(Note: This chain of thoughts was initially shared on Twitter / X on 08 Oct 2025)
Folks, yesterday was the second anniversary of the largest ever terror attack by Hamas on Israel. Sharing some thoughts on how things have panned out since then. Before moving ahead, I will leave this short thread chronicling some of the worst atrocities visited upon the citizens of Israel by Hamas on 07 Oct 2023, that led to this latest conflagration:
https://twitter.com/THEREALJEW613/status/1975273947085033563
And also this one as well. Do go thru these threads before moving ahead :
The world has moved a great deal in the last two years since the first Hamas terrorist crossed the border into Israel. This is what I had written on the day of the attack. A LOT of blood – other than Israeli or Palestinian – has already flowed since then.
And of course, a LOT of collateral damage within Gaza itself. You would be an idiot if you thought that such actions by Hamas wouldn’t lead to collateral damage. But where they went wrong, IMO, is at the sheer scale of it all.
Israel has seen far worse in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War when so many combined Arab armies attacked them out of the blue. It was the closest that the Arabs ever came to wiping Israel off the map of the world. Yet, they failed.
Why?
Because Israel had nowhere else to go. Period
Btw, here is a chain of thoughts on Yom Kippur War too. What changed since this is that Assad of Syria too is no longer in power. The ONLY winner in this along with Israel was Egypt .. because they combined military power with pragmatic political process.
Coming back to Gaza, what has happened over the past two years is that Israel has (rightly) visited extreme violence upon Hamas, not just in Gaza but going upto Qatar as well. What went along with that was the brilliant and devastating Pager attacks on Hezbollah too.
Bottomline : Israel did whatever it could to secure itself all over again.
I would say this was not just a result of a course correction after the events of 07 Oct 2023, but also due to the planning and preparations that go on 24/7/365 regardless of internal politics of Israel.
As I mentioned earlier, Israel has nowhere else to go. They have absolutely no choice but to meet violence with even more violence. It is a matter of their very survival as a civilization. Hence, I personally was not the least bit surprised at what they have achieved since 07 Oct.
Talking about civilization, I will also replug this tweet that was posted on the day of the 07 Oct attacks. While it may be a HUGE event in our lifetimes, later generations will only see it as a couple of pages in their history books.
However, where this particular series of events has been different, is the way the Loonie Left have sought to run away with the narrative of ‘disproportionate’ Israeli retaliation on the ‘innocent’ Gazans.
Of course, when 07 Oct is mentioned, they either deny or shift goalposts!
We have seen rabid protests against Israel, particularly in educational institutions and media, mostly without factual basis. A prime example is this absolutely fake story published by NYT.
The carefully cultivated ecosystem of misinformation and propaganda warfare that had been so successful in so many ‘colour revolutions’ finally came home to the US and Europe as well.
Heck, even the UNRWA chose to delete tweets that showed Hamas in their true colours!
However, the idiots forgot one thing – A lie may run fast, but it can never run far! This little video and remarks at the end – ‘You’re a fucking idiot’ – just about sums it up.
A lot more water has flown down the Jordan River since 07 Oct 2023. The amount of bloodshed that the world has seen since then is also indicative of not just the times that we are living in, but also the times that await us. Let me delve on that a bit more.
Ukraine, Iran, Qatar, Lebanon, Yemen, Pakistan, India have seen bloodshed by state actors in various forms.
Western Europe and USA too are suffering from rapidly increasing instances of violence, thanks to their own policies and politics of the past so many years.
All in all, I can only foresee even more increasing levels of violence in the years to come, as the world heads towards a major reset in the distribution of power. On that note, ‘Clash of Civilizations’ is a good book to read now.
As the balance of power inevitably shifts from the West to the East, we will only see more bloodshed.
All I can at this point in time is that these are really ‘interesting’ times indeed, and far more ‘interesting’ days await us.
Sad as the loss of life & limb may be, but I am of the firm opinion that this latest Hamas-Israel conflict will ultimately prove only to be one of the many theatres that would see death & destruction before the dust finally settles I still stand by this :
One thing that I would say worked in Israel’s favour was the US Presidential Election result of 2024. However, I am sure even they would be aware that the pendulum may yet swing the other way in future & an even more challenging administration may yet come to power in Washington.
Thus, it wouldn’t be wrong to hypothesize that Israel too would want to see an end to the current war before that happens. The only thing pending thus far is the release of the hostages by Hamas, who, I’d say are not too keen on doing it due to two factors – Leverage, and .. well .. EGO.
Handing over of the remaining hostages under the intense military pressure of Israel will only be seen as a loss of face for an entity in a culture that sees it as the ultimate humiliation.
That said, they might still do it under the threat of their very lives.
But I’ll hold on to my opinion till the time it actually happens. BTW, I hope folks are aware that Hamas are actually the OFFICIALLY ELECTED representatives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. They came to power with a lot of public support. Small wonder then, that there was so much jubilation inside Gaza by all men, women and children as their ‘heroes’ brought back hostage after hostage from Israel on 07 Oct 2023. And when the inevitable bombs and bullets came, they cried GENOCIDE!
Yup. They started this ‘war’ with great cheer and fervour and undid all progress that had been achieved in Gaza over the past few decades.
Why?
Because, they want to eliminate the State of Israel from the world map and that includes each and every Israeli as well. With help of the Loonie Leftist cheerleaders, they have made this into a zero-sum game without having the hard power to actually do anything to withstand the relentless pounding from Israel that they are getting day in and day out.
Why I call them Loonies, you ask?
Here’s why :
However, the alarming thing is that these clueless, brainwashed idiots are far too many in numbers and will only grow over the years, thereby adding yet more layers of challenge to the already fucked up situation in Palestine / Israel. Thus, it is quite logical to assume that Israel would consider it imperative to make tangible gains and create an irreversibly favourable situation on ground before these folks grow and attain a critical mass in terms of political power.
So where do we go from here?
Well, all I can say is .. More Bloodshed, and that too in many more parts of the world.
It is just a sign of times that we are currently living in. The Leftist Brigade may be idiots, but they are unabashed in their pursuits.
Time is running out fast.
At the cost of repetition I’ll say that all we can do is to ‘Brace Ourselves’ for what is to come .. much sooner than we think. The world is only going to get crazier, brief respites from violence notwithstanding.
In the end, I’ll just leave this chain of thoughts here.
I tweeted these a day after the 07 Oct 2023 attacks, i.e. exactly two years before today’s date.
Dare I say, nothing has changed since that day.
Do go thru it.
This tweet too deserves a mention here in this thread :
I conclude this particular chain of thoughts with this tweet below:
Thanks for your patience, folks.
:Fin:
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