Israel has attacked Gaza Flotilla (dead and wounded)

[Mark Stapleton]

.. and this thing is very far from over - all eye's on the Rachael Corrie.

..... And herein lies the opportunity for President Obama--currently standing shamefully in the corner wearing the dunce's cap--to redeem himself. ....

MLK was an African American with balls. He would have dragged the Israelis into line long ago. Does Obama have any balls?

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man with balls. A great statesman at a time when they are sorely needed.

If the Gaza blockade causes a war to break out, then its on Obama's head. He has about 48 hours to decide whether or not he wants to go down in history as a chickenshit coward.

Re: the boldfaced bit:

I agree it would be on his head but, assuming war between Israel and Turkey/Iran/Syria IS judged to be the way to go, that is certainly not what would be fed to the Western Sheeple - and given the implications, the vast majority would probably, yet again, accept the official narrative - for a while anyway and depending how it all turned out.

Suppose that toppling Erdogan is judged a priority in spite of the risks, then this conjunction of events could just be manoeuvred into the best 'casus-beli' for attacking Iran, Syria, Hezbolla and Hamas that the US/Israel is likely to get. It is exactly what CIA/Mossad and the rest of the Western Intelligence axis have specialised in and honed to a fine art over decades. Stir the pot, manipulate, provoke etc - secure in the knowledge that you can obliterate any of the protagonists at will and create your own version of reality. It's wearing a bit thin by now but I wouldn't bet against it.

IMHO this whole developing situation is fraught with grave peril but, given the state of the globalisation project, I would put the odds at best at about evens that something like that has/has not been carefully planned and orchestrated.

I can't see how Israel alone could fight against such an array of opponents and succeed--unless they unleashed nukes and destroyed themselves in the process. The entire region may yet unite against Israel in the event of another war.

The circumstances are much different to 1967 for example. Unlike then, Israel has now alienated itself from much of Europe, Asia and indeed most of the world. Spin won't work when the rest of the world knows the score. Because of the internet, Zionist control over information has been weakened. They can't impose an alternative reality like they used to. Their efforts to do so in this recent debacle have been an abject failure.

And America has no pretext for fighting on Israel's side--the slavering rednecks in the Republican Party notwithstanding. They don't even have a formal defence treaty with Israel--just a set of vague 'understandings'. The top military brass have also displayed a reluctance to follow Israel's lead of late. Despite Israel's control over the US legislature and much of its institutions, there's dissent everywhere--and its becoming more vocal.

Iran has been very careful not to provoke the Israel/US axis into war. They insist on their right to nuclear energy just like anyone else, but they haven't stepped over the mark once, much to the annoyance and frustration of the true axis of evil.

In their desperation, Israel may expedite all the false flag attacks they have in the pipeline in order to catalyse the west into supporting them. Bombs (and God knows what else) might start going off everywhere in the west. I certainly hope I'm wrong there, but what I've learned over the last ten years or so is that you can never underestimate the evil of the Zionist regime. They've developed a seige mentality against the rest of the world.