‘My impression is that Americans generally are fed up with wars, no matter where their sympathies may lie. Sympathy for any given country is easy to express, but when the rubber hits the road?’…..maybe Red States reaching out to BRICS? Drive a stake thru septic globalist hearts.
This should be read by all those who claim that everyone in Gaza is complicit with the actions of Hamas and the evidence is that they don't stand up and condemn Hamas. Of course they don't. They are forced to comply...or else!
One angle on this that might be considered: American Jews are largely secular, I think. I say this based on personal experience (with Jewish friends) and on what I have read about the Jewish community as a whole in the U.S. and its political leanings.
A characteristic of the secular Jewish community in the U.S. is that over time it has empathized with and sided with the underdogs in society, thus placing a great deal of emphasis on civil rights. The Democratic Party's identification with civil rights (accurate or not) over the last 60 years is a large part of why Jews have voted Democratic.
Now that the Palestinians are the "oppressed minority," will the U.S. Jewish community identify more with them or with the oppressive and seemingly genocidal Israeli government? Just on the basis of numbers, I would expect them to side more with the Palestinians, as strange as that might seem based on culture or race. Remains to be seen but it seems schisms could develop.
…and “schisms” have developed as we’ve seen with the deep pocketed donor class, ie Bill Ackman, who, after writing check after check to the Harvard Corporation over decades, has just woken up (!) to the fact that his wealth has funded what in his view is virulent antisemitism (Israel as another outpost of colonialism…). He is right that real diversity of thought and opinion has gone out the window in our hallowed halls, in favor of the DEI variety of which Harvard’s president, Ackman contends, is the poster child. So we have as Mark refers to, a divide forming in the Dem electorate between the “liberal intelligencia” (Blumenthal) who give $$$ to their alma maters and who have all voted Zhou, and the other, more eclectic base, including probably those more secular Jewish Americans who are appalled by the actions of Israel…Zhou is losing their support…(NB I just saw that Ackman has called on X for the entire Harvard board to resign, including its head, Penny Pritzker. Another schism?!!)
I have a lot of respect for Rickards and I feel like what he says rings true (although who can really know what will transpire over a period even as short as 12 months). I don't like what he says about the markets and oil - but that doesn't mean I don't agree with it. It just means I don't like the possible reality of it. Thanks for the link.
I doubt this is going to affect Jewish voting which if memory serves me, 77% voted for Biden. I believe most Jews conservative or liberal separate Judaism from Zionism. I am willing to bet Ben Shapiro will vote for Biden, unless Nikki can win the Republican nomination through whatever manifestation of deep state malfeasance. Trump is surprisingly open minded on the plight of Palestinians. I’m a new subscriber, I’ve been enjoying your analysis.
Are Americans getting war-weary? A new AP-NORC poll has revealed that the percentage of Americans who consider foreign policy a top issue has doubled this year.
Berletic at New Atlas (which was part of your post yesterday) cleverly summarized how US “foreign policy” comes about: crafted via think-tank papers, handed off to lawyers to format as legislation, dropped off to lobbyists who push it to Congress for their stamp of approval (this part we don’t see much of!), and, basta cosi! He says this in all seriousness.
‘My impression is that Americans generally are fed up with wars, no matter where their sympathies may lie. Sympathy for any given country is easy to express, but when the rubber hits the road?’…..maybe Red States reaching out to BRICS? Drive a stake thru septic globalist hearts.
Voices from Gaza…. https://www.thefp.com/p/imam-father-gaza-kidnapped-by-hamas
This should be read by all those who claim that everyone in Gaza is complicit with the actions of Hamas and the evidence is that they don't stand up and condemn Hamas. Of course they don't. They are forced to comply...or else!
Agreed, however we don't talk about that too much.
You're saying "Israel is trying to drag us into war."
I say "aren't Israel and our State Department the same thing"
It's clear they've always been one Entity.
There's no drag.
One angle on this that might be considered: American Jews are largely secular, I think. I say this based on personal experience (with Jewish friends) and on what I have read about the Jewish community as a whole in the U.S. and its political leanings.
A characteristic of the secular Jewish community in the U.S. is that over time it has empathized with and sided with the underdogs in society, thus placing a great deal of emphasis on civil rights. The Democratic Party's identification with civil rights (accurate or not) over the last 60 years is a large part of why Jews have voted Democratic.
Now that the Palestinians are the "oppressed minority," will the U.S. Jewish community identify more with them or with the oppressive and seemingly genocidal Israeli government? Just on the basis of numbers, I would expect them to side more with the Palestinians, as strange as that might seem based on culture or race. Remains to be seen but it seems schisms could develop.
…and “schisms” have developed as we’ve seen with the deep pocketed donor class, ie Bill Ackman, who, after writing check after check to the Harvard Corporation over decades, has just woken up (!) to the fact that his wealth has funded what in his view is virulent antisemitism (Israel as another outpost of colonialism…). He is right that real diversity of thought and opinion has gone out the window in our hallowed halls, in favor of the DEI variety of which Harvard’s president, Ackman contends, is the poster child. So we have as Mark refers to, a divide forming in the Dem electorate between the “liberal intelligencia” (Blumenthal) who give $$$ to their alma maters and who have all voted Zhou, and the other, more eclectic base, including probably those more secular Jewish Americans who are appalled by the actions of Israel…Zhou is losing their support…(NB I just saw that Ackman has called on X for the entire Harvard board to resign, including its head, Penny Pritzker. Another schism?!!)
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/2024-heres-what-happens-according-jim-rickards
I have a lot of respect for Rickards and I feel like what he says rings true (although who can really know what will transpire over a period even as short as 12 months). I don't like what he says about the markets and oil - but that doesn't mean I don't agree with it. It just means I don't like the possible reality of it. Thanks for the link.
I doubt this is going to affect Jewish voting which if memory serves me, 77% voted for Biden. I believe most Jews conservative or liberal separate Judaism from Zionism. I am willing to bet Ben Shapiro will vote for Biden, unless Nikki can win the Republican nomination through whatever manifestation of deep state malfeasance. Trump is surprisingly open minded on the plight of Palestinians. I’m a new subscriber, I’ve been enjoying your analysis.
Thank you!
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:
Are Americans getting war-weary? A new AP-NORC poll has revealed that the percentage of Americans who consider foreign policy a top issue has doubled this year.
Berletic at New Atlas (which was part of your post yesterday) cleverly summarized how US “foreign policy” comes about: crafted via think-tank papers, handed off to lawyers to format as legislation, dropped off to lobbyists who push it to Congress for their stamp of approval (this part we don’t see much of!), and, basta cosi! He says this in all seriousness.
"Think tanks" ... another name for inbred, self-perpetuating group think.