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Gaza and Iran… Since Israel’s military response to the October 7th massacre by Hamas, news organisation of the world could not get reporters into Gaza. And yet, we have seen a constant stream of reportage and commentary.
But since the outbreak of mass civil resistance resistance to Iran’s repressive Islamic regime, we have seen an order of magnitude less in the media about the ongoing horrors there. News organisations have often stated this was due to their inability to get reporters into Iran. Strange that.
Truly… no Jews, no news.
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I’m sure Europe’s new “W” social media platform will be all over this. Soon. Really.
Perry Yes.
Meanwhile the entire British media have been obsessed with drumming-up-hatred in relation to President Trump’s “attack on British troops” (which the Prime Minister is milking to try and restore some popularity) – when the word “British” was-not-even-mentioned. Some European forces did stay a tiny bit back – but that was NOT the point of the conversation (from which a tiny bit is clipped out – without context), the point was the lack of defense spending.
The “attack on British troops” was and is from the British government – which did not provide vital equipment (this got a lot of them killed) and is threatening to send British soldiers to prison for killing IRA terrorists.
European military forces have been cut to the bone – the idea that they could overthrow the Islamic tyranny in Iran, or stand up to Mr Putin or the People’s Republic of China, is Moonshine. Hence the British government surrender to the People’s Republic of China a few days ago – the City of London and Westminster will be under the electronic thumb of the new People’s Republic of China government base (so called “embassy”) – a surrender announced on the anniversary of China surrendering Hong Kong to Britain in 1841. The United Kingdom will no longer be independent of the People’s Republic of China.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Dictatorship has been slaughtering people, in Iran and around the world (as far away as Argentina) for 47 years, but “Trump” is the object of HATE for the entire British media.
I do not know why he just does not just cut off all military and intelligence cooperation and walk away – why defend people who HATE you and want to send about half the American population to prison.
Make no mistake – the opinions of about half the American population would send them to prison in most Western European nations.
In this these governments are in agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran – which also believes that expressing the “wrong” opinions should be punished.
And as all the establishment figures of the West constantly tell us – Islam is a religion of peace which teaches wonderful morality, and Mohammed was a good man.
To be fair….
The British government would, privately, argue that as many vital goods come from China and the British have no real way to pay for these goods (we do NOT import manufactured goods and export food and raw materials as Russia does – we import ALL THREE) – it, the British government, must obey the government of the People’s Republic of China.
Just as, privately, Western European governments (including the government of the United Kingdom) would argue that given the changing demographics of Western Europe, they have no choice but to, increasingly (over time) submit to Islam.
The media cycle is just to go from one lot of ragebait to the next.
Four weeks ago the top story in Britain was regarding Alaa Abd El Fattah and how this Egyptians dissident had been championed by all political parties in Britain despite being extremely anti-white and a support of violent extremism. Caused a load of outrage. But then everyone moved on. El Fattah will not be deported, no heads roll. There must have been about a dozen other outrage cycles since then. Iran was one of the cycles a few weeks ago.
Compared to what is going on in Syria with the Kurds being routed by the Islamists right now, the Iran protests got quite a lot of coverage. But the media outrage cycles about Syria were over a decade ago, I suspect most people are tired of it now.
@Martin
I can recall times when the ‘balance of payments’ was THE major concern. Lots of other past concerns too, and some Golden Oldies like Climate Change, but usually they are not ‘fixed’ but retired. So I am not much bothered by ragebait nowadays.
No internet, no news.
There wasn’t much in the way of internet in Gaza either… that didn’t stop reports of 500 children in wheelchairs killed in a single day by the evil Zionists.
From what I read is that after they blocked the internet but didn’t block out starlink. Instead they tracked who was then using starlink and arrested them.
DJ:
The balance of payments was a big concern in the 50s and 60s. If you remember, Harold Wilson was convinced he lost the 1970 general election because a purchase of Boeing 747s by BOAC (“Buy Only American Aircraft”) pushed the balance of payments into the red.
This was because the pound was linked to the dollar at $2.40. Wilson had already devalued it from $2.80 (not that this devalued the pound in your pocket or purse, perish the thought). In those days Britain had to sell things abroad to earn the dollars to buy things from abroad. Now we just create money out of thin air and foreigners accept it as payment for their goods. It’s so much easier. Of course it does mean that a shilling in the 60s bought what a pound does now, but if politicians can’t debauch the currency what are they for?
Al Jazeera did plenty of “reporting” from Gaza. Unfortunately many ordinary people around the world still treat it as a legitimate news outlet, not knowing that its “reporters” in Gaza are Hamas sympathizers (while at least some are actual terrorists).
The difference between Iran an Gaza in this context is that the Ayatollahs are rightly seen as the rulers of Iran, while Hamas is seen – depending on one’s perspective – as something between freedom fighters and a terrorist organization. The reality is though that there is no material difference between them: both are brutal Islamic regimes controlling everything in their reach, including news reporting.
Alisa – yes. And the Islamic Republic of Iran supports Hamas – so much for the Shia versus Sunni split (yes they hate each other – but Shia and Sunni hate non Muslims far more than they hate each other).
Perry – yes.
Jews are not generally liked. Jews are seen as “exploiters” (“blood suckers” and so on) – and any story against Jews, no matter how absurd, is likely to be believed by very large numbers of people.
JohnK.
Yes we create money out of NOTHING and people, such as the Chinese, accept it as “payment” for the goods we used to make, but now import.
