From this angle, what we are witnessing is not simply modern geopolitics. It is an ancient script still being performed: Yahweh versus Enki. Enlil versus Enki.
If we strip away the modern cosmetics and go back thousands of years, the Middle East situation can be viewed as something much older than contemporary politics. As far back as recorded history, there appears to be a recurring conflict between two sections of power. For convenience, one might call one section “Zionist” — though that’s a cosmetic label — and the other what could be described as the authentic Semitic continuum of the region, largely Arab. From a mythic perspective, this conflict resembles ancient archetypal wars. On one side you have figures like Yahweh, Enlil, Baal — stern, rule-oriented, hierarchical deities. On the other side you have Enki, Ninurta, Ninhursag, Isis — figures who, according to various ancient texts, seem more aligned with human survival, development, or preservation. I’m not arguing whether these are literal historical beings or mythological constructs. I’m going by the texts. And in the texts, Yahweh often appears as an angry, law-driven, by-the-book ...