The abyss beckons ...

The huge strikes have triggered fears that the Middle East risks descending into another catastrophic regional war. | Pool photo by Alexander Drago/EFE via EPA

Well, Bibi got what he wanted, war with Iran with the US as ultimate enabler. From genocide in Gaza to attacks in Lebanon, the urber competent apartheid state rampages through the Middle East with seeming impunity as this entangled alliance favors Israel to the max. From this lay perspective, it's amazing how this is allowed to happen save that it's all about the money, always has been, always will be.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran to “make a deal” before it’s “too late” as Israel shuttered embassies and consulates worldwide following its bombardment of Iran.

The Thursday night attack targeted nuclear facilities, regime officials, military leaders, and key atomic scientists. Tehran retaliated with more than 100 drones, according to an Israeli military spokesperson.

“There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end,” Trump wrote in the early hours of Friday morning. “Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.”

The abyss beckons ...

George Washington used a passage in his farewell address to defend his foreign policy toward France.

The Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances, sometimes called the caution against entangling alliances, was an early realist guide for US foreign policy and the nation's interaction with others. According to the policy, the United States should consider external alliances as temporary measures of convenience and freely abandon them when national interest dictates. 

Seems America's pols don't understand this essential principle regarding the preservation of sovereignty of this once great nation. Question, do you think Ike would have put up with this crap? I thought so.