While I have always been clear that Putin absolutely has the high ground in both morality and international law when it comes to the current war, it’s not as if I ever believed he was as pure as the driven snow, or anything like it.
I mean, the guy shared space with Steven Seagal, that’s enough to lower my opinion of anyone; even so, we are all flawed, after all.
But this latest move is the strongest indicator that he may in fact be an actual good guy, however flawed he might be as a human being:
And notice the counterpoint from the USA. There is a reason that it’s called the Great Satan by the Arab world, and increasingly, everyone else:
But let’s not forget who actually runs America:
Because it certainly isn’t Orange Man Bad up there. It’s not as if he actually makes any decisions. He’s just the most palatable puppet of one of the factions that runs America; all of which originate from a diaspora that somehow makes him also say that wiping out men, women and children, bombing refugee camps of survivors, hospitals and churches and starving and letting die of thirst intentionally any survivors, including babies, is fine. And in fact they should do more of it.
When asked on the program whether he supported a cease-fire in Gaza, Trump demurred, avoiding an explicit position on Israel’s military effort that has now also left more than 30,000 people dead in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry . The likely 2024 Republican nominee has not provided his own position on U.S. or Israel’s strategy throughout the five months of the war.
Though a stalwart defender of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration during his presidency, Trump has also attempted to strike an anti-war posture on the campaign trail in the last year, attempting to contrast himself from President Joe Biden and his remaining Republican rival, Nikki Haley.
“Frankly, they got soft,” Trump said on Tuesday about the Biden administration, claiming that the aggression by foreign adversaries would not have happened if he were still president.
“That should never have happened. Likewise, Russia would never have attacked Ukraine,” he said.
Reached for comment by NBC News, the Trump campaign promoted the former president’s record on Israel and blamed Biden for the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.
“President Trump did more for Israel than any American President in history, and he took historic action in the Middle East that created unprecedented peace,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s national press secretary, said in a statement, adding, “When President Trump is back in the Oval Office, Israel will once again be protected, Iran will go back to being broke, terrorists will be hunted down, and the bloodshed will end.”
Just days after Hamas attacked Israel, Trump, in a video posted from his Mar-a-Lago estate here, declared: “I kept Israel safe. Nobody else will. Nobody else can. And I know all of the players — they can’t do it.”
Trump did lay out a few markers in the three weeks that followed the Hamas attack. He said on Oct. 11 that a future Trump administration would “fully support Israel defeating, dismantling, and permanently destroying the terrorist group Hamas,” while telling the Republican Jewish Coalition later that month that Hamas fighters “will burn forever in the eternal pit of hell.” That month, his campaign also said that, if elected again, he would bar Gaza residents from entering the U.S. as part of an expanded travel ban.
Maureen Maldonado, an author and a Christian radio host, said she understood why Trump wasn’t as vocal on Israel as some supporters might expect.
“He’s a friend of Israel,” she said. “It’s all political, and he needs to get into office before anything. He’s got to play the game.”
Indeed.
As for Syria let’s not forget:
BREAKING: In a new post, WikiLeaks has connected Israel to the arming and support of ISIS and Al-Qaeda in efforts to overthrow the Syrian regime.
And
HAPPENING NOW – Opposition forces call it revolution, Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule, President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free. Former commander of Al-Qaeda Abu Mohammed al-Jolani is the new leader of Syria.
So to summarise, let me see if I got this straight:
The CIA funded and trained Osama Bin Laden, then blamed him when Mossad Blew up the twin towers and building 7.
They funded Al-Quaeda and ISIS, and Israel is on record admitting they funded and even created Hamas. The attack on October 7 was Green flagged by the Israeli government (which controls the USA as well) and their continuing genocide of the Palestinians is not being reported by any mainstream media.
Al Quaeda and ISIS were “bad guys” even though they were being funded with guns and ammo from the US in a roundabout way. Until Russia and Syria basically wiped them out which made the USA go silent about it. Then the USA tried a coup on Syria using gas attacks and pretending the Syrian army did it, but that didn’t convince anyone. And now ISIS and Al-Quaeda are “good guys”, because they took out the Syrian government, which allows Israel to expand its territory, because… reasons (??)
But we should all be happy that this is how “democracy” works and we should not call it Demon-ocracy at all, because that is just rude and bigoted. And possibly Christian, which is really bad.
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Okay then. You keep on believing Trump is the good guy, or voting is the real Solution (as opposed to, at best, a minor partial one in limited use). And that criticising Jews or Isreal at all is just basically unwarranted racism. Every single time.
My personal observation/opinion is that, unfortunately, the only way things might eventually get better is when there are enough adjustors equitably balancing the scales of justice. And please note, I am merely making an observation, not prescribing a course of action.
This post was originally published on my Substack. Link here
