{"id":191508,"date":"2023-10-16T09:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=191508"},"modified":"2023-10-16T09:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:25:48","slug":"where-is-the-moral-high-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=191508","title":{"rendered":"<h2>Where Is The Moral High Ground<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Renee Parsons<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the House Republican caucus has successfully resisted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s return to power although he lurks in the shadows, as it wisely denied Majority Leader Steve Scalise the Speaker seat, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan achieved a closed door secret-ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2023\/10\/13\/rep-jim-jordan-wins-gop-speaker-nomination\/\"><span class=\"s2\">152 \u2013 55<\/span><\/a> vote on Friday. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That vote is within range of the 217 required for a final floor vote that would put Jordan in the Speaker\u2019s seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although the House was recessed until Tuesday afternoon<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>in an outrageous attempt for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProudElephantUS\/status\/1713705984546255079\"><span class=\"s2\">recalcitrant holdouts<\/span><\/a> to engineer a deal with House Democrats,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>the struggle continues as cartel Representatives in the House caucus refuse to relinquish their hold on power. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As the earth-shaking<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>crisis<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>in Israel continue to escalate, there is a distinct failure<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>to grasp that there is a new world aborning, with or without the United States and I don\u2019t mean the appalling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWallace888\/status\/1713590681690849387\"><span class=\"s2\">Klaus Schwab<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/06\/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset\/\"><span class=\"s2\">World<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Economic Forum<\/span><\/a>. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After a week of private harangues, the public has been denied any privy to candidate speeches, no record of roll call votes which were held in secret and no record of any debate or its closed door proceedings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is not how America First voters expect the Republican caucus to behave.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is time for those fifty five votes to step forward<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>into the public sphere as they have protected themselves from public purview; those most associated with the cartel work best in the shadows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For wont of confirmation, let\u2019s assume that the majority of the fifty five are, if not old-timers, are entrenched members of the Appropriation, Foreign Affairs or Armed Services Committee whose members believe their committees carry the legislative burden \u2013 veterans who believe their decisions are beyond reproach, with a sacred agenda upon which the Republic depends, beyond question or doubt; and that those in discord are interlopers genetically unable to understand or participate as partners.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also a fair assumption that the majority of those House Members are from Red States.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on past history, it may be fair to say that those Members with longevity have lacked fiscal discipline as they have demanded control of all elements of government funding process including ad nauseum Continuing Resolutions and Omnibuses, the bigger the better. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The country is in a spiritual battle; not merely a left versus right paradigm but a true battle for the soul of the country, for the soul of its people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It is also fair to say that those Members more connected to the MIC adequately reciprocate that support with the Ukraine war and other assorted military adventures like Yemen and Syria and most likely will be <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/4117034-gop-lawmakers-block-75-million-in-food-aid-for-palestinians-raising-fears-of-humanitarian-disaster\/\"><span class=\"s2\">gung-ho<\/span><\/a> for the utter disaster that is coming to Israel with no interest in ceasefires or peace negotiations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>War in Israel promises to be exceedingly controversial, extremely expensive and divisive within the US as the conflict promises to reach a height of inhumanity rarely exceeded since the US dropped multiple nuclear bombs on civilian populations in Japan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>With some exceptions, these fifty fivers may represent an antiquated<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>world view<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> beholden to their benefactors which can be better identified in a review of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/members-of-congress\"><span class=\"s2\">Open Secrets<\/span><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00831925\/\"><span class=\"s2\">FEC Filings<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">With some exceptions, these are the folks who may be expected to stubbornly take the country into the next \u2018forever\u2019 war despite substantial global opposition as IMF warning that the $33T debt is <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/bonds\/us-debt-crisis-government-spending-unsustainable-defaults-interest-rates-imf-2023-10?op=1\"><span class=\"s2\">unsustainable<\/span><\/a> as corporate defaults rise.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Tucker predicted recently that the globalists will do anything to win including precipitating a hot war with Russia<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>which, for the time being,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>may include stonewalling Jordan which argues for public confrontation as the fifty five club reveal themselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It may be that 2023 goes down in American history on a par with 1775 as it has become a launching point when millions of Americans awoke to the depth of the federal government\u2019s political corruption and influence of the cartel\u2019s deceit in creating an unsustainable economic strategy and a military juggernaut that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/exclusive-republican-congresswoman-launches-bid-to-stop-u-s-sending-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-in-humanitarian-aid-to-palestinians-following-hamas-atrocity-in-israel\/ar-AA1iaRVW?ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=48b4aacfd0144011ac9ff34a74b2e374&amp;ei=161\"><span class=\"s2\">never saw a war<\/span><\/a> it did not own as well as recognizing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservapedia.com\/Non-interventionism_and_the_Republican_Party\"><span class=\"s2\">decayed Republican party<\/span><\/a> once stood for historic principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/10\/28\/7022003\/rand-paul-non-interventionism-daniel-mccarthy\"><span class=\"s2\">non-intervention in WW I<\/span><\/a> and fiscal conservativism. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> ***<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chronologically speaking, with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after WW I, it is essential to understand the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grunge.com\/416444\/the-tragic-true-story-of-the-1948-palestinian-displacement\/\"><span class=\"s2\">history of the Zionists<\/span><\/a> in Palestine as the Brits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2018\/11\/2\/more-than-a-century-on-the-balfour-declaration-explained\"><span class=\"s2\">Balfour Agreement<\/span><\/a> created a second class citizenry dominated by cruel and sadistic treatment of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/1713612113321550326\"><span class=\"s2\">Palestinian children<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was eerily coincidental that as the House went into isolation to select a Speaker, the Hamas attack on Israel became a frightening event which continues on the edge of spinning out of control. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2023\/10\/11\/beheaded-israeli-babies-settler-wipe-out-palestinian\/\"><span class=\"s2\">misinformation<\/span><\/a>, Israel\u2019s response has been steady air attacks and threaten a massive ground attack delayed due to inclement weather.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Its purpose according to corrupt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/promising-merciless-war-on-hamas-netanyahu-says-israel-will-avenge-this-black-day\/\"><span class=\"s2\">sleazebag<\/span><\/a> President Benjamin Netanyahu who is under indictment and facing prison, is to totally destroy the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/8\/7\/the-gaza-strip-explained-in-maps\"><span class=\"s2\">Gaza strip<\/span><\/a> and its entire community of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/1713612113321550326\"><span class=\"s2\">inhabitants.<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What you will not read about in most western publications is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/05\/middleeast\/israel-al-aqsa-mosque-clash-intl-hnk\/index.html\"><span class=\"s2\">three days before<\/span><\/a> the Hamas attack, IDF and Israeli citizens <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Efiok16\/status\/1710909376607789515?t=ETn7gaoEk_nhHzUK2E7D3Q&amp;s=19\"><span class=\"s2\">attacked Palestinians<\/span><\/a> in prayer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/10\/10\/why-al-aqsa-remains-a-sensitive-site-in-palestine-israel-conflict\/\"><span class=\"s2\">al Aqsa<\/span><\/a> mosque, the second (or third) oldest and holiest mosque in Islam also known as the Temple Mount which resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/01\/middleeast\/palestinian-shot-dead-al-aqsa-intl\/index.html\"><span class=\"s2\">killing<\/span><\/a> one man. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The long standing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/10\/4\/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-complex-on-fifth-day-of-sukkot\"><span class=\"s2\">conflict<\/span><\/a> surrounds the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-65184207\"><span class=\"s2\">dismantling<\/span><\/a> of the mosque by fundamentalist jews. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Living restrictions imposed by the Israelis in 2008, Gaza is the third mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home\"><span class=\"s2\">densely populated<\/span><\/a> area in the world, 141 square miles, 25 miles long with 2.2 million <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlinePalEng\/status\/1713511628589723803\"><span class=\"s2\">residents<\/span><\/a>, half of which are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/1713612113321550326\"><span class=\"s2\">less than 15 years old<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The explanation of the Hamas attack, vicious and tragic with 1200 deaths, can only be understood in recognizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grunge.com\/416444\/the-tragic-true-story-of-the-1948-palestinian-displacement\/\"><span class=\"s2\">history of the last seventy years<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>With no water, no food, no electricity including its hospitals is typical behavior by Israel who routinely, prior to the attack, turned all utilities in Gaza on and off at will.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the unipolar world continues to collapse under the weight of all its sordid corruptions, BRICS continues to consolidate its alliance around the world with trade agreements and offering humanitarian aid to Palestine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The first international leader to speak out on the Hamas-Israeli conflict was UN Security Council President, BRICS Member and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2023-10-11\/brazils-lula-calls-for-ceasefire-humanitarian-intervention-in-israel-palestinian-conflict\"><span class=\"s2\">Brazilian President Luiz Lula DaSilva<\/span><\/a> who immediately called for a \u2018<i>ceasefire,<\/i>\u2019<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><i>humanitarian intervention<\/i> as well as protecting the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlinePalEng\/status\/1713246310273261984\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Palestinian children<\/i>.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> Lula went on to say <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Hamas should release Israeli children who were<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"s4\"><i>kidnapped from their families<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s5\">&#8220;.