This week, hundreds of former Israeli military officials issued a letter saying that Hamas poses no military Threat to Israel.
Hundreds of Gazans have been killed in the insanity that currently passes for food distribution in #Gaza
Radio broadcasts are filled with Israeli voices saying, essentially," Genocide? What Genocide? Famine? What Famine?"
Polls in Israel show both that many Israelis are disgusted with the current situation and that they just want hostages home. Some in Israel would be too happy just to drive the Palestinians out, bulldoze the place and transform it from an open air prison to some kind of grand Trumpian resort.
And Hamas releases disgusting pictures of hostages starving along with the rest of the population.
It would be just awesome, to RantWoman at least, if visible vigils or protests included feet on the ground demands like allowing UNRWA to resume management of food delivery or admitting the internaional press.
Instead, there are media reports of Rep Adam Smith's town meeting getting shut down by protestors.
RantWoman's instinct at firstwas just wait to coment. RantWoman assessed the initial reports as standard protestor vs protested they said / they said.
Leave it to Brandi Kruse to provide details of the initial court hearing.
Socialists arrested for disrupting townhall of Democratic Congressman
Oh, FFS.
There is being as obnoxious as possible. If the point is to be as obnoxious as possible, sure. way to go. Congratulations Kshama, with a bonus for rushing the stage, which RantWoman always considers dangerous as well, of course, as rude.
And there is persuading people to take different actions, that is different actions besides arresting protestors, as if the criminal justice system is not already overcrowded and overused.
RantWoman's other problem: RantWoman is trying to imagine Kshama addressing some of the things RantWoman knows Rep Smith gets to address.:
--Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth emphatically is not doing his job about proposing a budget on the timeline required by law, RantWoman would certainly want a smaller defense budget and different priorities, but RantWoman just can't see Kshama having productive conversations about legitimate policy considerations.
--Hegseth's campaign to fire women and people of color in prominent positions is more about a white supremacist military than effective national defense.
--Hegseth and the President's politicized personnel decisions are about as dumb as Putin firing everyone who disagrees with Russia's "special military operation in Ukraine."
--There is a whole generation of people who have returned from endless wars, some deeply committed to Constitutional principles that MIGHT pull the country back from the current administration's thunderous stomps toward authoritarianism. RantWoman is quite certain these people are far better equipped to speak to others in their ranks ready to tear down US society than Kshama or anyone working for her.
--Hegseth clearly has no concept of the importance of diplomacy and the right person applying the right words at the right time in challenging situations. See for instance Hegseth's disgraceful treatment of General Milley who called up his Chinese counterpart during the aftermath of #January6 and probably forestalled some kind of international crisis on top of the domestic outrages.
Should RantWoman go on?
RantWoman is not in the "Kshama never again" camp, but Protest Curmudgeon has plenty else to opine about and would not mind less rhetoric specifically from Kshama and maybe even more actionable policy discussions.
Previously from Rantwoman
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