BOMBSHELL - LATEST U.S. PROXY WAR - THIS TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WILL TAIWAN BE THE NEXT - AS JOE BIDEN BUNGLES BIG-TIME AGAIN - AND WASHINGTON CRASH-LANDS IN UKRAINE - TAKING THE REST OF THE WORLD DOWN WITH IT

New Yorkers march in support of Palestinians on October 8, 2023 after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel, prompting the latter to declare a "state of war." Photo: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) - It looks like the U.S., not content with the turmoil, bloodshed and vast destruction it has caused in the Ukraine, has started its next proxy war - this time in the Middle East - where U.S. leaders have already called for the annihilation of Palestinians:

 "This is not just an attack on Israel - this was an attack on America. Finish them… They should have hell to pay for what they have just done," screams Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, who has announced her candidacy for the 2024 U.S, presidential election.

And if that's not bloodthirsty or murderous enough for the U.S. and perhaps the EU, the Pentagon assures it has sufficient weapons for Israel, Ukraine and 'more' - so will Taiwan be the next trigger region? 

For sure Washington is battling hard to deflect attention from the looming bankruptcy of its currency, economic collapse, inevitable domestic unrest and social chaos on an unprecedented scale when ordinary Americans finally figure out they've been duped by the sheer incompetence and laziness of their own robber leaders.

US cargo planes have already begun landing in Israel, even as the government in West Jerusalem announced a “total siege” of Gaza in reprisal for Hamas incursions that began on Saturday. The conflict, which began on Saturday, is the bloodiest that Israel has seen since 1973.

A Reuters report has claimed Hamas “duped” Israel while preparing and executing its surprise raid into Israeli territory on Saturday. Israeli officials have described the attack as their nation’s version of a ‘9/11’ intelligence failure.

The attack had been planned since the Israeli-Palestinian hostilities of May 2021, in which Hamas was a major player, a source close to the radical militant movement claimed in the Reuters story. Israel was deceived into believing that the Hamas leadership was more interested in economic recovery in Gaza than in renewed fighting, the story or spin continued.

WHAT 'INTELLIGENCE FAILURE'? HOWCAN THE MOSSAD BE SLEEPING ON THE JOB FOR SO LONG!

But is it really so easy to deceive Israel? Can the Mossad the second-largest espionage agency in the West after the CIA, with a 7,000-strong staff and a US$3 billion annual budget be had so easily?

Questions have been raised on how Hamas managed to stockpile rockets and missiles by the thousands so close to home without Israeli intelligence detecting it or why was Israel's ever-reliable Iron Dome missile defense system unable to intercept all of the incoming projectiles from Gaza.

Despite the high-tech security measures along the Gaza-Israel border, including cameras, ground-motion sensors, and regular army patrols, Hamas fighters were able to infiltrate through the fence, cutting holes in the wire, and arriving by sea on boats and paragliders.

"The scale of the attack, the complexity with which it was carried out and the coordination and months of planning it must have required raises serious questions on how and why Israel's near-perfect intelligence agency failed to detect it," wrote the NDTV.com.

"Some have equated it to the 9/11 attacks in New York that sent reverberations not just through the CIA but the global intelligence network in general."

 

And perhaps the Hamas-Israeli war may indeed be a mirror of the U.S. 9/11 attacks, where conspiracy theories have emerged containing more than a modicum of truth that it was an inside job with CIA at the heart of the complot - aimed to fan Western hatred for the Muslim world and keeping the oil-rich Middle East region burning with conflict - and conveniently allowing 'big brother' U.S. to keep calling the shots there.

AGAIN, IT'S BIDEN THE ROOT CAUSE OF LATEST DEADLY BUNGLE

Indeed, the Hamas attack is widely seen as a protest against America's selfish agenda of pushing for normalization between Israel and Arab nations, whilst ignoring the Palestinian people's needs. 

According to America's own NBC news, the Hamas attack has also thrust President Joe Biden into crisis, with Republican colleagues calling the attack "evidence" of U.S. weakness on the world stage and pinpointing blame on the Biden administration for the mess.

"Washington lacks systematic policies in the Middle East. It intends to cut engagement in the region, but also feared China and Russia will fill up its vacuum; it also wants to assert influence in the Middle East to maintain its hegemony," Liu Zhongmin, a professor at the Shanghai International Studies University, told the Global Times.  

Biden was counting on successfully brokering Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization to boost his performance on Middle East before the presidential election next year. However, the Hamas attack may not only sink the deal, but may also deal a heavy blow to Biden's chances of getting re-elected,

U.S. SAYS ISRAEL MUST WIN! PALESTINIANS ARE TERRORISTS & MUST BE DESTROYED

Meanwhile, Russia has blasted the U.S. approach to the Hamas-Israel conflict.

Washington’s position is questionable “because they say: stop it all immediately, Israel must win, destroy the terrorists, and that’s it,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

China too has expressed concern at the high civilian casualties and wants an "immediate ceasefire to avoid further escalation and deterioration of the situation."

"We believe that the top priority is to realize a ceasefire, stop the war and restore peace as soon as possible. We also expect the relevant parties in the international community to play a role and work together to cool down the situation," said Mao Ning, spokesperson of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

FORCING CHINA & OTHER NATIONS TO CONDEMN HAMAS, SUPPORT ISRAEL

The U.S. is now busy seeking to force China and other nations to condemn Hamas, while supporting Israel in the conflict. 

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday issued a warning to Beijing to support Israel, reported Reuters.

And on Sunday, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors, with the U.S, demanding all 15 members to strongly condemn "these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas." Yet, perhaps with the hindsight of the Ukraine proxy war behind them, no one responded to the U.S. call.

"Israel already outweighs Palestine in terms of military might; if the U.S. wants peace, it should take actions to calm down the situation, instead of giving one-sided support to Israel," Tian Wenlin, a research fellow at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times.

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