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>We will never accept the massacre <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/10\/israeli-president-isaac-herzog-controversially-asserts-that-no\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>of innocent people<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> in Gaza through <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/584880-gaza-evacuation-convoys-victims\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>indiscriminate bombing<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> leading to a serious disproportionate attack on Gaza<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s6\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s7\">While Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Israel had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/putin-israeli-ground-operation-gaza-will-result-civilian-losses-2023-10-13\/\"><span class=\"s2\">right to defend<\/span><\/a> itself, he cautioned Israel against a siege at Gaza comparing it to the Nazi siege at Leningrad in 1941-42.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Putin added a ground attack would have<\/span> <span class=\"s7\">\u201c<i>serious consequences for all sides<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s8\">\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s7\">and<\/span> <span class=\"s7\">\u2018<\/span><span class=\"s9\"><i>most importantly, the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/1713612113321550326\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>civilian casualties<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> will be absolutely unacceptable. Now the main thing is to stop the bloodshed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s10\"><i>,<\/i>&#8221; <\/span><span class=\"s9\">he said.<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NUG9VmTHEo0\">Egypt, another BRICS country<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, is erroneously being blamed for preventing a civilian exit from Gaza through the Rafah Gate as hundreds of Egyptian citizens <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Teoanon17\/25580\"><span class=\"s2\">walk the Sinai<\/span><\/a> desert carrying water and food with hundreds of Egyptian trucks lined up at the Gate full of water and food for Gaza residents<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The only existing exit, Israel bombed the Gate three times to destroy all access in or out of Gaza.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In addition, Israel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pgzDAgBBsIo\"><span class=\"s2\">denied the Red Cross<\/span><\/a> entry into Gaza.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The weekend of the Hamas attack, the US sent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Archer83Able\/status\/1712402030780662018\"><span class=\"s2\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/span><\/a> and Secretary of Defense Austin as well as a bevy of second rate European and EU foreign policy types, none of whom had a constructive solution to deal with the crisis.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>With no lobbying of other middle eastern countries or any proposal to propose, the US response was to send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-war-white-phosphorous-gaza-palestinians-amnesty-hrw-reports\/\"><span class=\"s2\">white phosphorus<\/span><\/a> shells for bombardment onto Gaza residents as they foundered in search for a military option.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Congratulations to the US for driving more countries into the arms of the BRICS 11 as two of its newest members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/10\/12\/irans-raisi-saudi-arabias-mbs-discuss-israel-hamas-war\"><span class=\"s2\">Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/span><\/a> were in direct communication working on a diplomatic initiative about the need to \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/10\/wwiii-watch-iran-threatens-intervention-if-israel-invades\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>end war crimes against Palestine<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u201d as Israeli continued bombing attacks in Gaza for the fourth day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Saudi crown prince said his country was \u2018<i>exerting maximum pressure to halt the ongoing escalation<\/i>\u201d while Iran had previously warned Israel to \u2018<i>halt <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2023\/10\/13\/israel-hamas-live-dozens-killed-while-fleeing-to-southern-gaza\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>its war crimes<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> before it is too late<\/i>.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With creation of a peace initiative led by Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for an unconditional immediate ceasefire and negotiations to establish a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capitol being circulated, a proposal that may end up at the UN since Israel has always opposed a two-state solution. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition, diplomatic activity was intense with the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt, most likely coordinated by Lavrov who identified the problem that Palestine was never allowed to establish itself as a separate state as the US monopolized diplomacy with Israel and offered no coherent approach to Palestinian concerns.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Maria Zakarova spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Office concluded with it was \u201c<i>now the job outside the west to clean up the mess created by the US.<\/i>.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During a significant international crisis, it seems <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2023\/10\/14\/israels-govt-foreign-affairs-committee\/\"><span class=\"s2\">incomprehensible<\/span><\/a> that the US Congress allows dual-citizenships as if a questionable divided loyalty to the US or another country is perfectly permissible = just another example of dismantling US sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Renee Parsons\u00a0served on the ACLU\u2019s Florida State Board of Directors and as president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, staff in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth and a staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}