People who call this system “Free Trade” are mistaken – as it is nothing to do with what Adam Smith and the other Free Trade economists wanted, they wanted imports to be paid for by exports (with people specializing in what they were best at) – not “paid for” with Credit Bubbles.
And the Chinese use the “Pounds” they are given to buy up real estate – for (for example) the new governing HQ (the so called “embassy”) which will give them an electronic stranglehold on the City of London and on Westminster.
Why else accept these “Pounds” – they are not gold, they are not silver, they are nothing.
So if they are not allowed to buy up real estate in Britain with these “Pounds” they would stop accepting them as “payment” for goods.
That is the reasoning of the British government (in their private terror) – and they are probably correct.
Slavery is the future of this land and its people.
And anyone who thinks this is “the consequence of free trade” or “the consequence of liberalism” does not really understand what “free trade” or “liberalism” meant when these terms were coined.
They had nothing to do with not working and creating money out of nothing, in order to “pay for” food, raw materials and manufactured goods.
Alisa:
Another difference is that Hamas seems to be supported by a majority of Gazans, while the Ayatollahs seem to be supported by only a minority of Iranians.
Paul:
That seems to me the logical consequence of Frankfurt Marxism.
If group differences must necessarily be attributed to exploitation of the less-successful groups by the more-successful groups, then it follows that Jews (and, in the US, “”Asians””) are oppressors and exploiters.
Paul and Snorri: note the ‘in this context’ bit, which is to say the context of news reporting. My point being that in both cases what the outside world is getting is essentially government propaganda.
Alisa – you are correct, it is government propaganda from Hamas, which is the de facto government of Gaza.
But Israel must take some of the blame for that – as a military campaign that should have lasted a week or so, dragged on for two years and ended up with Hamas and the other Islamic groups NOT destroyed. The endless restrictions on the IDF were meant to “keep down civilian casualties” – perhaps a worthy aim, but Israel got no credit for that (and it should have been obvious from the start that it would not). So Israel is left with more followers of Islam in Gaza than ever (determined to torture and kill “infidels” – which was the doctrine and practice of the founder of their faith – Mohammed), whilst, at the same time, being blamed for a “genocide” which-did-not-happen.
Snorri – correct Sir.
The Frankfurt School of Marxism, now known as “Critical Theory” and which dominates Western education systems and government and corporate policy, teaches that any group (such as Jews) who “over achieve”, who are not average in everything, must (by definition) be “exploiting and oppressing” people.
It is ironic that many of the Frankfurt School were from families that were Jewish in origin.
PaUl,
Why are Jews “high achievers”? Oddly enough it is partially to do with their history of being repressed and persecuated. Jewish culture has for centuries placed great stock by one’s skills and education. These being the most portable repositories of wealth (or the capacity to make wealth) which even if you are totally robbed of land or other material you can always take with you if you have to flee a pogrom with nothing but what you stand up in.
Aside from pogroms, Jews in many countries (including England) have historically been banned from the usual routes to power and prestige: the landed gentry, law, government, academia and so had to think outside of the box and get their hands dirty in such “dirty” pursuits as commerce and banking.
Oddly enough, the twisted, perverse reasoning of the Frankenfurters has also assigned a sort of “honorary white” status to US citizens of East and South Asian origin and they are also to be discriminated against systematically for such terors as sometimes being good at things like mathematics.
Paul:
This has been a problem for years, but it was not the major factor during that particular time. There were ways to move far more swiftly and probably with about the same number of civilian (with or without quotation marks) casualties – but there were certain elements within the top brass of the IDF who just wouldn’t do it. And no, I don’t mean a conspiracy – just people who “know better”. That’s how we got the October 7hd massacre in the first place.
Some time ago, i learned from a link posted here that Israel is actually ruled by an unaccountable judiciary.
Isn’t that, rather than the top brass at the IDF, the real problem? (NB: This is not a rhetorical question. I admit my ignorance about this issue.)
Snorri: that is very true, but it is not the only bureaucracy in Israel that “knows better” than the elected politicians. In times of relative “peace” the Supreme Court does have the final say in all matters, including military ones (such as the insane rules of engagement on the ground). But these people are as much part of Israel’s Deep State as any other unelected official, and they were the ones making the actual decisions during the period to which Paul was referring in his comment.
I must add that if there is only one good thing that came out of October 7th, it’s that many naive voters are now gradually becoming aware of all these things. The elections next fall are likely to be as much about that as about anything else.
Paul:
As you say, we buy things from China using fiat money created out of thin air. The Chinese do us the favour of pretending to believe it is real money. As such, we can hardly complain if they use some of this “money” to buy real assets in Britain, such as our steel industry (what is left of it), or the old Royal Mint. If we refuse to let them use our fiat currency to buy up real assets in the country which issues it, why should they accept payment in it?
JohnK – correct Sir.
Which is why the future of the British people is slavery to the People’s Republic of China – if the “Enrichment” of “Diversity” does not destroy the British people first.
The people who claim all this is “free trade” or “liberalism” are totally wrong.
Gladstone and John Bright did not believe in endless imports (from China or anywhere else) “paid for” by Credit Bubbles, and neither did they believe in submission to Islam.
Even in the 1960s people understood that imports should be paid for by exports. And the Britain of the 1960s was overwhelmingly British – the idea that the British, especially the English, might one day end up as a minority it what had been their own country, seemed a very distant threat.
NickM – yes indeed.
Alisa – as you know, the unelected judges must be smashed. And the “General Staff” cleared out.
They are all clever, they have very high IQs, but they have no wisdom – no “Common Sense”.