Bulletins and News Discussion from September 23rd to September 29th, 2024 - The War In The North

Image is of a Hezbollah missile attack on a military camp west of Jenin.

The situation between Hezbollah and Israel is rapidly escalating, with massive bombing campaigns on southern Lebanon by Israel predominantly on civilians (as the tunnels in South Lebanon are mostly unreachable to the Zionists, just like in Gaza), while Hezbollah and its allies respond with missile attacks predominantly on Israeli military facilities. Israel is spreading an evacuation order to the residents of southern Lebanese villages while also bombing their routes of escape and civilian infrastructure, similar to a terror tactic used widely in Gaza.

Northern Israel is currently under military censorship to hide their losses, so we get very little information other than what the Resistance provides and what videos and images get through the censors.

I don't know if Israel will dare a ground incursion soon, but it seems fairly likely in the coming days or weeks.

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The relations between the United States and Brazil worsens.
The Clinton Foundation had invited Brazilian President Lula da Silva to speak at the event. This had been agreed with the event's security team and the president's security guards.
However, during the speech, President Lula da Silva and his team were barred. The reason was that President Joe Biden had arrived for a “surprise” visit to the event. Apparently, the American security guards tried to stop the Brazilian security guards. Lula da Silva refused to go there under the protection of the American security guards, believing that he would be safer with the Brazilian security guards.
The organizers of the event apparently got angry, and Lula da Silva and his team withdrew from the event. The atmosphere at the event completes the list of annoyances caused by the US to Brazil in the diplomatic marathon. Although the US government had implied that Itamaraty would mediate in conflicts with Venezuela following Nicolás Maduro's election, the State Department called a meeting to discuss the situation in the neighboring country with Argentina, which had its ambassador expelled by Maduro.
The government was also unhappy that the White House had sent a second-ranking US government official to the pro-democracy meeting called by Brazil at the UN, which will be attended, among others, by Emmanuel Macron, President of France, Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain, Gabriel Boric, President of Chile, and Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia. All political allies of Lula da Silva.
The US does this shit, and then are surprised when these countries ally with China and Russia. Also, Democrats treating Global South leaders worse than fucking George Bush.
- What a stupid own goal. I wonder if the State Department are all true believers living the fantasy that the US has the same unilateral leverage it did in the 90's or if there are younger career diplomats quietly wailing and gnashing their teeth.
  
  Probably a bit of both
- The government was also unhappy that the White House had sent a second-ranking US government official to the pro-democracy meeting
  Is that Blinken? That sounds like Blinken.
  He's the one really in charge of the US right now. Why would they want to see Biden? lol
  
  I think it's more of an image thing. Obviously some random UN organized "pro-democracy meeting" is not going to achieve anything of note.
  
  Two reasons: The US president has a better image than Blinken. Showing that the US is supportive of the meeting etc... And I think it's also because some democrats, including Biden, don't like Bolsonaro because Bolsonaro is a dumb idiot that is pro-Trump instead of being pro-US. But it seems like Kamala doesn't care about that and will probably even support Bolsonaro in the future, the same way they are supporting fucking Milei, a guy that had meetings with Trump.

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