Politics

Saul said:

Having seen the video, it would certainly be difficult for Trump to miss, and Tim Scott was not the first person to call for its removal. The delay in removal and the lack of condemnation of the "white power" slogan by one of his supporters speaks volumes to me. I do not expect that Trump is personally responsible for every bit of media posted to his official accounts. However, I would not be so upset if he had just offered a swift and strong rebuke of the message.

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Vic said:

I’ve heard Trump condemn racism several times. I don’t think he is racist. He may not be PC, but he is not racist?

What are your thoughts on the nation of Israel?

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Vic said:

I can tell by your name, and that is why I asked. Do you feel that the Israelis treated the Palestinians appropriately since the inception of Israel?

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Saul said:

Absolutely. I would argue that Israel has been more than generous with the Palestinians, even after their repeated attacks on the Jewish people. Unfortunately, the Palestinians have rebuffed every attempt at peace, making it clear that they will not stop their campaign of terror until the Jewish people are destroyed.[/

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Saul said:

Absolutely. I would argue that Israel has been more than generous with the Palestinians, even after their repeated attacks on the Jewish people. Unfortunately, the Palestinians have rebuffed every attempt at peace, making it clear that they will not stop their campaign of terror until the Jewish people are destroyed.

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Vic said:

I really don’t know what to think about the whole situation. I can see both sides. I think the land was wrongly taken from the Palestinians, but they are unwilling to move forward with peace. I hope that situation does have a peaceful outcome.

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Saul said:

The Israeli land was won fair and square. The Palestinians, with support of Muslim neighbors continue to oppose anything Jewish. they have made clear that they have no interest in peace. Theirs is a religious campaign against the Jewish people.

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Vic said:

The land was given to them by Lord Balfour after the Second World War. The Palestinians had nothing to do with that war. How is it fair to take their land and give it away?

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Saul said:

Would you agree that the winner of a war gets to decide to do what they wish with the land of the loser or does that land have to be returned?

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Vic said:

I would agree. I just don’t understand why the Palestinians were targeted.

I think as a whole the Israelis are good people. Israel is our best ally. I wish them well. I hope that both sides of that conflict have favorable outcomes.

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Saul said:

Because the Jewish people had occupied that land until they were driven out by the Muslims.

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Hogpatrol said:

Back on task.

Here's a good question

"I just watched the Democratic leaders of Congress kneel in the halls of Congress for about 9 minutes, for the death of a black man named George Floyd.

I have never seen them kneel for a fallen Police Officer.

I have never seen them kneel for a fallen Soldier.

I NEVER SAW THEM KNEEL FOR THE SOLDIERS THAT HILLARY AND OBAMA LEFT TO DIE IN Benghazi!!

I have never seen them kneel for the thousands of (black and white) babies aborted EVERY DAY.

I have never seen them kneel for a murdered white man or woman.

I have not seen them kneel for the thousands of black-on-black murder victims.

I have not seen them kneel for the thousands of elderly people that died in nursing homes due to the Corona Virus.

I have to ask: WHY are Democrats putting the life of George Floyd as more valuable than the lives of everyone else?

In fact, Democrats have put so much value on the life of George Floyd, they have allowed rioting, looting, arson, murder and mayhem in communities Nationwide...

ASK YOURSELF - WHY NOW?"

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steve white said:

The whole country of Jordan was to be for the Palestinians, too. Jordan refused to incorporate them. Israel is tiny. The Muslims want to annihilate it. Don't take the side of the Muslim bullies/conquerors/slavers/perpetrators of forced conversions/mistreaters of Dhimmi status citizens. Take up for democratic, CIVILIZED Israel

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Red Leg said:

I assume you realize it was a tad more complicated than that.

But I will agree that human history awards what a people can conquer and hold. For instance, I prefer living in Texas rather than a Comanche.

I spent much of my professional career mucking around the Middle East. I have spent lots of time with the IDF and have even flown in the gunner's seat of one of their Apaches as they demonstrated drone targeting hand-off just before the second Gulf War (a technique we have exploited extensively over the last decade and a bit). I have negotiated military sales with them (not easy), and as a General officer, I had the privilege to represent the US Army in laying a wreath at Yad Vashem. But, I am also an Arab speaker and have spent even more time among our Arab allies (and yes they are). Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar have been instrumental in all of our military and intelligence work in the region for fifty years - particularly the last twenty. Israel somewhat less so - I have a colleague, who I'll leave nameless, who describes our relationship as one of a whale being led around by a goldfish.

Every administration since WWII has struggled to balance those implacable foes as the US navigates its own national interests in the region. To date, that has not become any simpler.

My concern for Israel specifically is that it resembles very closely the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187/1291). Yes the religion is different, but like it, the modern state of Israel is a largely European enclave on the coast of the Levant. They will maintain that toehold only so long as they have the military strength to do so. I am afraid there is a population calculus at work that makes that likelihood more difficult every generation. A lasting political solution is as imperative as it is illusive - perhaps impossible.

With respect to Chicago (and Baltimore, and Oakland, and DC, etc) - parts of it are, by any definition, a war zone - regardless of the percentage of the city. What frustrates me and many others is that BLM and its Democrat political enablers ignore that carnage as they purse political goals by exploiting correspondingly rare police shootings. The conditions that breed that violence are the product of decades of good intentions, bad policy, and misguided investment. Nothing in the current wave of empathetic demonstrations are assaults on our history will do anything to address that underlying barbarism. And until we, and perhaps most importantly, the people living there begin to, none of this will matter a few years from now.

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