Victor Davis Hanson is a man not known for short-term thinking. Indeed, while his analysis does not always contain the same scope of datapoints reviewed here, his opinions are generally rooted in accepting things as they are, not as he would pretend them to be.
Recently during an interview with Tucker Carlson, as he contrasts the targeting of President Donald Trump, VDH was far more distraught than previously noted in his analysis. He increasingly sees our American options for a peaceful approach to retain our constitutional republic, diminishing.
Today, VDH takes the overall geopolitical landscape and outlines his thoughts below on the Hamas terror attack against the nation state of Israel. Victor Davis Hanson:
A 50th Anniversary War?
Why did Hamas stage a long-planned, carefully executed and multifaceted attack on Israeli towns, soldiers, and civilians—one designed to instill terror by executing noncombatants, taking hostages, and desecrating the bodies of the dead?
And how were the killers able to enter Israeli proper in enough numbers to kill what could be hundreds and perhaps eventually wound what could be thousands?
a) Ostensibly, radical Palestinians wanted to stop any rumored rapprochement between the Gulf monarchies—the traditional source of much of their cash—and Israel, by forcing the issue of Arab solidarity in times of “war”, especially through waging a gruesome attack aimed at civilians and encompassing executions and hostage taking. Iran likely was the driving force to prompt the war—given its greatest fear is a Sunni Arab-Israeli rapprochement.
b) Arab forces have had only success against Israel through surprise attacks during Israeli holidays, as in the Yom Kippur War (i.e., was it any accident that the present attack began 50-years almost to the day after the October 6, 1973 beginning of the Yom Kippur War?). And so they struck again this Saturday during Simchat Torah, coming at the end of a weeklong Jewish celebration of Sukkot—in hopes that others will join in as happened in 1973. (So much for the Arab warnings not for Westerners to conduct war during Ramadan).
c) Hamas may have reckoned that recent Israeli turmoil and mass leftist street protests over proposed reforms of the Israeli Supreme Court had led to permanent internal divisions and thus a climate of domestic distraction if not an erosion of deterrence.
But, more importantly, in a larger sense the Biden administration has contributed both to the notion that Hamas was a legitimate Middle East player, and to the perception that the U.S. was backing away from its traditional support for Israel—to the delight of Hamas—based on the following inexplicable policies:
1) In February Secretary of State Blinken had bragged that not only had the Biden administration resumed massive aid to the PLA cancelled by Trump, but cumulatively had transferred $1 billion—even as Palestinian authorities bragged that they would continue to pay bounties to the families of “martyrs” (i.e., those killed while conducting terrorists attacks against Israel).
And millions of American dollars also went into Gaza, run by Hamas—despite the Biden administration’s efforts to keep mostly quiet the resumption of such inexplicable support. In this regard, note the current shameful State-Department (“U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs”) website news release that was posted after today’s attack. It ended with this quite embarrassing, morally equivalent admonition:
“We urged all sides to refrain from violence and retaliatory attacks. Terror and violence solve nothing.”
“All sides?” “Refrain from retaliatory attacks?”
So Israel is the moral equivalent of terrorists executing civilians and brutalizing their corpses? And the IDF then is not supposed to retaliate against these killers?
This Biden State Department insanity cannot stand. So expect some apparatchik to take down this Munich-like posting as soon as possible.
2) The Biden administration had recently released some $6 billion to Iran through a prison swap deal that saw South Korea hand over embargoed Iranian money to Qatar—despite Tehran’s increased anti-Israeli rhetoric and its loud brag about the escalation. We should assume money for rockets (Hamas claims they have launched 5,000, and have received 100,000 of them via the Damascus airport) and weapons in general for Hamas were supplied by Iran, which again is likely the chief catalyst for this surprise attack.
3) Almost immediately, after his inauguration Biden mobilized to resume the bankrupt Iran deal. And in unhinged fashion he appointed the anti-Israeli bigot, pro-Iranian journalist Robert Malley as America’s chief negotiator. Note that Malley is now under FBI investigation for security breaches, involving disclosing classified U.S. documents and also for allegedly helping pro-Iranian activists and propagandists land influential billets inside the U.S. government.
In short, there was a general Hamas and Iranian perception that the Biden administration had resumed the discredited Obama madness of empowering Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. This discredited agenda was to “balance” the power of Israel and the moderate Arab Gulf governments to achieve “creative tension”, exacerbated by Biden’s loathing of the government of Benjamín Netanyahu (who has been snubbed by Biden and never invited for an official visit).
Note as well that the Biden administration has siphoned off key weapons and munitions from stockpiles inside Israel to transfer them to Ukraine. The so-called “War Reserve Ammunition—Israel” is all but depleted of just the sorts of weapons needed in the present crisis.
In this regard is there not a pattern here?
Upon the ascension of Biden and his woke military agendas, we saw the following: the complete humiliation of the U.S. in Kabul in its most shameful flight in 50 years and greatest abandonment of equipment in its history; followed by Vladimir Putin’s opportunistic invasion of Ukraine; followed by China’s new belligerence and escalating threats to Taiwan; followed by Turkey’s new de facto alliance with Russia and recent drone encounter with the U.S. air force in Syria; followed by the Hamas/Iranian inspired attack on Israel—with more to come unfortunately.
