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The Writing On Trump’s War Room Wall: Operation Epstein Amnesia

Rembrandt’s depiction of the biblical account of King Belshazzar seeing a hand writing the words “mene, mene, tekel, upharsin” on a wall.

Following the war criminality model of the Israeli Defense Forces, the US/Zionist bombing campaign on Iran is engaged in targeting hospitals, schools and private residences, slaughtering all who happen to be on the premises. The tactic, rather than demoralizing civilian populations, galvanizes contempt and the will to resist a foreign aggressor.

Think about it. While I opposed rightwing Christian evangelist’s retrograde (back to the Bronze Age) agendas if the air force of a foreign power bombed their megachurch in my vicinity, I would deem the death-from-above delivering aggressor an existential threat and would find myself, on a provisional basis, in alliance, with my political adversaries.

Every bomb dropped, causing death and destruction, strengthens the Mullah controlled government of Iran.

The true believers in the efficacy of so-called smart bombs are very stupid people.

As an example: a reporter to Secretary Of War(mongering) Pete Hegseth: “As you’ve said, there are a large number of US service members who are in harm’s way right now. What is your prayer for them?”

Hegseth: “First of all, my prayer for them is that I do pray for them… I pray simply for the biblical wisdom to see what is right and the courage to do it.”

How about the biblical admonition regarding “the writing on the wall,” piss-drunk Pete?

The “writing on the wall” episode in the Old Testament is a tale told in the Book of Daniel, 5, in which a disembodied hand of numinous origin, materializes during a feast/orgy held at King Belshazzar’s palace in ancient Babylon.

The hand of divinity scribes four words on the wall of King Belshazzar’s ornate banquet hall: “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” (Aramaic: “Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, Divided”).

The Jewish prophet in exile Daniel interprets this as an augury of impending doom i.e., the imminent fall of the Babylonian Empire to the Medes and Persians.

The phrase has become axiomatic for: ignore looming reality at your peril. Withal, just hours before ordering his attack on Iran Trump........

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