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Netanyahu ha tenido que salir en tres tuits a aclarar que él no iba contra Yisus, que es hombre leido y fan del historiador Will Durant y que los cristianos "florecen" en Israel. La tesis de Netanyahu (vía Durant) es simple: "una civilización moralmente superior puede caer ante un enemigo despiadado si no tiene poder para defenderse". Traducción al lenguaje de la calle: nosotros somos los buenos, ellos son los malos (maniqueismo de andar por casa, y si no recuerdo mal eso de Ormuz y Ahriman viene de Persia lol), y por eso necesitamos tener mucho poder. Poder para matar barandas enemigos uno a uno, como están haciendo ahora en Irán. Poder para bombardear lo que haga falta. Porque si no, acabamos como Jesucristo: crucificados y mirando el lado bueno de la vida. El problema de esta tesis es que confunde (a proposito) "tener poder para defenderse" con "tener poder para destruir al vecino, bombardear escuelas y dejar sin electricidad a 90 millones de personas". La defensa tiene límites. La ofensiva, cuando se disfraza de defensa, no los tiene. Y en la ofensiva misma, llevan tiempo pasándose varios pueblos. Netanyahu usa la historia con astucia. Los romanos arrasaron el templo en el 70 d.C. y aplastaron a Bar Kojba después. El mensaje para los judíos es: "mirad lo que pasa cuando no tenéis un Estado fuerte". Para los cristianos: "mirad lo que le pasó a vuestro mesías por confiar solo en la moral". Es un doble mensaje perfecto: nosotros necesitamos ser fuertes para que no nos vuelva a pasar. Y esa fuerza, ahora, se traduce en misiles sobre Teherán. Lo que omite es que el Imperio Romano, ese que arrasó el templo, era también una civilización con un código moral y una idea de superioridad. Igual que los partos contra los que luchaban, igual que todos los imperios de la historia. La "superioridad moral" es siempre un disfraz. Los romanos creían que llevaban la civilización a los bárbaros. Los partos creían que defendían la cultura persa. Los judíos de entonces creían que Dios estaba de su lado. Todos tenían razones. Todos procutaban aniquilar física y culturalmente a quienes querían conservar su independencia y autonomía. Lo de las "flechas del parto" es un detalle histórico molon. Los partos inventaron esa táctica de huir simuladamente y disparar hacia atrás mientras cabalgaban. Era su forma de guerra asimétrica contra los romanos, que eran superiores en poder convencional. Como los drones iraníes hoy. La historia no se repite exactamente nunca, ni como farsa, pero si que rima. Y la rima es: el poderoso siempre encuentra una excusa para aplastar al que resiste con métodos no convencionales. Ahora, los judíos tienen un Estado 2.000 años después. Y usan ese poder (entre otras cosas) para matar líderes enemigos uno a uno. Como si hubieran podido meter un misilazo a Vespasiano y Adriano. La pregunta es: ¿qué han aprendido de la historia? ¿Que el poder es necesario para no ser víctimas? ¿O que el poder, sin límites morales, te convierte en lo que combatías? Porque una civilización que se "defiende" bombardeando civiles, destruyendo infraestructuras y desencadenando guerras contrarias al derecho de gentes, ¿sigue siendo moralmente superior? ¿O ha cruzado esa línea donde la defensa se convierte en agresión y la superioridad moral en cinismo? Los hechos son tozudos: mientras Netanyahu habla de moral, sus bombas matan niños en escuelas. Mientras cita a Durant, sus misiles dejan sin electricidad a hospitales (en Gaza los bombardeaban directamente) . Mientras asegura que los cristianos "florecen" en Israel, sus aliados bombardeen una escuela en Irán. La distancia entre el discurso y la realidad es tan abismal que ya no es hipocresía: es esquizofrenia política. Al final, la moraleja es que la "superioridad moral" es un lujo que solo se pueden permitir los que tienen el poder de definir qué es moral. Los romanos la tenían. Los partos también. Los judíos de hoy, también. Y los iraníes, desde su perspectiva, también creen tenerla. La única moral que merece ese nombre es la que se aplica a uno mismo con el mismo rasero que a los demás. La que no cambia según quién sea la víctima. La que no necesita disfrazarse de defensa para justificar la ofensiva. Netanyahu dice que no ofendió a Jesucristo. Probablemente es cierto. Pero ofende a la inteligencia cuando pretende que una guerra que está matando a miles de personas y jodienfo la economía mundial es un ejercicio de supervivencia moral. Y ofende a la historia cuando usa el pasado judío de sufrimiento para justificar el sufrimiento presente de otros pueblos. Eso sí que es una ofensa. Y no necesita aclaraciones oficiales

