Epic fury

Through missile and keyboard

What a day, and what a dream for so many.

Not for everyone, of course. Condolences are in order for quite a few American Congress members, Hollywood hacks, and a slew of Western social media accounts always to the rescue to educate on international affairs. Although it has just been swell listening to all the screeching against the Big and Little Satans’ Big Day Out, boy, has this event revealed some very interesting truths about too many among us.

It’s not quite news that a concerning number of people have allowed certain politicians and certain ideologies to take up long term residence in their heads, to the extent that partisan pettiness has deepened from a part time hobby to a consuming of all thought. So let’s clear up a few “misconceptions” that no rational person could entertain:

No, “negotiations” were not progressing, nor even occurring. Those require both parties to operate in good faith to qualify as such.

No, this is not “Iraq 2.0.” Get real.

No, this is not to distract from the Epstein files. Have you missed the 47 years of demonic rule, and 40,000 civilians slaughtered in the past two months?

No, this is not to “postpone midterms.”

I know Trump rots the brain, but how in the world would that even happen?

If you truly cannot fathom why this was necessary, you are not mentally or morally equipped to be speaking on the subject, though it is entertaining to witness the buffet of humiliation fetishes play out on social media.

This was not to start a war, but to finally end one of pure terror which should never have been allowed to go on this long.

The IRGC is literally the epitome of the fascist, totalitarian regime that so many revolve their identities and lack of lives around pretending to fight in our democracy. Truly, it doesn’t get more ironic than all of the “resistance” and “revolution” types fighting to sustain status quo and against literal, meaningful, and lasting humanitarian change. But, of course, that would be enabling the false assumption that such defiance was ever to bring stability over destabilization, collective need over narcissistic fantasy…and not simply to resist reality for the hell of it.

Change, and permanent resolution, had to happen at some point. Anyone who thought this could, would, or should end any other way, or simply continue as is, was either operating under outdated delusions, false cultural equivalences, or near-sociopathic callousness with entire populations’ lives.

The operation was brilliant, as were the others that lead to it. Genuinely, one should take a step back from the entitlement to armchair quarterback life across the world and take a minute to admire the impeccable line of action from these two nations against incredible enemies over the past couple years to bring the world to such a meaningful moment of opportunity.

Unfortunately, the eternal truth is that a lot of people are and will always be very quick to love the benefits they passively receive from peace and democracy, but painfully slow in recognizing what it takes to actively keep that peace and democracy.

Thank goodness the adults in charge at this moment do recognize and understand this reality for what it is, and are willing to make the tough decisions to protect all who are lacking in such fortitude yet never lacking in compulsion to demonstrate that.

So for everyone else, feel free to snark, vent, even epically “crash out,” as they say. Congratulations on the blessing of living in a nation safe enough to not only allow but encourage that. Congratulations to the Iranians, who now have an actual chance at reaching that dream as well. And congratulations to the world for becoming a little safer for all. While it is certainly accurate that no one knows yet exactly how this all ends, what we do know today is that there is finally a chance for a real beginning.