For
its victims, war is . . . yes, hell. For the rest of us – the onlooking and
supportive patriots – war is an abstraction embedded in ignorance, a.k.a.,
public relations, served up for public consumption.
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The
Helpers of God (Ansar Allah) or Houthis in Yemen are proving a bigger challenge
for the Biden Administration’s attempt to run interference for the Israeli
atrocities in Gaza than Washington had expected. Just Monday morning the Yemeni
forces fired a ballistic missile at the US-owned and -operated M/V Torm Thor,
an oil tanker, but it fell short. The leadership say they are hitting Red Sea
traffic as a protest against Israel’s war against Gaza. Enormous crowds in the
hundreds of thousands have demonstrated in Sanaa and other cities against the
Israeli campaign against Gaza, which the International Criminal Court has ruled
may be a genocide.
An active duty member of the U.S.
Air Force self-immolated while yelling “free Palestine” in a tragic protest of
Israel’s genocide in Gaza in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.
on Sunday afternoon. Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, was 25 years old
and died later that day.
Ayo Walker / Truthout; Adapted: Humanizing Through Story, via Facebook