Only in the sense/to the extent that leftists are considered supporters of ‘terrorists’ (ie the resistance)
Voidance
joined 10 months ago
Hearing that Israel was able to intercept multiple missiles using f35s on the ground
Hearing on the news about how Iron Dome stopped the attack when you’ve just spent an hour watching missiles slam repeatedly into their targets is crazy
No way this can be seen as anything other than a complete failure of the iron dome. They are getting so many hits on the military targets
Good. Appeasement never works on fascists.
Damn Iran how long does it take to press a button
Ceasefire coming any day now
The US position is quite strange really. On the one hand it seems untethered from domestic political pressure, so we can assume that to the extent the US is not involved, it must mean that for purely strategic reasons they don’t actually want an escalation. On the other hand, they are applying less than zero pressure on Israel’s continuing escalation in the direction of war. It’s almost like no-one is in charge and this is just what happens when you elect someone who doesn’t know what day it is.
Yeah you have on the one hand a major loss of social opportunities, and on the other a ready made relief and also narrative/justification for that in right wing online communities. And in a way the fantasies of fascism are based in desire for community.
Although people definitely used to idolise musicians more, I’m not sure they had much explicit political influence beyond either vague counter-culture ideas or alternatively reinforcing social norms. But definitely the fact that this kind of youth influence is now being replaced by expressly political and right wing influencers and narratives must be having some effect. And it’s part of a kind of anti-social shift that things like Covid and internet culture and social isolation etc are driving
Is Israel unhinged enough to retaliate with direct strikes on Iran? It would make zero strategic sense. My guess is they will probably let out their fury on Lebanon and try to maintain the narrative that the Iranian strikes were a failure that don’t need a response. But I also keep underestimating Israel’s bloodthirsty recklessness so I’m not really sure.