LETTER | World war is brewing

The war in the Middle East is an insult to the civilised world and a travesty to humankind. Beginning with a terror attack by Hamas members, whether orchestrated by their government in Gaza or not, to which Israel reacted 1,000-fold; followed by the US-sanctioned systematic invasion and annexation of the West Bank to the aerial invasion of Iran and the clinical assassination of its leadership, we’re being pushed towards a world war. With wars in the Horn of Africa, DRC vs Rwanda, Russia vs Ukraine, and the US-Israel vs just about everyone else in the Middle East, the world is at war.

Common denominators are naked imperialism and dominance. Russia wants its USSR back; forget Africa, it doesn’t matter, as it can always be raped by the industrialised powers and its own corrupt “leaders”. The US-Israel axis of evil is out to destabilise every country it can in the Middle East for two reasons: the “survival” of Israel and some oil.

Add to this the recent Messianic histrionics of some members of the Trump inner circle and we have a recipe for a disaster beyond anyone’s comprehension. And the world waits. Sort of like the world waited and watched as Hitler started his campaign a few generations ago.

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And we’ve learnt nothing, as we also wait and watch and do nothing. – Peter Baker, Parktown North

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