The murderer of millions- a man whose actions prolonged the misery of Vietnam War; Millions dead and disappeared in Chile, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia; and the facilitator of the primary actors in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; And one of the principle reasons behind 9/11... is finally dead.
So long Kissinger. Hell is too good for you, and eternal torment is too pleasant. You were a waste of air and you caused nothing but misery in this world. You deserved every bit of the torture you facilitated, and I'm sad you never sat on the dock at the Hague.
I hope the souls of those who died because of you never grant you rest, ever...
Fucking ever.
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In short, instead of bragging about the enormous value of U.S. arms transfers and providing a sanitized view of their impacts, the Biden administration should take a hard, cold look at the risks of unrestrained arm exports on the reputation and security of the United States, as well as the human consequences of their use by U.S. allies. A good start would be to withhold further transfers to Israel as leverage to force a ceasefire in Gaza.
William Hartung in Responsible Statecraft. Tone deaf? Admin brags about 55% hike in foreign arms sales
Washington's sanitized view of unleashing $80.9 billion in weapons on the world, especially now, is a bit curious
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John is Haunted by Angel Wings and a Spear (hashtag Michael) in SPNWin 1x04 Masters of War:
This image is from 1x02 Teach the Children Well
And this one is from 1x04 Masters of War
Both these shapes in the set-dressing narrative look like angel wings.
1x04 Masters of War has the God Mars-Neto tell John:
and he also says:
“... in your blood - become what you were born to be!” (Neto is saying John has to choose violence to be ready for the war with the Akrida).
This is very similar to the speech the Archangel Michael, wearing young John Winchester as a vessel, gave to time-travelling Dean in 5x13 The Song Remains the Same, in which he told Dean that he belonged to a bloodline stretching back to Cain and Abel:
DEAN
How'd you get in my dad, anyway?
MICHAEL
I told him I could save his wife, and he said yes.
DEAN
I guess they oversold me being your one and only vessel.
MICHAEL
You're my true vessel but not my only one.
DEAN
What is that supposed to mean?
MICHAEL
It's a bloodline.
DEAN
A bloodline?
MICHAEL
Stretching back to Cain and Abel. It's in your blood, your father's blood, your family's blood.
http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/5.13_The_Song_Remains_the_Same_(transcript)#ACT_TWO
Mars-Neto’s weapon of choice is a spear:
which recalls the Lance of Michael, which appears in Supernatural as the weapon used by Michael to kill Lucifer. We see it in the angelic “Green Room” in the painting of that angelic fratricide in 4x22 The Song Remains the Same:
Image credit: http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/File:MichaelPainting.jpg
And of course, it makes an appearance in 12x12 Stuck in the Middle with You when Cas is stabbed by it and tells Dean out loud he loves him for the first time: “I love you, I love all of you.”
We also see the Michael-killing-Lucifer scene in the set-dressing narrative of SPNWin 1x06 Art of Dying in the form of a statue (by the window):
It would seem John Winchester is being pulled by the tides of fate, apparently, into his “destiny” as the vengeful father in Michael’s vessel bloodline, who will raise Dean-the-true-Michael-Vessel to be “Daddy’s good little solder”.
And YET, John has a good friend (and fellow vet) in Losy, who tells him in SPNWin 1x04 that there is another path to take, other than shoving trauma down inside and letting it rage-control you:
And John also has a loving mother who holds him, as he cries in the bath, at the end of this episode (after his PTSD Vietnam flash-backs have been heightened by Mars-Neto):
Neither of these things were available to Dean at John’s age.
So we are confronted, yet again, in The Winchesters, with the question of fate vs free will, so central to Supernatural.
In 4x16 On the Head of a Pin, Cas tells Dean (back when Cas still believed Heaven’s BS) “It is not blame that falls on you, Dean, it’s fate.”
Is The Winchesters narrative telling us it is not fate which falls on John, but blame (because he chooses repression and violence instead of sharing and healing)?
Or, is Holy Ghost Narrator Dean trying his damndest to give John the emotional tools (and supportive friends and family) he needs to choose differently this time? Despite the menacing shadow of the Archangel Michael following him in the set dressing narrative?
The episode title, Masters of War, is also the title of Bob Dylan’s powerful anti-war song of that name. And Narrator Dean, let us not forget, is picking the music:
“You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul”
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Bob Dylan
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness?
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die
And your death will come soon
I will follow your casket
By the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead
Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Live 1978)
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[ID: The "wow, cool robot!" missing the point meme, with the robot replaced with text that reads, "You are the most perfect beings that will ever exist in all of time and space. No one will ever surpass your perfection.", with the quote attributed to Davros.
The scribbled head of a Dalek is looking at the test, and replying happing, "Wow! I can't wait to help everyone less fortunate than me!" With a widely smiling emoji.
Over the Dalek's head is a red arrow that is flying over its head, that reads, "You were built to kill everyone else".
End ID.]
I love Doctor Who.
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