I should have made it clear that in this alternative reality RFK represents Mossadegh in real life, The Iranian American Oil Company is Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now BP).
It is a hierarchical, clandestine, totalitarian Empire which operates over and above politics and beliefs.
It has control over the Committee of 300, the Club of Rome, Bilderberg, Le Cercle, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum and every government in the world.
Those who succeed in times of war are well prepared and keeping a good distance from it. They find ways to justify their withdrawal to safe spaces. They consider themselves superior to it, even though they are the manipulators of it.
They believe that their action is warranted. For them, war is the quickest route to personal salvation on a planet with finite resources. It is an essential thinning of the herd. A herd of humans which they fear may rise up and annihilate them and their inheritance."
The more you see it, the more you cannot not see it. Personally I am looking at staged 1984 like wars. With real casualties but highly contained areas. Where the non battlefield consequencea are far larger then the battlefield casualties. Ukraine the trade embargos on Russia are economical suicide for Europe and the countries participating. The stage for Iran looks to me a way to kill trade and make energy unaffordable for normal people in the west.
Putting oneself in other people's shoes (the essence of this article) is something in which one can hardly get too much practice. Time very well spent!
It could have been a great deal longer: see for example
That's the trouble with a lot of people, is that they cannot get into the shoes of another person, from their perspective. I believe people are basically the same worldwide in that they just want to be able to live their lives happily with their families and to left alone by the state and other rogue nations.
If only Australia was free and had free health and NO taxes. This would be like living in Eden. Unfortunately it has become very tyrannical of late and is fast becoming communist along with the UK and their ridiculous speech laws.
From and Australian who thought we had a democracy.
It took me reading half of this to get the 'joke'. Very clever, Ahmad. It goes exactly by my rule that any ethical position is like an algebra equation--you need to be able to flip it around the equal sign and decide if it's still true. Well done.
Absolutely right! We are in trouble and our stupid health minister and others are willing to sign the WHO IHR which have us do the bidding of it when the next scamdemic hits.
This is brilliant and is the kind of writing we need in these times. It feels like dark satire - piercing, breathtaking, mind-bending. You might also like this short comedy clip from Aamer Rahman called “Reverse Racism” which does something similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M
Aamer went back into comedy to raise awareness of Gaza — sounds crazy I know as there’s absolutely nothing funny about the situation but he used the sort of dark humour you use here as a form of critique. 🙏🏾
...he recommends listening to some of the old interviews with the Shah - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi - quite enlightening - especially in what he doesn't say or won't elaborate on....here's one....
I don't always agree with USA...definitely not! But I don't think just swapping the countries as you've done above, is helpful. You'd have to take into account the differences between the cultures, religions and much more. What you've done above is far too simplistic.
You're absolutely right, it is simplistic, and that’s intentional. The goal isn’t to create a perfect cultural analogy, but to disrupt familiar narratives and provoke deeper reflection.
Too often, people are led to believe that hostility from countries like Iran is irrational or rooted purely in religion. This overlooks decades of covert interventions, economic exploitation, and regime change driven by intelligence agencies, globalist interests, and corporate agendas.
The piece is meant to flip the script, so that for a moment, people in the West might feel what it’s like to be on the receiving end of empire. It’s not about demonising one side or glorifying another. It's about restoring context, questioning double standards, and reminding us that most ordinary people, whether Iranian, American, or anyone else, want peace, not domination.
Believe it or not, Australians know what it is like to be on the receiving end of empire. We are in a protection racket with the US. When our former Prime Minister Harold Holt tried to get rid of the US spy base Pine Gap and break the back of US influence in Australia he went missing.
He just...disappeared one day.
Vanished.
He went into the ocean and never returned. No one ever found his body.
After that...no Australian PM ever challenged the US empire ever again.
I'm actually mortified by my comment! I don't think I even know what I was trying to say. Reading it back, it sounds utterly dreadful. I can't defend it.
I should have made it clear that in this alternative reality RFK represents Mossadegh in real life, The Iranian American Oil Company is Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now BP).
"The enemy is not a country.
It is not a religion.
It is a hierarchical, clandestine, totalitarian Empire which operates over and above politics and beliefs.
It has control over the Committee of 300, the Club of Rome, Bilderberg, Le Cercle, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum and every government in the world.
It is the true enemy of the entire human race.
It must be destroyed."
https://francesleader.substack.com/p/ww3-the-pentagon-brief
"There are no winners among us.
Those who succeed in times of war are well prepared and keeping a good distance from it. They find ways to justify their withdrawal to safe spaces. They consider themselves superior to it, even though they are the manipulators of it.
