So Operation Epstein Furore is in full swing, and already US and Israeli forces have scored some notable successes in the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians – the attack on a school in southern Iran that killed over 150 people, many of them children, stands out so far although it is certain that many more Iranian citizens will be similarly “liberated” (i.e. blown to bits). Trump’s plan is obviously to set the Middle East on fire in order to distract attention from his problems at home.
Anyway, I suddenly realized that it is just about two years to the day since I flew back to Dublin from Sydney where I spent a month during my sabbatical. It was actually 3rd March, not 2nd March, that I boarded the plan bound for Abu Dhabi, but one day is neither here not there (especially when you’re jetlagged). It seems that Iran has been firing drones and missiles at airports around the Gulf so there are no flights in the airspace right now:
I flew via Etihad, which has suspended commercial flights entirely. Abu Dhabi airport was struck by drones over the weekend, but I don’t think anyone was hurt. I suppose anyone wanting to fly from Sydney to Dublin these days will have to go via Singapore or just stay put. I’ve heard there are around 20,000 Irish people in the Gulf States right now. I hope they stay safe, and the same goes for all civilians caught up in the conflict.
In the Dark 