And will Biden finally get the message from the attacks on the Ukraine and Israeli borders, that borders matter and we too are being invaded, with the encouragement of the Mexican government and to the advantage of the cartels whose fentanyl exports kills 100,000 Americans a year?
What to expect in Israel?
Expect the following: the usual Hamas/terrorist selling and/or execution of Israeli hostages, the use of Israeli hostages as “human shields” in Gaza, the bargaining/sale of the remains of Israeli dead, occasional killings of Jews inside Israel by Arabs who falsely believe there will be a winning Middle East-wide existential war against Israel. And finally, a devastating Israeli counter-response that will eventually earn a U.S. rebuke.
What should the U.S. instead do?
It should quit talking to Iran and restore full sanctions against it. It should cut off all aid immediately to all the Palestinians. It should undertake a 1973-like massive arms lift of key munitions to Israel and warn Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and others in the Middle East not to intervene or else, given that Israel will need several weeks to deal with Hamas and Gaza. And if it shows any hesitation or weakness, other terrorist groups will opportunistically jump in.” (link)
**ahem**
Replace Biden with Obama and it all makes sense.
“Victor Davis Hanson is a man not known for short-term thinking.”
“He increasingly sees our American options for a peaceful approach to retain our constitutional republic, diminishing.”
lol. What took Mr. Long Term Thinker so long to get there? The Republic exists anymore only insofar as rhetorical appeals are obliged to talk about ‘retaining it.’
He’s a writer and a professor; not political. He has been very critical of the Biden administration from day 1.
he is a nevertrumper through and through
Uh, no.
don’t think so
Wrong
What is your evidence to support that comment, Frank?
He was on day one, but once he witnessed Trump’s policies he was supportive.
Yes. He’s been an RDS supporter.
Not really, though he does like deswampis a little too much for my comfort.
You speak as though this is your first exposure to Dr Hanson. This is not new to him — is it new to you?
The man is a polished historian which is a very rare occupation in this country these days. You could learn much more than you already know from this man who has already forgotten more than that, I’m sure.
tsk tsk .. tell us what you know aboout Hanson
One month ago, President Trump predicted that Iran would use the $6B bribe that Joe Biden gave them (on 9/11, no less) to fund terrorism.
Now, look what’s happening.
Once again, Trump was right.
–Kari Lake
Obama did it, why cant he do it again?
VDH is too neocon for me. His failure to understand Ukraine disqualifies him as a reliable commentator. And since Ukraine is all about the WEF globalists and financiers and the petrodollar, the same people who blew up Nordstream and want chaos and war in the ME, he must be disqualified on this as well. He may be right, but it’s an accident as his thinking just isn’t joined up.
Neo con? VDH?
Nope.
He pretends not to know things.
Exactly! He works for the State University of California and would like to keep his job.
He doesn’t need a job. He can get by with the many books he has written. I don’t agree with some of the things he says, but most of what he has to say are based on his own study of what he talks about.
Yes, VDH fits comfortably within the neoconservative orbit. His world view supports that of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s, the architect of the neocon madness, except that even Brzezinski abandoned this madness on his deathbed. But VDH is still clinging to it, and hundreds of thousands are being slaughtered accordingly thanks to the evildoers who profit from the madness.
As a conservative, I look at the data, and don’t ignore it as VDH is doing. And as the data shifts, and people don’t shift accordingly as conservatives must, it must be called out. On this, VDH is the equivalent of William Kristol, my sworn enemy.
I like VDH, and have corresponded with him. He’s a good guy. He’s just on the wrong side, and is allowing himself to be a tool of the evildoers.
I agree 100% with your statement.
Makes you both wrong.
People I respect have fallen for the Russian invasion argument without any critical thought given to many other aspects of the situation in Ukraine. Until they are intellectually honest enough to question their preconceived notions about Putin and Russia, I’m afraid their judgement on other matters will be in question.
Find a Gunnery Sergeant Lt. He will set you straight.
It’s good to see you back, PN! 🙂
Well said. When free people in the Ukraine spontaneously rise up to resist a Russian invader, they have a moral imperative that demands that other free people (that’s us) are obligated to support them. End of issue.
No.
I am under no obligation, moral or otherwise, to stand with a corrupt country and it’s leaders that are working with mine to cause death and destruction for perverted fun and profit.
When I see them, the Ukrainians, morally stand against what has been done to their fellow thrown together countrymen and stop harming one another, like Chicago streets, then I will believe they are trying to be a more moral people who may deserve support.
Interesting….🥴😁😁
In the transcript I posted yesterday of Putin Valdali
Speech….
He spoke about the West using phrases like … you’re obligated, etc. to try and push, manipulate other countries. His take on it is pretty good😁
I chuckled when I read that part..you’re obligated….I have read “morally obligated “ before and now recognize that the phrase must be commonly used. 😉😉
https://www.rt.com/russia/584154-putin-valdai-club-speech/
👆👆click above to read transcript
But Garrison, they were manipulated into this war. We all were, but the American public does not buy it anymore. Madame Zelensky and her million dollar shopping sprees and Vogue cover shots are sickening.
