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Selective memory is the answer. It is easy enough to understand why the British would prefer to forget that they needed the prior approval of Allies (the French, no less!). Initially, the British wanted the gratitude of the Jews for themselves. Later, when Zionism became a burden, they wanted the exclusive prerogative to downgrade the “national home” in any way they chose, without being second-guessed (by the Americans, of all people!). Even today, Britons ridden by imperial guilt over the Palestinians want the privilege to wallow in it alone. Britain, in this view, has a unique obligation to “set things right”—a remote echo of past imperial hubris.

The history’s all there, easy enough to read and understand for any marginally intelligent person interested in doing so. In many cases throughout the halls of power across the political vista, presumptuous policymakers prefer using this issue to leverage their own interests. The problem is, it all boils down to the same goddamned religious bullshyt roiling strife all over the planet, purveyed by craven power grabbers, eager to subjugate the masses for doing their selfish, greedy will.

Israel and the Palestinians are just pawns baited with religion in an irrelevant, centuries-old imperial chess game.

We prefer to do most of our own cooking. And I don’t recall being asked if I want sides of religion with every goddamned thing the government seems most concerned with serving up these days. Foreign aid delay has been one of the popular entrees coming out of D.C. lately and I’ve had my fill.

Not that domestic issues are progressing either, with the possible exception of deliberately degrading healthcare and undermining basic constitutional values. All these goals are bedrock requirements of the new GOP’s platform of anti-abortion, isolationist, corrupt fascist nutbags known as the Freedom Caucus, presently crippling Congress.

The bad part is, they’re getting help from a Supreme Court packed by a criminal POTUS, enabled by like-minded scum in Congress. Their scheme seems to be going according to plan, at least to some extent.

A senator from the great state of Arkansas appeared on ABC This Week today to repeatedly assert the mideast conflict is 100% Hamas’ fault. I have to wonder how stupid a person needs to be to get elected to Congress. There appears to be no minimum qualification on that standard.

Then he went on to evade questions about previous, public Fuckwit statements he made. This shit-for-brains MAGA mutherfucker is a disgrace to all that is right and good.

He be runnin’ from Columbia with his tail between his legs and from more political boogeymen than MTG can shake a stick at. The unsurprising outcry at college campuses across the country should be a wake-up call for fuckwits like this. But when politics by other means gets a good grip on the collective psyche, political scores carry big bonus points.

I’m hesitant to give the commensurate crime/politics tags, were it not for the regrettable, in many cases, criminal outcomes last week. The only significant crime here is MAGA mouthpieces supporting religious violence and bigotry. Everybody knows who’s fault the whole mess really is. We’ll figure it out after the Brits step up and take responsibility.

Many students who showed up to protest Johnson’s remarks also cast him as an opportunist. They interrupted him throughout his remarks, chanting “free, free Palestine,” and shouting “liar,” “get off our campus,” and “criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.” At one point, when students’ chants of “we can’t hear you” became overwhelming, Johnson paused and smirked before quipping, “enjoy your free speech.”