Netanyahu has had to put out three tweets clarifying that he wasn't attacking Jesus, that he's a well-read man and fan of historian Will Durant, and that Christians "flourish" in Israel. The Netanyahu thesis (via Durant) is simple: "a morally superior civilization can fall to a ruthless enemy if it lacks the power to defend itself." Translation into street language: we're the good guys, they're the bad guys (cheap Manichaeism, and if I recall correctly that whole Ormuz vs Ahriman thing actually comes from Persia lol), and that's why we need to have a lot of power. Power to kill enemy leaders one by one, like they're doing now in Iran. Power to bomb whatever needs bombing. Because if we don't, we'll end up like Jesus: crucified and looking on the bright side of life. The problem with this thesis is that it deliberately confuses "having power to defend yourself" with "having power to destroy your neighbor, bomb schools, and cut off electricity for 90 million people." Defense has limits. Offense, when disguised as defense, has none. And plenty of peoples have been on the receiving end of that offense for quite some time now. Netanyahu uses history shrewdly. The Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 AD and crushed Bar Kochba afterward. The message for Jews is: "see what happens when you don't have a strong state." For Christians: "see what happened to your Messiah for trusting only in morality." It's a perfect double message: we need to be strong so it doesn't happen to us again. And that strength now translates into missiles over Tehran. What he omits is that the Roman Empire, the one that destroyed the Temple, was also a civilization with a moral code and a sense of superiority. Same as the Parthians they fought against, same as every empire in history. "Moral superiority" is always a disguise. The Romans thought they were bringing civilization to the barbarians. The Parthians thought they were defending Persian culture. The Jews back then thought God was on their side. Everyone had reasons. Everyone was trying to physically and culturally annihilate those who wanted to keep their independence and autonomy. The whole "Parthian shot" thing is a cool historical detail. The Parthians invented that tactic of feigning retreat and shooting backward while riding away. It was their form of asymmetric warfare against the Romans, who were superior in conventional power. Like Iranian drones today. History never repeats exactly, not even as farce, but it does rhyme. And the rhyme is: the powerful always find an excuse to crush those who resist with unconventional methods. Now the Jews have a state 2,000 years later. And they use that power (among other things) to kill enemy leaders one by one. As if they could have dropped a missile on Vespasian or Hadrian. The question is: what have they learned from history? That power is necessary to avoid being victims? Or that power, without moral limits, turns you into what you once fought against? Because a civilization that "defends itself" by bombing civilians, destroying infrastructure, and unleashing wars contrary to international law — is it still morally superior? Or has it crossed that line where defense becomes aggression and moral superiority becomes cynicism? The facts are stubborn: while Netanyahu talks about morality, his bombs kill children in schools. While he quotes Durant, his missiles leave hospitals without electricity (in Gaza they just bombed them directly). While he assures us that Christians "flourish" in Israel, his allies bomb a school in Iran. The gap between discourse and reality is so abyssal it's no longer hypocrisy — it's political schizophrenia. In the end, the moral is that "moral superiority" is a luxury only those with the power to define morality can afford. The Romans had it. The Parthians too. Today's Jews have it as well. And the Iranians, from their perspective, also believe they have it. The only morality that deserves the name is the one you apply to yourself with the same yardstick you apply to others. The one that doesn't change depending on who the victim is. The one that doesn't need to disguise itself as defense to justify offense. Netanyahu says he didn't insult Jesus Christ. That's probably true. But he insults intelligence when he tries to pass off a war that's killing thousands of people and fucking up the global economy as an exercise in moral survival. And he insults history when he uses the Jewish past of suffering to justify the present suffering of other peoples. Now "that" is an offense. And it doesn't need any official clarifications.