😂 Lindsey? That you?
No. Garrison is not a troll.
Exactly! He’s been aware that the Russian population in Eastern Ukraine…
A: know that the US overthrew their government in 2014.
B: declared their independence from Ukraine in 2014.
C: formed their own militia to fight for freedom.
D: asked for Russia to help them fight Ukraine.
F: want their freedom from Ukraine.
G: told the UN that Ukraine is the invader not Russia.
H: agreed to the Minsk Agreement which Ukraine rejected.
Doesn’t that make Russia the good guys!
We do not have that situation. As best as I can tell from the most recent incarnation of the Ukraine area, modern Ukrainian has does not have free people. I have never been there, so that is obviously my opinion. To my way of looking at it, Ukraine is about as corrupt as Russia. And, the USA has no dog in that hunt.
The end question in Ukraine for me is the deaths of 500,000 or more young men, once again fighting over territory in Europe, for what end? Money for the elite politicians and the military industrial complex, who manipulate their countries into war.
Another generation lost, just like the generations lost in WWI and WWII, and all their lives that might’ve been.
This does not even take Vietnam, Korea, Iraq I and Iraq II and all the other squabbles they send our young men to fight for, claiming it is for freedom.
Liars!
Ukraine is a pawn because its geography makes it important. They cannot change that part of their destiny.
VDH never acknowledged that the expansion of NATO to Russia’s borders was a red line that Putin had repeatedly warned the US about. He never reported that the US instigated Ukrainian coup of 2014 was the actual start of the current conflict.
He tried to fit the conflict into a WW2 model where Russia throws millions of ill-equipped troops against the enemy when the truth is the opposite.
So, what was your take on his thoughts about the Hamas invasion and massacre of Israel and the Biden Administration? Was he wrong about that as well?
Even a broken clock is right occasionally. VDH dances around the Ukrainian Conflict pretending he doesn’t know Prof Jeffrey Sachs.
Absolutely correct. And you KNOW Putin saw what the Biden’s were doing real time, and Hillary and her stupid peepee tape dosssier, the lefts TDS, the constant daily, hourly demonizing of Russia.
VDH is a historian and a damned good one. He views politics from the position of historical relevance. You do not get to disqualify other Americans for having a different viewpoint from your own and I am sure VDH understands that.
VDH has been disqualified not because of an opinion, but rather because he willfully ignores immutable data, both contemporary and historical data.
Now if he confronted that data, with argument, we might not have to disqualify him. We might not agree with him, but he’d remain relevant for us.
Instead, he ignores immutable data, and pretends not to know that it exists, as neocons are wont to do. For this, he has rightfully earned his disqualification. We conservatives don’t ignore data. And we point out when others do. Hanson has some work to do, to rehabilitate himself.
If I were Israeli and had a seat at the war table, I would suggest Israel “take out” the leaders in Iran–including the senior so called religious leaders, then take out Hezbollah leadership, finishing with the Palestinian leadership as we decimated all of Hamas that we could find.
In other words, I would suggest a game plan that cuts off the heads of the snakes, and “takes no prisoners” where those remaining “surrender unconditionally” before the United States stamps it’s imperialist feet as I guarantee they intend to do once the Palestinians increase the number of “dead citizens and children” driven before the cameras crying “this is unfair” to all that will see and listen…genocide propaganda.
If those hating peoples had their way, there would be not one Jew left where Israel now defines it’s borders!
Give them what they would give Israel…first and foremost!
The UN operation that keeps the Palestinian narrative and perpetual “refugee” status alive is likewise a snakehead in need of severing. It’s ideological, and its key proponents need to be ended post haste, given no diplomatic quarter!
And while we’re at it the UN needs to be dismantled.
U N / N W O operation
= the LUCIFER IAN CREED .
(Period)
How did intel ie satellites etc not see this was coming?
How did Hamas train with paragliders?
How were these rockets smuggled in?
-Rockets at Damascus airport–then how did those get to Gaza? Via sea?
-Egypt—maybe
-Saudi Arabia?
Did Saudi Arabia play a double game with the pace talks all the time allowing training on Saudi soil and smuggling of weapons to the South of Israel?
I am beginning to think so
Muslims will always side with Muslims and lying is an art to them.
Their religion actually gives them the right to lie if it advances them in killing the infidel…ie: me and you…
Taqqiya and Kitman.
Concepts introduced to “religion” by the purported to exist savage Mohamed.
Not always. There is that Sunni/Shiite thing, ya know.
Never bet upon that schism when infidel death is on the line.
Agree that they have the same enemy, just was responding that Muslims don’t always side with Muslims,
Certainly they do not.
If they snapped their fingers and found only Muslims upon this globe they’d turn to wars against each other until there was no life left here at all.
They are not only exceedingly murderous they are also quite fractious.
It is not believable that the Israeli intelligence agencies, the IDF, their HUMINT assets, etc., ALL somehow ‘missed’ the massive amount of effort to pull off an attack like this one.
This was not one obscure suicide bomber infiltrating Israel.
Something VERY bad and nefarious is going on here beyond the attack itself.
