I have no doubt that Trump is capable of giving the order. As it stands, there is no way the order is obeyed. Trump will of course start trying to install loyalists in military leadership, but I doubt even the generals could successfully get such an order obeyed today. The entire military culture would need to be replaced, and I think the protections against that will require more time than Trump has to do it.

Thankfully, incompetence is a core trait of fascism, and I don’t think Trump or his people have the juice.

Democrats by principal shouldn’t be supporting Israel’s genocide, but clearly they are. What makes you think third party politicians will be any different? Bernie is a Democrat and isn’t corrupt or pro-genocide. At best I’d say the jury is still out on Jill Stein’s loyalties. Third party politicians can be corrupted, and corrupt politicians can infiltrate third parties on false pretence. No, third parties aren’t the solution to this particular problem.

That’s about as likely as America performing a preemptive nuclear strike on China. The international “fallout” would be pretty much the same.

“The West” wasn’t fair, but “America” would be. It’s not like China is a monolith either. It might be more monolithic than the US, but I guess we really have the wait and see if that holds. Fuck.

Israel will be fine, as long as they keep spending a fraction of a percent of the US aid they receive to buy US media and politicians.