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The Unwavering Support for Hamas: A Moral Blind Spot
mrwebb8825 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Why do no Arab countries want to take in the Gaza Palestinians? One reason, which I have certainly read with respect to Egypt, is that they are afraid of militant Islam. Egypt doesn’t want to let in floods of Palestinian refugees because they know Hamas would be hiding among them, and they already have trouble in Sinai with Muslim militants, and with the Muslim Brotherhood. Maybe that’s true of others as well. When thousands of Palestinians were in Jordan following the 1967 war, they created a state within a state that was so disruptive that Jordan exiled them and they fled to Lebanon. There they destabilized Lebanese society that had gone on for centuries with 21 minorities and 6 major sects living in harmony, and they generated a civil war that essentially wrecked Lebanon. -
U.S. Withdraws Delegation from UN Climate Science Meeting in China
mrwebb8825 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If they'd cared to do the obvious research they would have noted the MAJOR differences in the world between President Trump's 1st term and now. -
Trump Joins the Axis. NATO Dead. WW111 Imminent?
mrwebb8825 replied to Old Croc's topic in Political Soapbox
Like this: https://babel.ua/en/texts/107260-is-it-possible-and-necessary-to-hold-elections-during-war-we-explain-using-the-examples-of-the-usa-great-britain-canada-and-israel And then there's this: "Ukraine’s constitution holds that the country may not hold parliamentary elections until martial law, in effect since February 24, 2022, is lifted, and for six months thereafter." "President Zelensky has stated that he will not hold elections on credit, nor will he “take money from weapons and give it to elections.” Instead, he has suggested that Western countries, especially the United States, that are pressing Ukraine to hold elections could help fund them, in this way sharing the financial risk. With funding and security assured, the country could potentially develop a legal framework to hold elections during wartime, he implied." https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/wartime-ukraines-election-dilemma Guess me misplaced the $300+ Billion the US already gave him as well as the additional $16 Billion that USAID gave him last year. -
Macron’s Green Reversal Sparks Backlash from Allies
mrwebb8825 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
"FanBoys" blow with the wind - Never thought about France and "Corridors of Power" could ever be used together, except maybe "Bows To...". 😁 -
Trump Shrugs Off Potential EU Ban on U.S. Food Imports
mrwebb8825 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
I smell a Bar-B-Que coming. These EU "leaders" are in for a rude awakening very soon. The Post-WWII teat is drying up fast. Funny thing though, it took 4 yrs to free Europe from the tyranny and dictatorship of Germany and now you've grouped up under German rule. A lot of big talk about Russia but with Biden's help,(he gave the ok for the Russian pipeline) you now buy major amounts of energy from Russia also thanks to Germany's deal. Now that Zelenski has turned off the faucet, basically trying to hold Europe's feet to the fire demanding more, more, more, they're trying to blame the US for not stopping the war and turning the lights on. Wash-Rinse-Repeat. Learn how to govern people. I hear President Trump has a handbook they can read. -
The writer gives a great perspective of what the world has known forever. Nice captain obvious piece. Especially like the WWII and Viet Nam suggestion of Radio Free Gaza. Maybe give them all META VR headsets instead? Never heard an explanation of why the Palestinians (formally) occupying Gaza can't be put back in Palestine while they wait. Do their own people not want them? As far as the new governing body is concerned, it should be Israeli/Arab with Saudi army for security. Even Iran back Hamas wouldn't be stupid enough to attack the Saudis. ETA: Maybe time for the Middle-East to create an alliance. OPEC-Middle-East-Gaza Defense Initiative.
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" It took 46 years after NATO's inception in 1949 for the organization first ever military intervention took place in 1995" "The EU and NATO have respectively 27 and 32 member states, of which 23 states are members of both. The four EU member states which are not members of NATO (Austria, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta) held positions of neutrality during the Cold War, which they have since maintained." I really don't see the formation of a "European Army" anytime soon and DEFINITELY not in time to give anyone but the US, Ukraine and Russia a seat at the table but we wouldn't them to move from "Annoyed" the "Miffed". Mostly I think they just want a piece carved out for themselves.
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Washington Reassures Ukraine of Its Role in Peace Talks with Russia
mrwebb8825 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
I suppose after a few more meeting the EU will be prepared to issue a strongly worded letter? -
Small correction to your selective understanding: In fact, 40 states have a balance of payment ratio higher than 1.00. Far from a dependency caused by state political leaning, it is typical for states to receive more in federal funds than they collect in federal taxes — an anomaly made possible only by rampant federal deficit spending. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/502321-no-blue-states-do-not-bailout-red-states/ Just to be clear: https://abcnews.go.com/Elections/2024-us-presidential-election-results-live-map/