I would like to know more about what happenedcto the Iron Dome. Did it fail? Did the most devastating attacks come by land and sea, and not by air?
Most probable cause is that it was overwhelmed by sheer numbers of missiles
That is the claim, that over 5,000 missiles were fired at the Iron Dome and overwhelmed it’s capabilities or it’s missile capacity and stock (which was depleted from Ukraine aid as well?)
Was overwhelmed..
Amir Tsarfatti says that the Iron Dome failed. Like, was sabotaged.
I agree Rob. I’m thinking somehow Obama et al helped in this.
Biden is a Soros Prop who can’t read a teleprompter or know what day it is … nothing more.
Obama is a Soros Puppet who can read a teleprompter … nothing more … Bill Ayer’s wrote his books … valJay still lives with and monitors Obama and Mooch 24/7/365 … they surrendered their law licenses to avoid a cheating investigation … he now has a “dead” personal chef (just like the Clinton’s)
I’m not suggesting he’s not a cloward-piven acolyte …I’m just saying – like Biden – he’s totally handled.
Biden’s stealth war. While we sleep it;s now against Israel.
Biden repeatedly pressured Israel to allow the U.S. to re-open an illegal consulate for Palestinian Arabs in western Jerusalem, undermining Israeli sovereignty over her capital. The U.S. State Department denied reports that the U.S. had given up this effort and instead stated that the Biden administration is still “committed” to opening an (illegal) “Palestinian” consulate in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Biden opened a U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs (“OPA”) in Jerusalem, which undermines Israel’s sovereignty. A few days ago, OPA applauded UNRWA giving $3.6 million to terrorist hotbed Jenin.
In his joint press conference with Palestinian Authority president/dictator Mahmoud Abbas, Biden called ordinary Israeli checkpoints, which are necessary for security, “indignities” against Palestinians.
Mr. Cohen counts thirty Biden appointees and nominees to posts that bear upon Israel and Jews in general. He claims, referencing the zoa website, that many are Obama-Biden administration holdovers with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel intent.
Wonder what the plan is for what they are doing at our borders? Something similar?
Depopulation agenda going on world wide.
The US was in on it, specifically Obama. He hates the Israeli’s.
Absolutely! Pray the whole truth comes out!
Israel routinely finds huge tunnels from the Egyptian Sinai into Gaza used for smuggling weapons. Some are big enough to drive trucks through. But for every one they find there are probably ten they don’t. They have also found infiltration tunnels under the fence separating Gaza from Israel. After this war is over and done and the truth finally comes out I would not be surprised to hear that Hamas trained its assault teams in other Arab countries or even in Europe, that the rockets travelled from Damascus to Egypt and then into Gaza, that the US had intel but did not share it with Israel because of Biden’s dislike of Bibi, etc.
Just from reading the article it seems Israel didn’t see this coming? Is that even possible?
We missed 9-11. It happens in countries with multiple security apparatus that jealously guard their turf.
No we didn’t. We wanted it to happen to justify triggering a war.
To justify the continuation of funding wars. The Green Eye Monster Greed is running rampant and families are dying in their homes.
I fail to see evidence that we we wanted it to happen.
Get a grip.
Did we miss 9/11? James Woods says he witnessed the hijackers practice run and informed the FBI. He just happened to be on their flight.
That is the word on the street. Plus religious holiday and early morning when most civilians were in pajamas asleep. Iron Dome failed and internal protests going on against the government and police and possibly military tending to that commotion.
Evil!
The logistics, materials and coordination/secrecy needed for this attack was a huge that it’s doubtful that Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran could have pulled it off in its entirety. Given the Biden’s administration’s friendly relations with these terrorists and despise for the current Israeli government, I wouldn’t be surprised if the State Department (Victoria Nuland) and the CIA had their dirty hands involved.
Agreed! The CIA has been known to do stuff like this all over the world to create chaos and opportunities for those who the CIA supports.
Just as bin Laden didn’t have the brains or organizational capability to do 911. That was the Saudi’s.
Meanwhile, NATO is losing in Ukraine. Cheap Russian drones appear to easily neutralize expensive western armor.
See all the actual news here:
https://askeptic.substack.com/p/russia-ukraine-reports-2023-10-07
Yes NATO’s client Ukraine is losing. The global economy is tanking. They need a BIG distraction. They need something to shift news coverage away from the Ukraine battlefield, the economy, the crime, the US southern border, etc. How better to do that than with a new Arab-Israeli war?
The Russians are instructing the Ukrainian soldiers how to surrender safely and thousands are doing it. Did you hear anything about that on cable television?
Kind of like the “from all directions” Trump is getting at the moment??
If Isreal’s leftists who’ve been outspoken lately against Isreal’s conservative administration are like leftists in the US, they probably ushered in Hamas and hide them until this attack. Let’s get something really straight, to leftists there is no national loyalty, only their own twisted ideology
In 1834 the Italian revolutionary leader Gussepi Mazzini was selected by the Illuminati to be director of their revolutionary programme throughout the world. He held this post until he died in 1872. In 1840, General Albert Pike was brought under the influence of Mazzini because he became a disgruntled officer when President Jefferson Davis disbanded his auxiliary Indian troops on the grounds they had committed atrocities under the cloak of legitimate warfare. Pike accepted the idea of a one world government and ultimately became head of the Luciferian Priesthood. Between 1859, and 1871, he worked out the details of a military blue-print, for three world wars, and three major revolutions which he considered would further the conspiracy to its final stage during the twentieth century.
