Hmm I suppose the trade off between a proxy war of Russia/Israel and Russia/NATO becomes moot once NATO actually gets involved (new as of the past few months). Russia has been fanning threats of using their Nukes, so that is ultimately the deciding factor of when a world war starts. If NATO involvement drives Russia nuclear, then the status quo of the Middle East is thrown and Israel would join with NATO forces. In my view

Guess so but there’s still more to it. Israel is diplomatically restrained from helping due to Russia’s dominance over Syria. As we’ve seen, the vibe on the ground is changing regarding Israel helping Ukraine but still they’re avoiding full weapon systems.

Nothing should justify letting Russia invade Ukraine but rather there are decisive actions that would escalate warfare.

Role play: Israel sends dope ass weapons to Ukraine Russia stops allowing Israel to destroy weapons shipments bound for Lebanon/Gaza Israel may declare war on Iran or push further into Syria to guarantee security The US provides military aid to Israel will lead to direct confrontations of the US and Russian army

aaaaand World War I’m not saying this is how it must go down, but a reasonable guess of why Israel is in a bind with Russia.

Russia is the drunk mom who used to be a talented piano player but now is so lost that they beat their kids, wondering why life seems so bad. America is the vocal and seeming to be well intentioned psychopath that will advocate for their enemies enemies freedoms while denying them to their own family.

Israel is the abused kid that got kicked around really hard by its parents and it’s peers. Now that kid is now an adult who is both traumatized from the conditions of its birth and unable to recognize its own pattern of abuse that fucked it up in the first place. Israel needs some serious culture therapy to get out of this one.

Palestinians are the other abused kid. Never given recognition, this kid is driven to perpetuate the abuse knowing that no one will stick up for them. Fighting is easier when your abusive parents only praise you for fighting and not for self-improvement.

Now between the kids, you’ve got two fucked up kids fighting for a toy on the playground. One set of parents (abusive) say, “honey play nice if you want the toy”. The other set of parents (abusive) is saying, “fuck that, fight back for the toy”. The analogy I’m trying to draw out is that Russia is decrepit glory, America is manipulative freedom, Israel is the POS kid who could be a crooked politician, Palestine is the kid that keeps getting thrown in detention because they resort to violence. Each has its own set of issues and limitations, each contributes to their own situation, all would be better solved if everyone took their hands out of the pot

You seem to have thought about this topic a lot. Curious if you’ve read and disagree with how hard drugs are handled in Portugal. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2018/10/portugal-opioid

There’s lots of arguments and counter arguments with how to deal with large scale drug addiction. All I can say is, if the “solution” involves ignoring addicts, not providing safe materials, and continuing to plant addicts in jail….we’ll be looking at a propagation of how bad it is now.

The solution has to be well past cleaning the streets, having narcan, sanitary supplies. The solution has to be well past treating addicts and dealers as criminals.

Truth is, people of all creeds get hooked on opiates. Middle aged parents with a back injury. Businesses’ make millions legally selling these harmful drugs, yet teenagers that have no community support get sent to jail and end up killing each other for turf.

The big question, are we looking to create a better world or are we looking to create the impression of a better world. A world without addiction and a world where the addicts get shoveled off to the side appear imperceptible to a citizen on the street