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Category Archives: Israel
Day 16 Of The Israel v Hamas War (10-22-23)
01:00 Why did Joe Biden visit Israel? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15318503:00 Thomas Baden-Riess says he’s right 05:00 Failed Islamic Jihad rocket achieves more than successful rocket launches, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/biden-speech-israel-gaza.html07:00 The rocket that hit the Hamas hospital, https://www.wsj.com/video/video-analysis-shows-gaza-hospital-hit-by-failed-rocket-meant-for-israel/120A1C22-BA32-418E-8837-BC4141FEFB00.html11:30 Who’s attracted to radicalization, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/interview-with-julia-ebner-extremist-networks-radicalisation23:30 Dooovid joins, … Continue reading
Joe Biden’s Hero’s Journey To Israel And Back
Great news guys! According to his own bio: “David Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group, a media company that produces podcasts including Deep State Radio, hosted by Rothkopf. He is also the author of many books including Running the … Continue reading
Israel, Hamas & the Tragedy of Survival (10-15-23)
01:00 Land belongs to the people who can seize it and protect it22:00 Israel, Hamas and Gaza: Q&A w/ Peter Zeihan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxXJOqqNFVM28:30 George Friedman on Where the Conflict Goes from Here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl34LRjZlBE31:30 Concepts Illuminate & Obscure Reality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15313643:30 Sam Vaknin … Continue reading
The Consequences
In the 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers, Col. Mathieu (who’s in charge of the French forces) says: “Should we remain in Algeria? If you answer “yes,” then you must accept all the necessary consequences.” If Israel wants to decapitate … Continue reading
Concepts Illuminate & Obscure Reality
There’s no alternative to using models to simplify reality. The world is far too complex to live without them. But if you use a false map of reality, you won’t get where you want to go. Political scientists John J. … Continue reading
The Drums Of War (10-10-23)
01:00 Israel vs Hamas, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15299205:00 Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children died as a result of American sanctions, https://www.gicj.org/positions-opinons/gicj-positions-and-opinions/1188-razing-the-truth-about-sanctions-against-iraq10:00 What Makes A Great Pundit?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15296122:00 New Yorker: Jake Sullivan’s Trial by Combat: Inside the White House’s battle to keep Ukraine … Continue reading
Israel vs Hamas
* Is there anything good about the events of the weekend in Israel? Yes, they return us to reality. Different groups have different interests, and when the clash of interests is intense enough, you get war, which is the continuation … Continue reading
Israel – Our Greatest Ally (3-9-23)
01:00 Why do Malaysian airplanes keep disappearing? 08:00 Israel’s democracy is under threat 17:40 Elliott Blatt joins 19:00 When reality knocks 20:00 Elliott Blatt, you don’t have to put on the red light 22:00 NYRB: A new biography of John … Continue reading
Israel’s Dumb Culture
Steve Sailer writes: “I’m reminded of how Israel doesn’t score that highly on tests, which likely has something to do with the ancient Zionist policy of de-intellectualizing Israeli Jews, that the new Jews forged in Israel weren’t just going to … Continue reading
The Balfour Declaration
Wikipedia says: “The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman … Continue reading