Most of his work was done in the 13 room mansion, he built in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1840. When the Illuminati, and the lodges of the Grand Orient, became suspect, because of Mazzini’s revolutionary activities in Europe, Pike organized the New and Reformed Palladian Rite. He established three supreme councils; one in Charleston, S.C., another in Rome, Italy and another in Berlin, Germany. He had Mazzini establish twenty three subordinate councils in strategic locations throughout the world. These have been the secret headquarters of the world revolutionary movement ever since. Long before Marconi invented wireless (Radio), the scientists who were of the Illuminati had made it possible for Pike and the Heads of his councils to communicate secretly. It was the discovery of this secret that enabled intelligence officers to understand how apparently unrelated ‘incidents’ took place simultaneously throughout the world which aggravated a situation and developed into a war or revolution.
Pike’s plan was as simple as it has proved effective. He required that Communism, Naziism, Political Zionism, and other International movements be organized and used to foment the three global wars and three major revolutions. The first world war was to be fought so as to enable the Illuminati to overthrow the powers of the Tzars in Russia and turn that country into the stronghold of Atheistic-Communism. The differences stirred up by agentur of the Illuminati between the British and German Empires were to be used to foment th
World War Two, was to be fomented by using the differences between Fascists and Political Zionists. This war was to be fought so that Naziism would be destroyed and the power of Political Zionism increased so that the sovereign state of Israel could be established in Palestine. During world war two International Communism was to be built up until it equaled in strength that of united Christendom. At this point it was to be contained and kept in check until required for the final social cataclysm. Can any informed person deny Roosevelt and Churchill did not put this policy into effect ?
World War Three is to be fomented by using the differences the agentur of the Illuminati stir up between Political Zionists and the leaders of the Moslem world. The war is to be directed in such a manner that Islam (the Arab World including Mohammedanism) and Political Zionism (including the State of Israel) will destroy themselves while at the same time the remaining nations, once more divided against each other on this issue, will be forced to fight themselves into a state of complete exhaustion physically, mentally, spiritually and economically…
Excerpt from Pawns in the Game (1958) by William Guy Carr
It appears to be going EXACTLY by plan. Just a MUCH longer than expected gap between the second and third world wars. We’ll see if they pull off the trifecta…
Thus the Kagan Wars in the Middle East to push the muslims/refugees into Europe, and now open borders into America, alongside building up Iran leading to their war in the ME, & wars inside the west to destroy all religions but theirs, Luciferianism and their one world government, the all-seeing eye capstgone of the pyramid. Much like Tolkien warned us in LOTR’s and Sauron’s War to destroy the Dunedain aka “Men of the West” Western peoples the true heirs of the promise
They have said this is their Pearl Harbor. Does that mean everything we now know about Pearl Harbor including possible prior knowledge by some?
So Much For “Peace”
The Palestinians who invaded Israel have focused on kidnapping civilians, mostly young women. This was facilitated by the fact that there was a “rave for peace” going on near Gaza that many young people attended. The Palestinians no doubt knew this, and planned to attack the event. They took a number of young women captive there.
This video has been seen millions of times. There is a naked young woman in the back of a truck, murdered (and God knows what else) by the Palestinians. The Arabs in the truck are yelling “Allahu Akbar!” “God is great!” Terrific religion they’ve got there.
WARNING GRAPHIC: Palestinians strip the corpse of an Israeli woman, put it on display and desecrate it while shouting ‘Allah Akbar’.
It turns out that the murdered woman in that video was not an Israeli, but rather a German citizen who attended the music event that the Palestinians attacked. She was advocating for “peace.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/10/so-much-for-peace.php
She is (was?) a useful idiot.
Firan
FJB
At some point, we’ve all been useful idiots. Especially in youth. Truth is, you know nothing about this woman other than she was terrorized and forced to look evil in the eyes before her life was barbarically taken. I pray for her and her family, for Israel, for the U.S. and for all of our children. I’m also praying for you. I mean that.
Again … was she at a pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian concert ??
No matter who she was she didn’t deserve to die like that. However, I have always thought that peaceniks some of the most annoyingly naive and simple minds in existence. God her and comfort her family.
Was the Peace Concert pro-Israel or pro-Palestine ??
The Obama regime is in league with Hamas. Israel may final see the light Obama and the Mullahs of Iran enemy #1.
They would overwhelmingly support Michelle Obama and vote 99% for her in 2024!
Sadly, the most common trait of lefties seems to be their inability to ever learn from their mistakes, along with their tendency to blame them on everyonese.
Mistakes are a complete unknown to liberals … their “feelings” for their action reign supreme … they will try their evil stupidity 1000 x 1000 times – to get the result they want … per Einsteins definition of INSANITY.
I care about all the Christians that are being slaughtered all over the world and when do we ever hear about that? Mostly a little news here or there and that’s about it. The Christians are my brothers and sisters because they believe in the Son of God. They are my family. I’m praying for them tonight because many of them have been killed and no one protects them or cares about them. Especially the United States.
