Rest assured that doesn't mean I'm not making progress, as this week, I'm so pleased that I've written more than I have in a while!! My writing is scattered and unpolished and frankly, awful. I'm putting words on screen, though, and I can't be any happier!
I've weathered an extremely busy few days and I'm going to take advantage of the brief respite from work to write even more!
I'm wondering if there's something I can do for the spooky season, so I'll be meditating on that as well.
Anyway, that's all the musings I have, thanks so much for being extremely patient!! ❤️💕
This isn’t a call out at all, I’m just glad someone opened dialogue on this blog and I want to interact properly.
Thank you for speaking up! @archtroop ; again, not a callout, not to embarrass you, I just don’t get much interaction on this blog and I’m glad to have the opportunity for discussion.
So I don’t think that any escalation has begun on an international scale, thankfully, but further attacks by Hamas have apparently already started. Which is no doubt in response to Israel’s response. According to CNN’s live coverage, Hamas has announced a new missile attack on Ashkelon, and CNN is speaking of “new explosions in Southern Israel.” As of right now it’s about 1:20 AM where you are, more or less.
I haven’t seen any articles confirming any new attacks, aside from this live coverage at the moment, nothing on how many explosions or how many lives have been lost.
I doubt you’re getting much sleep right now, and for that, I’m sorry, this must be a terrifying time.
Thank you for sharing the information about the Syria base, I wasn’t aware of that.
And it’s terrifying.
But that pretty much just confirms to me that the more American intervention we see, the more America is inviting Iran, Russia, and other nations to step in. 260 dead from that music festival. Surely some are nationals of other nations.
I suppose the one positive this far is that according to Reuters, Putin is calling for a cease fire between Israel and Palestine instead of casting favor for one side or another. Though Iran celebrated the attack with fireworks.
It doesn’t mean much in the face of what’s going on, but you will be in my prayers.
The U.S. military is moving an aircraft carrier strike group and military aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support, and will also begin supplying Israel with munitions and other military supplies immediately, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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So here’s the deal.
There was an Outdoor Nova Festival Event going on when Hamas militants fired on the concert goers.
And among them… European and American nationals.
But the Wall Street Journal has pay walls so
So now the American military is … well, they were always involved, but now they’re more openly involved. Because American hostages. Which brings us back to the article on top.
Now, the US has a military base in Jordan, called the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. Let’s assume that the US uses their Air Force base there and not just the navy forces, but nothing definite has been done. I’m not saying they will, just that they have an Air Force base there, and it’s the closest US military base at the moment.
Now this map is just one I got off of Google and doesn’t reflect everything going on right now. But it’s a good visual aid to show that the US would be flying from Jordan, over Israel, towards Gaza. Gaza being on the coast.
Which means that the US, whether with their navy forces or by the possible Air Force action, is going to appear to the broader international community as firmly being on the side of Israel, providing support. Even if this support is in the name of US hostages, it paints a very clear picture. The US of course, is a long time ally of Israel regardless, and this support is expected. But this is a very out in the open act.
I mean, that’s a LOT of firepower.
So my concern, circling all the way back, is that Palestine could call on nations that don’t favor the US, and this could all be escalated.
Beyond how the US is already escalating it.
People have died, are dying, and will die.
That doesn’t mean I’m not concerned about the US forces siding with Israel to do twice, triple, five times the amount of damage against Gaza as has been done to Israel. That doesn’t mean I don’t care about Palestinian lives.
It’s just, I think we’re closer to world war 3 with this than ever. If we as a world are fortunate? Then the hostage situation will be handled, lives will be saved, and the US will leave Israel and NOT use the aforementioned Air Force base. And will NOT invite this to be acted upon by even more nations.
I’ve seen several other blogs thus far mention that the timing is likely related to Saudi-Iran relations.
While I’m not certain about The Guardian as a source, this article released not even an hour ago, seems to confirm those suspicions. Why did I not link the article directly? Because tumblr mobile would not allow it!
I welcome all dialogue regarding this.
Please pray for the innocent souls caught up in all of this.