They believe that their action is warranted. For them, war is the quickest route to personal salvation on a planet with finite resources. It is an essential thinning of the herd. A herd of humans which they fear may rise up and annihilate them and their inheritance."
https://francesleader.substack.com/p/and-now-to-war
Iran , Israel, Palestine, China, Russia, Ukraine, UK, USA, EU .
They all have something In common, they have a shared agenda. UN Agenda 21.
Listen to Rosa from 2013
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8gBHj8N8jJg&si=NGD6MqclaoxywxYl
The more you see it, the more you cannot not see it. Personally I am looking at staged 1984 like wars. With real casualties but highly contained areas. Where the non battlefield consequencea are far larger then the battlefield casualties. Ukraine the trade embargos on Russia are economical suicide for Europe and the countries participating. The stage for Iran looks to me a way to kill trade and make energy unaffordable for normal people in the west.
Yeah that’s how I’m seeing it too.
All the Worlds a stage”
Thanks Doc.!
Putting oneself in other people's shoes (the essence of this article) is something in which one can hardly get too much practice. Time very well spent!
It could have been a great deal longer: see for example
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_interventions_by_the_United_States
That's the trouble with a lot of people, is that they cannot get into the shoes of another person, from their perspective. I believe people are basically the same worldwide in that they just want to be able to live their lives happily with their families and to left alone by the state and other rogue nations.
If only Australia was free and had free health and NO taxes. This would be like living in Eden. Unfortunately it has become very tyrannical of late and is fast becoming communist along with the UK and their ridiculous speech laws.
From and Australian who thought we had a democracy.
It took me reading half of this to get the 'joke'. Very clever, Ahmad. It goes exactly by my rule that any ethical position is like an algebra equation--you need to be able to flip it around the equal sign and decide if it's still true. Well done.
>Australia is sent back to the dark ages.
I am ready.
Send me back.
Absolutely right! We are in trouble and our stupid health minister and others are willing to sign the WHO IHR which have us do the bidding of it when the next scamdemic hits.
Weird, I can't see your reply here no matter what I do (I can only see it it my email alert). Thanks for your reply.
This is brilliant and is the kind of writing we need in these times. It feels like dark satire - piercing, breathtaking, mind-bending. You might also like this short comedy clip from Aamer Rahman called “Reverse Racism” which does something similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M
Aamer went back into comedy to raise awareness of Gaza — sounds crazy I know as there’s absolutely nothing funny about the situation but he used the sort of dark humour you use here as a form of critique. 🙏🏾
100% Doc
Parallel Mike did a good podcast on the history of Iran and how it relates to today -
Iran, Oil & The Grand Chessboard with Parallel Mike
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x3522-18dff01
...he recommends listening to some of the old interviews with the Shah - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi - quite enlightening - especially in what he doesn't say or won't elaborate on....here's one....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RH2wXQtFdo
I don't always agree with USA...definitely not! But I don't think just swapping the countries as you've done above, is helpful. You'd have to take into account the differences between the cultures, religions and much more. What you've done above is far too simplistic.
You're absolutely right, it is simplistic, and that’s intentional. The goal isn’t to create a perfect cultural analogy, but to disrupt familiar narratives and provoke deeper reflection.
Too often, people are led to believe that hostility from countries like Iran is irrational or rooted purely in religion. This overlooks decades of covert interventions, economic exploitation, and regime change driven by intelligence agencies, globalist interests, and corporate agendas.
The piece is meant to flip the script, so that for a moment, people in the West might feel what it’s like to be on the receiving end of empire. It’s not about demonising one side or glorifying another. It's about restoring context, questioning double standards, and reminding us that most ordinary people, whether Iranian, American, or anyone else, want peace, not domination.
Believe it or not, Australians know what it is like to be on the receiving end of empire. We are in a protection racket with the US. When our former Prime Minister Harold Holt tried to get rid of the US spy base Pine Gap and break the back of US influence in Australia he went missing.
He just...disappeared one day.
Vanished.
He went into the ocean and never returned. No one ever found his body.
After that...no Australian PM ever challenged the US empire ever again.
Unhelpful? I wonder why. What differences do the differences in cultures and religions make? Please explain as if to someone "hard of thinking"! ;-)
I would, but I'm hard of thinking, myself!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😨
I'm actually mortified by my comment! I don't think I even know what I was trying to say. Reading it back, it sounds utterly dreadful. I can't defend it.
I love you!!!!!
This is the best comment I have ever read on Substack. If everyone was like you it would be heaven on earth.
Bless you ma'am, from someone else who is also hard of thinking x
AMEN
Thank you so much, that is a lovely comment 😊