You are not alone in this concern. Lord have mercy….
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Muslims. Slaughter Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddists…
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Live updates: Israel, Gaza conflict – Hamas attacks, Netanyahu declares ‘war’ – LIVE STREAM
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/10/live-updates-israel-gaza-conflict-hamas.html
AMERICA’S BETRAYAL OF ISRAEL:
One idea floating around my inbox this afternoon is that part of Israel’s complete military collapse today was caused by a massive Iranian cyber attack that hacked its systems and prevented it from seeing what ought to have been obvious.
That this could not only be true but related to the U.S. having recently given a team of Iranian agents high-level access to U.S. intelligence, which could very well have included information about Israeli systems, is not nearly as far-fetched a scenario as many would like it to be.
And to the extent that we ever find out the truth about any of this, it will be because of Elon Musk, without whom we’d only have access to state-approved propaganda.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/americas-betrayal-of-israel
The Saudi’s also have that capability.
And who gave it to the Iranians? John Kerry?
Kerry is Jewish. I would like to think that’s not a line he would cross
I’m sorry for your loss.
You mean like George Soros ??
I wouldn’t doubt it.
I am wondering why nobody is making the connection that seems obvious to me. Days after funding for the Ukraine war was cut (and with the speaker who promised a quick vote for funding no longer in office) Israel (the ally no one will refuse) has been attacked. And when we give them aid, what will that really be funding…perhaps the same things the Ukraine money would have?
Substitute the word islam for hamas, palestinians, saudis, etc…, and then substitute the word 0bama for biden and the picture becomes much clearer.
Its way past time for the west to have an honest discussion about islam.
And obama.
isn’t it ironic that 3 days ago we had a major test of the emergency broadcast system!they knew this was coming and i bet we have our fingerprints all over this attack.from the 85 billion in equipment to the 6 billion in the prisoner swap.and probably some cia ops to help em.
100% Agree … there are zero consequences in politics.
aka
poli (multiple sources) + tics = bloodsucking parasites.
Moon of Alabama is portraying this as a response to the storming of the Al-Aqsa compound on Oct 5th:
Over 800 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound during Jewish Sukkot holiday
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/palestine-strikes-back.html#more
But Hamas couldn’t have just thrown this whole thing together in a couple of days. It was obviously planned for a while.
Plus it is an annual event.
“Moon of Alabama is portraying this as a response to the storming of the Al-Aqsa compound on Oct 5th:”
This has been in the works for a whole lot longer than 2 days, so “Moon of Alabama’ needs to learn how to tell time.
Moon of Alabama didn’t write the article.
The article linked to sure looks like them –
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/palestine-strikes-back.html#more
It’s a Middle East News Source. Not MOA.
The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam.
How many were muslim sleeper cells that were living in Israel?
I have a better question. How many Muslime sleeper cells are in the United States via the puppet Biden open border invasion policy? Military aged illegal alien men from across the world being dispersed to all major Communist run cities. Are he CIA set and ready to create mayhem for the excuse for the imposition of martial law lock downs in 2024???? 🤔
Remember Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran spent a great deal of time there as a child.
Zombie Biden is just a figurehead of Obama’s third term. Obama is the slick talking speech reader. Susan Rice, Victoria Nuland, Samantha Powers, Anita Dunn, et. al. are the ones who carry out their dastardly, anti American Maoist plans. However, IMO, Iranian/ Muzzie lover Val Jarrett is the hidden brains of the whole “Fundamental Transformation of America” operation. She is always at Obama’s side.
MSNBC Goes to Bat for Hamas in Stunning Coverage of Palestinian Invasion
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/10/07/msnbc-goes-to-bat-for-hamas-in-stunning-coverage-of-palestinian-attacks-n2164782#google_vignette
I hope it never happens but if a similar terrorist group was to arise in the USA due to the unfettered illegal immigration and it is not discovered by the Intel agencies before it happens, the Biden agencies will just blame it on all the extensive efforts and resources required to address the “MAGA terrorist threat.” Absolute insanity.
Not surprisingly, Sen Hannity Graham just declared that Israel and the USA should bomb Iran’s oil refineries when it is determined that they helped fund and aid the Hamas atrocities. (paraphrased)
They can claim whatever all they want, but we the people know it was all caused and the fault of the people within the government, elected and unelected traitors, that are the blame and need to pay for their crimes.
Israel supplies Gaza with almost all its electricity and water. The electricity has already been cut. The water should be turned off and all supplies into Gaza blocked. Let Israel hold all of Gaza hostage until Hama surrenders unconditionally.
Russia supplied Ukraine with almost all of it’s oil and natural gas…and they did it for …very close to free!
It is always tragic when civilians, or others for that matter, are murdered. We should however remember that more American citizens were murdered last year by illegal aliens than Israelis will be found to have been killed in this attack by Hamas. Our government functionaries will be much more concerned about the former than the later. So will the media.
It is also interesting that from 2014 to 2022, orders of magnitude more civilians in Ukraine were killed by their own government than Israeli citizens have ever been killed by Hamas. Some populations are more important than others I suppose.
