keeping the essay shorter and more readable).
Thanks,
Eric Brooks
Wow, thank you Eric for providing such thoughtful detail here. I am putting together a book on mass deception that will include 9/11, COVID, MLK assassination, health problems associated with glyphosate (Roundup), the vaccine culture war, and more.
You can see where I’m going with this: might you be interested in submitting a chapter? If so, I will gladly explain further.
I'm interested. It would depend on the amount of work involved. I'm more an analyst and commentator right now because I have little time for direct journalistic research. Message me a word count for the chapter, as well as the headings and slant of each of the intended chapters.
It's Gaza, not Hamas
The Phrase “Israel’s War with Hamas” Denies That Israel’s War Is On Gaza & Denies The Gazans’ Right To Choose Their Own Leaders & Destiny.. LINK:
https://ericbrooks.substack.com/p/its-gaza-not-hamas
Seiken, as I noted in the essay, the same was assumed of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and yet, Germany lost WWII, in which the Uprising was a key turning point. Likewise, armed resistance was thought to be hopeless in South Africa and Northern Ireland, but in both cases, armed resistance played a major role in ending imperial domination.
The entire world outside of the western empire (and even citizens of the empire) are now turning firmly against Israel at an unprecedented scale.
I give apartheid Israel 10 years of survival left, afterwhich it will likely go the way of apartheid South Africa. Hopefully without any neoliberal bank loans.. 😉
To quote Nelson Mandela:
"It always seems impossible, until it's done.."
The odds are stacked against this tactical move turning into a strategic victory. Very, very significantly stacked approaching impossible.
How do you feel now, 3 months later?
The Palestinians have a legitimate right to attack all the illegal settlments of the occupying state. Just like the citizens of any country that was occupied during WWII had the right to fight against the invader.