So, Nr47 “announces” the take-over of the Gaza Strip by the United States.
Cue not only a storm of protest and comment by the international community, but also the immediate pivot to the new “outrage” of “stroke of genius” (depending on your tribe) by the domestic media. All of whom fall once again into the culture war trap set for them. Yes the idea is offensive for so many reasons and would normally be legitimate focus for a laser focussed round of WTF***ery by the chattering classes. And yes that includes me. Yet the question of cui bono is one that just keeps standing in the corner and holding its hand up until someone gets round to noticing. By which time enough water will have flowed through the Potomac for it no longer to have mattered.
How does taking control of the Gaza strip further MAGA – priorities? What does a Riviera of Gaza have to do with ensuring the safety and prosperity of the red base? Answer: Nothing. Nada, Niente. There is nothing in the risking of American Military lives in this cause whatsoever for the ordinary american. The obvious benefit to property developers, should the project fly, is what is hanging out there as low hanging red meat to the opposition. But really? Are we to believe that the project 2025 strategists are THAT stupid? Dangerous assumption.
Enter Steve Bannon’s concept of “flooding the zone:”
While the world’s polticial class, and media foreign and domestic spend immense bandwidth on (and this is the perversity, justified handwringing) condemning or promoting the harebrained scheme – the activities of the Muskites (maybe one should postulate Musk-ovites?) over at DOGE ramp up at immense speed. Injecting themselves into the treasurey payment systems, the department of labour, and so on. Giving an organisation headed by a tech billionaire unfettered access to the personal data of nearly every american citizen and legal entity; inofficial control over the processes for which that data is used by government while being subject to no oversight by anyone in the executive branch, or and worse, the legislative branch – whose role it is to subject all activities of government organisations to oversight. The lack of attention by the media in holding ALL branches of government to account, because it has had its zone effectively flooded, enables the real steal of american democracy.