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What is the expression… a few are an atrocity, a million are a statistic.
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Here is my solution to peace: Relocate the UN building and all its diplomats to Tel Aviv, Israel. Then watch how quickly Hamas and the PLO stop shooting off rockets.
Watch–a black Hamas soldier holds an Israeli woman hostage
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/10/07/watch-horrifying-videos-out-of-israel-as-biden-administration-delivers-shockingly-grotesque-response-n2164779
Where is this guy from???????
Possibly Sudan. High unemployment, martial culture and a historic recruiting ground for mercenary soldiers.
Dude was probably in Yemin or Libya last year.
Might be one reason why the Israeli woman looks frightened *and* bewildered.
She’s possibly being yelled at, to GTFO the truck in broken or Sahel Arabic.
She’s already likely been raped and brutalized … her pants are covered in blood – front and back – I’m heartbroken for her.
These savage devils targeted women, children and the elderly – as like ALL COWARDS – they are incapable of defeating armed men.
I hate War.
What I hate even more are evil creatures who deliberately target and kidnap/kill women,children and the elderly.
They have lost all humanity. They are
Soulless Creatures.
I.Have.No.Mercy.
I will continue to pray for Israel and the innocent lives lost.
No War
Trump2024
Hence it happened, all the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished.
Niccolo MachiavelliSpock, I have found that evil usually trumps, unless good is very, very careful.
Doctor McCoy
VDH has never stood up and fought. He’s made his money by talking and doing nothing.
He’s not a good man.
He’s a man who does nothing unless he is paid to say what he thinks. But when it comes to actually doing something.
Pure silence for all these years.
What have you done?
What is it you think he should “do”?
Joey and crew did this. I am sorry for Israel and will pray for them. What a horrible day. I am also very concerned for when our day comes and we have to deal w/this on our soil. All those young male illegals aren’t flowing across the border for food stamps. One day we will wake up and there we are, just as Israel did today.
I just read the whole comment thread at Moon of Alabama on this story.
I think I may be in a sort of numbed shock.
I don’t understand anything any more.
They are anti Globalist, and pro-Russia with the Ukronazi conflict, but they are anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian with this one.
Very intelligent people, too. So my head spins.
The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam.
There are a lot of Bots and Trolls when it comes to the Palestine and Israeli conflict.
A lot. I noticed it a few years back.
Add Antifa and BLM into the mix of the trolls and Bots…I have found that a lot of them are anti Israel.
They are armed with their talking points and propaganda narrative. And probably now well funded and can afford to pay the salaries of the bots and trolls.
To keep my sanity I avoid most sites …especially comments sections…like the bubonic plague.
No War
Trump 2024
You get pro-Ukraine and anti-Israel liberals, leftists & Trotskyists running loose too.
Or in other words. Pro-nazi & pro-jihad “democratic socialism”.
So it works both ways.
Mostly because people can lazily & effortlessly conflate vastly different situations or try to pigeonhole them in a narrow pre-conceived mental framework.
First time I saw the scary goggled soldier in the sacked wasteland I was puzzled.
This time what flew to my mind was, ‘Sundance–always so prescient.’
“No man survives when freedom fails
The best men rot in filthy jails
And those who cry ‘appease, appease’
Are hanged by those they tried to please.”
~ Hiram Mann
McCarthy promised to the democrats squeeze
Turned out he was just a tease
Israel needs to finish the job this time. They need to thoroughly understand there is no co-existence with people who are indoctrinated from birth to eliminate everything Israel. Also, ignore the tripe that’s going to be forth coming from the UN, NGOs and the such that whatever Israel does is going to be violating the human rights of the poor oppressed Palestinians (Hamas and related Hezbollah terrorists included). What about Israel’s right to peace when Muslim countries are the ones who have initiated all these attacks on Israel? Note that Israel’s long game should be the total destruction of everything in Gaza. It’s presence and inhabitants are a festering nest bent on destroying Israel. But beforehand give the Palestinian sycophants and out spoken human rights advocates the opportunity to take them to their country. But of course Israel can always initiate the Gaza folks own exodus by dropping them in the middle of the Sinai desert and let them deal with Mohamed about the problem.
Further, if the middle east erupts and there are serious oil problems – even if just for a little while – Traitor Joe has depleted over half of our Strategic Petroleum Reserve and we have very little left to take care of any actual STRATEGIC emergency.
Traitor Joe should have been impeached over his abuse of the SPR, illegally using it as a political slush fund to goose Dem poll numbers before the 2022 elections. The SPR is not there for the President to use as a campaign piggy bank. This is just one of many serious, serious crimes that Traitor Joe committed which should have earned him an impeachment (and conviction and later criminal trial and conviction).
I am really surprised that the middle east is going on fire and no one has even mentioned the SPR and how it is basically … gone, right when it might be very, very needed.
I can’t help but say it: ostensibly conservative never-again-Trumpers the likes of Bill Barr have massive amounts of blood on their hands.
Now I know the victims in Israel were targets of opportunity, I always wonder why we rarely if ever see communities of the most pious Hasidic Jews targeted. I imagine infiltration into their areas would be more difficult, but the sensationalism would be off the charts. As it is, these look like “standard” driveby shootings in the US.
