Rebound

That’s just you saying something. It’s like me saying that flames are shooting out of your butthole, and my proof is that I say so.

I cannot prove that they did not do something, but you can prove that they did do something. You said they did this thing. So prove it. Explain how imposing a weapons embargo on Israel before the six day war was France’s way of “supporting” Israel.

Can you show me any other examples of multinational support for Israel? Just one?

“Including the civilians.” Well, of course “including the civilians.” They’re all civilians. There is no Palestinian or Hamas military. No uniforms. No army based. It’s 100% civilian. Don’t be fooled by their BS when they cry about their civilians being attacked because they are all civilians. Civilians who attack Israeli civilians, by the way.

Show me.

No, Trump disclosed these secrets after he left office. Trump did not have the legal authority to possess any classified documents and he didn’t have the legal authority to disclose classified information to anyone once he left office. Why is this so hard for you?

Actually, it’s not changing the subject at all. Trump STOLE AND REVEALED HIGHLY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. So Trump didn’t simply retain classified information by accident. He retained it and he disclosed it to foreign nationals, who then disclosed it to others.

This is unprecedented. Today, President Joe Biden has achieved, for the first time, unified international support for Israel in a military conflict. The leaders of the U.S., UK, France, Italy and Germany issued this joint statement in support of Israel and condemning Hamas: “Today, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States of America released the following joint statement following their call: Today, we - President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States - express our steadfast and united support to the State of Israel, and our unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism. We make clear that the terrorist actions of Hamas have no justification, no legitimacy, and must be universally condemned. There is never any justification for terrorism. In recent days, the world has watched in horror as Hamas terrorists massacred families in their homes, slaughtered over 200 young people enjoying a music festival, and kidnapped elderly women, children, and entire families, who are now being held as hostages. Our countries will support Israel in its efforts to defend itself and its people against such atrocities. We further emphasize that this is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. All of us recognize the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people, and support equal measures of justice and freedom for Israelis and Palestinians alike. But make no mistake: Hamas does not represent those aspirations, and it offers nothing for the Palestinian people other than more terror and bloodshed. Over the coming days, we will remain united and coordinated, together as allies, and as common friends of Israel, to ensure Israel is able to defend itself, and to ultimately set the conditions for a peaceful and integrated Middle East region.”

Would you agree, then, that religion is the opiate of the masses?

If you could read, you’d know that Republican Presidents racked up trillions more debt than Democrat Presidents. A full 25% of America’s total debt was racked up during the four years of Donald Trump. Economic genius my ass!

Really? I thought it was the conservatives who keep pulling out the “religious values” evangelical arguments, not the liberals. Are you saying that liberals are more religious than conservatives?

No, what he’s saying is not untrue, it’s just not, in my opinion, a realistic approach to solving the problem.

Rob, if you look at maps of the Middle East and all of Africa before and after WW II, you’ll see that the borders changed everywhere. And the people who drew these borders didn’t know everything; they didn’t know which tribe lived where, what their concepts of property ownership were, who owned what. They just drew borders. Today, those people can fight wars all they want or they can go forward with their lives. A kid gets born in Manhattan and wants to live in the land of his birth, but if he doesn’t get an advanced graduate degree, he’s not going to be able to afford it. Should he take hostages and blow shlt up? My real point is this: What has happened is done. We have the world we have. Eight million nuclear-weaponized Jews are not going to pack their bags and leave Israel, nor will they share a democratic vote with a population who’s goal is to vote for them to get kicked out of their nation. We’ve got to think like grownups here and accept what is and is not possible.

Donald Trump is going to go to prison.

What’s your excuse for stacks and stacks of stolen ultra-classified nuclear secrets piled in cardboard boxes in a bathroom?

It you could add 2+2, you would know what debt reduction is.

Okay, Muslim travel ban is fine as long as Trump supporter travel ban is fine too.

The I.R.S. has placed a lien on a Florida property owned by Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald J. Trump, because he owes roughly $550,000 in income taxes, according to a court filing. The property, a lakeside condominium in Palm Beach, sits less than three miles from Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s private club and residence. Mr. Giuliani and his ex-wife had tried to sell it for $3.3 million in 2019, but never found a buyer. The existence of the court filing in Palm Beach County was first reported by The Daily Mail. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/politics/irs-lien-giuliani-palm-beach-condo.html

No, but what happened on Jan 6 didn’t happened in Israel or Ukraine, it happened in MY country, traitor!

Don’t confuse my disagreement with you as support of Netanyahu. I dislike him. But I just don’t see how the intelligence services would allow a massive attack like this to occur and cover up their knowledge. A good conspiracy theory has to be plausible, and what you’re suggesting is not. Israel is a very small country. These intelligence officers have family and friends who were killed in this outbreak. They would not all silently allow such a thing to happen. Yes, people in intelligence keep secrets, but not something like this. I simply cannot believe it at all. There will be inquiries and investigations into the intelligence failures once this is over, but I am certain that something like this did not happen.

No, Greek democracy was in fact very different, as was Native American democracy. Specifically, as our friend Toqueville pointed out, democracy had never been attempted before on a scale as large as the United States. Greek democracy applied only to city-states, which weren’t nearly as large as the United States. And, as we all know, Ancient Greek democracy failed: it is no more.

No, you are not allowed to have sex with a woman because she models underwear. On the basis of what you’re saying, Trump sexually assaulted this woman.

Presidential elections are often elections about change. People will vote for Biden, or they will vote for change. And I think if you ask American voters, “Can our government do better?” 100% will answer Yes. So the voters will decide whether the Republican person will change things for the better, or for worse. This is why I think the Democrats should nominate someone else: Because doing so offers change.

Equality was not the original idea of America. Slavery was written into the U.S. Constitution. The man who wrote the phrase, “All men are created equal” owned 500 slaves. The right to vote was limited to property owning white males. The original idea of America was democracy. America was the first country to try democracy. Read Tocqueville. He was a Frenchman who was intensely curious about whether this experiment in democracy could work, or if only the noble bred could run a nation. I’m not trying to put down America’s founding fathers. The way I see it, they moved the ball way, way forward. When you gain 40 yards on a play, you don’t criticize that a goal wasn’t scored. They paved the way towards equality, but their vision of equality definitely had a limited scope.

What do I think? Qatar is a scum country. Qatar owns Al Jazeera. Qatar has given Hamas $1 billion. Hamas’ position is that Israel must cease to exist and all Jews must leave the Middle East. No compromise. The only way around this is to transition to alternative energy, but that will take decades. Meanwhile, I posted this so people can know what these people are really saying. Al Jazeera English is a fake news outlet just like the Russian and Chinese news agencies. They say one thing in English and another in their native language.