Ten Takeaways from the War

[Emeagwali, Gloria (History)]

 

The war:

1. For Trump it was all about the spectacle: From a failed infantile parade to live fireworks,

1.  and the assertion of  hegemonic power.

1. 
   

        For Netanyahu it was a get-out-of -jail card, and a two - decade dream for Greater Israel.

1. 
   

1. For  evangelicals it was  some kind of morbid,  end -of -times failed  opportunity.

 

1. For the U.S power elite  of neocons, Ziocons, and defense contractors, it was  an opportunity to

         weaken BRICS through  a hoped for regime change in Iran, and a money making venture.

1. 
   

1. To China it was a dry run  for  the forthcoming US- China conflict over Taiwan.

1. 
   

1. To the world’s 17th largest country, Iran, spread over 600, 000 square miles, it was  graduation day 

1. for its medium range and  hypersonic missile program 🧑‍🎓  but a counter-  intelligence failure.

  

        For Europe, an opportunity to make  up with an estranged mad cousin and rejoin the notorious "coalition of 

        the willing"-  but that fell through.

1. For India, remorse for buying partly ineffective weapons, and backing a  horse that had less stamina

1. than envisaged.

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         For the Global South, witness to  an emerging New World Order

        For  Africa, a wake-up call.

Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
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[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

Striking.

I wish you could elaborate,even if only briefly,so one may better understand these parabolic summations

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[Emeagwali, Gloria (History)]

 

1. For Trump, it was all about

    the spectacle:  From a failed 

    infantile military parade to

    live fireworks and the assertion 

    of hegemonic power.

2.  For Netanyahu, it was

     a get-out-of -jail card and a

     twenty year project for

     Greater Israel.

3. For Evangelicals,  it was

     some kind of morbid,

     end-of-times failed opportunity.

4.  For the US power elite of

     ziocons, neocons and defense 

      contractors, it was an opportunity 

      to weaken BRICS through a

       hoped -for regime change in 

       Iran -and a money making

       venture.

5.   For China, a dry run for the 

       coming US-China conflict,

       over Taiwan.

6.  For Africa, a wake-up call.

7.   For the Global South, witness

      to a new World Order

8.   For India, remorse  for silently 

       backing a horse that had less

       stamina than envisaged.

9.  For the UK, a chance to makeup

      with an estranged cousin

      and rejoin the  notorious 

      Coalition of the Willing  

       if necessary 

10. For Iran, the 17th largest country

       spread over 600, 000 square

       miles, it was graduation 🧑‍🎓 

       day for its medium range

       ballistic and hypersonic 

       missiles  but a  counter-

       intelligence  disaster and failure.

     

Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History/African Studies, CCSU

Chief Editor- "Africa Update".  

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The war:

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[Emeagwali, Gloria (History)]

Toyin Adepoju,

Which numbers should I elaborate 

on.Pick two.

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[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

7 and 8.

Thanks

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[Emeagwali, Gloria (History)]

The arms trade between India and Israel has been

extensive. Israel is in fact India's  major supplier of

equipment for defense -  including cybersecurity

devices.  Although it is a member of BRICS, India's ties

with Israel have grown exponentially since its establishment of an 

embassy in the early 1990s.  About 20,000 Indians work

in Israel and reports suggest that Mossad used some of them

to infiltrate Iranian society in the recent blow up.

Recall that India refused to go along with a recent

BRICS condemnation of  Israel -according to some news

reports. It has not challenged Israel's activities in Gaza

according to Genocide Watch. To make a long story

short, the Modi administration was probably shocked

and disappointed to see the poor performance of

Israel's Iron Dome, the centerpiece of its military

defense and would naturally begin to question its

heavy reliance on military imports from the West Asian

regional superpower.  It may be eyeing Shahed 136,

Iran's  kamikaze drone, and others, a little more

closely. now.

I think the recent posts by Okafor effectively

highlight the African context:

Arise Africa before it's too late

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
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 University of Texas at Austin

2019   Distinguished Africanist Award,  New York African Studies Association

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[Victor Okafor]

2 & 6. I included 6 because it resonates with my recent policy proposal for the establishment of a United Confederation of African States. 

Sincerely,

Victor O. Okafor, Ph.D.

Professor and Head

Department of Africology and African American Studies

Eastern Michigan University

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Food for Thought: 

“I myself do not judge a man [or a woman] by  the color of his [or her] skin. The yardstick that I use to judge a man [or a woman] is his [ or her] deeds, his [her] behavior,  and his [or her] intentions. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth." -- Malcolm X.

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[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

Great thanks Gloria 

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[Emeagwali, Gloria (History)]

Dear Victor,

Let me elaborate briefly on #2.

Netanyahu has been propped

up by the US ziocons and neocons,

in opposition to some Israelis.

 By recognizing him at the Senate, 

 the US disappointed that group

of Israelis, no doubt. He has been

 indicted for serious cases of 

corruption, breach of trust and fraud

by an Israeli court,  having

committed the offenses with 

A. Moses and S. Elovitch who 

are also on trial. There are three 

serious cases that could 

lead to the imprisonment, of

Netanyahu, if convicted 

but as long as  he is in power 

and engaged in these  big 

moments of crisis, he is 

unencumbered  by such legal 

possibilities. The trial

started in 2020 and is still

on the books.

We know  that Netanyahu 

has been a major instigator 

of  war in Iraq, Libya, Syria and

perhaps Sudan, in the past 

decades.The weakening of 

these countries has been to 

the advantage of Israeli and

 U.S. hegemony in the region.

I have little to add to your

great commentary on Africa.

Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History/African Studies, CCSU
Chief Editor- "Africa Update"
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[Victor Okafor]

Yes, I'm aware of Natanyahu's substerfuges. My surprise and disappointment is that Mr. Trump caved in.

I have since developed a fuller policy proposal for the creation of a United Confederation of African States. I will forward it to you. 

Sincerely,

Victor O. Okafor, Ph.D.

Professor and Head

Department of Africology and African American Studies

Eastern Michigan University

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“I myself do not judge a man [or a woman] by  the color of his [or her] skin. The yardstick that I use to judge a man [or a woman] is his [ or her] deeds, his [her] behavior,  and his [or her] intentions. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth." -- Malcolm X.

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