Hope this doesn’t seem callous and unfeeling. Just curious.
I’ve seen videos today, several, that are far, far worse than any linked here by Sundance, or by Treepers, or on TGP or Ace or any of the daily reads sites we all know.
I’ve read conversations that have made my head spin, since this all began last night.
It’s exceeding good that I stopped drinking in January of ’19. I’d be a mess right now. I’m worried. Not prepared. And it feels like this might actually be the end of days.
I’m petty stoic about it all, considering. Mom’s got dementia. Dad doesn’t want weapons on the property. Got no deep freezer, or any stores to speak of, or generator. No gardens, besides many flowers. No job, because gotta stay with Mom. I guess. I am full of worry.
I would welcome prayers.
Working on those prayers right now! God bless!
Rest in the comfort of Jesus.
You and your family will have my prayers. I always pray 🙏 for a stronger back, not a lighter load. Don’t let fear over come you. Take just 5 minutes in a quite place and pray. 🙌 Blessings 🤲
Might I suggest that YOU take charge of your home and buy protection anyway. You will at least have some peace of mind.
Prayers heading you’r way Taq take a long slow deep breath and focus on the good roof over your head food in the pantry . be well stay strong
R.D.
Thank you, kind Treehouse.
I’m praying for us all.
You’ve got mine, man!
( I pray in silence)
What does the Arab league do and why are they not doing anything
about this..even telling Hamas to knock it off..
Will the jihad squad be there?
Does anybody think this will stop American Jewish support for the anti-sematic Demomarxist party?
Have any of the dim JINOs at least spoke out about this?
They are not the only ones.
Not sure of the validity but some reports are coming in saying some of the weapons used by Hamas in these attacks were obtained from Ukraine.
So, if our CIA and Obama friendlies in the Administration gave Iran information that helped them attack Israel(how could we not know this was happening?),plus all the weaponry we left the Taliban, and Russia supports Iran, and China and Russia are together, where does this leave Israel?
God’s chosen people and he will not let them be destroyed.
“Biden can now put a new notch in his proxy war gear; pursuing the same hostile-to-Israel policies promoted by the Obama-Biden administration. Biden and his diplomatic army, pressured Israel to surrender 330 square miles of natural gas-rich maritime territory to Hezbollah: 100% to Lebanon, 0% to Israel.
Hezbollah gained billions in revenue; whereas, Israel became the loser in both maritime security and resources
Biden’s State Department sent U.S. taxpayer funds to a partisan, main organizer of the divisive anti-Netanyahu, anti-judicial reform demonstrations endangering security closing down major roads and the airport. Biden and his ambassador to Israel Nides also pressured Israel’s government and publicly spoke against the needed judicial reforms that Israelis voted for, undermining Israeli democracy.
Biden will go down in a history for unprecedented trouble-making, if nothing else.
This morning is another example bringing another burden of an oncoming war, and another stealth war for America so long as Biden calls the shots—increasing the world’s current count of chaos coming from and to America.
Extolling “ironclad friendship” between America are simply meaningless and phony words when Biden is enriching the Iranian terror regime with billions of dollars in funds and sanctions relief; pressing Israel to cede her sovereignty and security to a Palestinian terror state on “Auschwitz lines” that would render Israel indefensible; and sending over $1.5 billion to Hamas-allied UNRWA and to the Palestinian regime thereby freeing up funds for the Palestinian Authority to continue paying Arabs lifetime pensions to murder Jews and Americans.
I have been reading many statements from the presidential candidates and Congress critters. Wow are they worked up about this attack. I have not seen them this upset in a very long time. Probably ever.
It must be good to be in a country that the U.S. Government actually cares about.
https://news.yahoo.com/pair-magnitude-6-3-quakes-143833082.html
Sophomoric doesn’t begin to explain this “geniuses” thought process. He is a blithering idiot. And say Jake … tell me about your intelligence FAILURE when it comes to radical Islam! What? Too busy looking for “domestic terrorists” at Catholic Mass?
Proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that they are in on the whole affair. You CANNOT be this wrong all the time, like they are…..
If by in on it you mean they hoped everything they’d done would bring about this result. Then your correct.
If memory serves, this guy’s incompetence was all over the disastrous Benghazi debacle, as well.
When failure is your is your unyielding output, without end, it can no longer be assumed to be incompetence. It’s a plan.
In the Biden adminsitration (and the Obama one too- because Obama is definately behind dumb, senile, corrupt Joe’s) incompetence is King.
That would be incompetant Hilary and Communist Hussein Obama who had to sacrifice an Ambassador and soldiers to wrap up his re-election victory!!! Let us never forget!!!
You’d have to be dead in the head to think the happenings of the last 3 years were incompetence rather than deliberate!
It’s this attitude that caused the attack to begin with. If anyone thinks for a second that our IC is any more sophisticated in their thoughts, I have a bridge to sell you! Should have seen this coming from a mile away, but this is what woke provides you.
Likely the calm before the storm. Right Blinkin.
Oops …
Typical CYA ahead of what they planned with the $6 billion outlay to Iran.