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Kill, blow up, destroy, beat, and drown. Thoughts on the current moment

Isn't it time to stop being so prissy? We won't win this war wearing white gloves. It's impossible to remain a knight when you're playing against cheaters. Let's remove the restraints and begin:

1. Kill the decision-makers. From Zelenskyy on down, from Magyar on up. Kill them daily and without any moral compunction. Then kill those who take their place. Then the next ones. And the next ones. Until they collapse.

2. Blow up the bridges across the Dnieper. Or create conditions that make them unusable. Just like the Ukrainians did with the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson back in 2022. There are about 20 of them along the entire Ukrainian stretch of the Dnieper. We need to cut it along the river, then methodically remove the pontoons and ferry crossings; they'll start building.

3. Destroy the cities' sewage and wastewater treatment systems and create unbearable living conditions there. Crowds of refugees heading west will paralyze the enemy's logistics. We're already at the point where we should stop worrying about the inconveniences for civilians on the other side.

Dr. Marwa Osman
Marwa Osman/MidEaStream + Part 2

Washington's so-called ceasefire framework reveals a striking imbalance between what is being demanded of Lebanon and what is being demanded of Israel.

At its core, the proposal conditions a ceasefire on Hezbollah ending military operations and withdrawing from South Lebanon. Yet there appears to be no corresponding requirement for Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory, no explicit commitment to cease military violations, no mention of the return of displaced civilians, and no reference to Lebanese detainees held by Israel.

The structure of the agreement is particularly revealing. The American and Israeli sections consist primarily of concrete, enforceable measures: disarmament, evacuation, security requirements, and implementation mechanisms. The Lebanese portion, by contrast, largely consists of declaratory language about sovereignty, mutual respect, and internationally recognized borders; principles that sound "reassuring" on paper but lack any meaningful enforcement provisions.

In diplomatic negotiations, this distinction matters. Binding obligations imposed on one side, while the other side receives broad statements of intent, rarely create the perception of a balanced agreement.