@AI2BO4 Jaja el buen rey Ciro

@Absalom421 Resulta q un rey persa , ciro, ayudo al pueblo judio en el pasado y ahora este es su agradecimiento

No le quito una coma.

At the same time, solar panels are being installed. x.com/Jingjing_Li/st…

The United States is strangling Cuban people with its brutal blockade that cuts off the energy, paralyzes hospitals, and starves the people. We are in solidarity with Cuban people🇨🇺 The first batch of the 60,000 tons of rice offered by China🇨🇳 set sail for Cuba.

What Netanyahu said is what empire says after decades of getting away with murder. First it hides. Then it justifies. Then it normalizes. Then one day it boasts. That is the final stage. When evil no longer needs denial. When it speaks with the calm of a man who knows the bombs will still arrive, the veto will still hold, the journalists will still soften, the donors will still donate, the West will still call him complicated. That is impunity made flesh. Not merely violence. Violence that knows it will not be stopped.

You know what I think? I think it is time countries of the region and the world announce to the US they are removing the siege from Cuba by hook or by crook, through assertive action or direct war, whatever the US chooses. Assemble a multinational fleet and go to Cuba. Mexico and Brazil should participate with their marine forces, and any other country in America that has Cuba at heart. Take the US to the test. If it wants to genocide Cuba, it will have to fight a rel war against a real military force. And ask Iran, China and Russia for help. I am betting the US will fold. People and nations need to step up and do more to free people from the suffocating grip of the US. Start sending them home from everywhere. Enough!

Yeah, that's it what happens when you don't have a good air defense/air force. Morally inferior civilizations kill your leaders, oil depots and scientists with impunity. Must give it to you, you were right.

@IsraeliPM Yeah, that's it what happens when you don't have a good air defense. Morally inferior civilizations kill your leaders, oil depots and scientists with impunity. Must give it to you, you were right.

A morally superior civilization may still fall to a ruthless enemy if it does not have the power to defend itself. No offense was meant.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: More fake news about my attitude towards Christians, who are protected and flourish in Israel. Let me be clear: I did not denigrate Jesus Christ at my news conference this evening.

@_guilleonidas Es lo que hay.

@Absalom421 Como madrugas. Buenos dias.

Es uno y pequeño pero matón.

@pequenacoronela Así es, encima son el 70% de los graduados en STEM. Las Scheherezade son unas hachas.

Exacto. Iran tiene un capital humano en STEM bien formado en muchas universidades. Pensar que va a perder la capacidad tecnológica porque (que sera mentira tambien) destruyan ciertas fábricas es sencillamente absurdo. XD Y no pueden matar a medio millón de técnicos.

¿Ha resucitado Netanyahu ya?

Israel has been pummeled all night. Based on my counts of alerts and reports of landings from open sources the number increased tonight, though there are no reports of casualties. My Whatsapp groups are filled with people having breakdowns after not sleeping for two weeks. In Jerusalem 4 alerts were heard in a 90 minute span. Iran has been able to increase the number of launches daily. Everyone seems angry at the IDF and Netanyahu for lying about the destruction of Iranian capabilities.

Pero carcavski decía no se que.

@Jingjing_Li He has the decorum and sense of dignity of an eight years old.

🇺🇸 to 🇯🇵: “Who knows surprise better than Japan.” 😳🤦🏻‍♀️