Alan Zweibel

Those officers speak the same language as the ayatollahs. It's just a different dialect.

Apparently, you prefer feeling to reason.

In other words, you have nothing to offer about the fact that Americans are being lied into another war.

There hasn't yet been a poll taken yet that shows supporters of this war being in anything but in a minority. I guess that proves that most Americans are America haters. On the other hand, remember during the lead up to the Iraq war how those abnormal leftist scrutinizers claimed that the Bush administration was lying to the American people? Shame on them!

An actual democracy could wind up being sacrificed.

The practical impact if the U.S. becomes embroiled in a drawn-out conflict in the Middle East could be even more severe than the political effect: Ukraine may be starved of the American-made weapons it needs to resist daily Russian missile attacks — because U.S. forces are using so many of them against Iran. “Everyone understands that for us, this is our life — the appropriate weapons,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters on Monday. “If there are long-term hostilities in the Middle East, this will certainly affect the supply. I am sure of this.” https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-iran-ukraine-forgotten-war/

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration, in pressing its case for war with Iran, has made a number of accusations about the regime’s threats to its neighbors, U.S. troops, and even the American homeland itself. However, U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information, along with experts who have spent their careers poring over public data and government reports, say the administration’s assertions are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong. And questions will only intensify as top administration officials brief Congress early this week. https://archive.ph/DWYrE Remember Bush lied, people died? How about Trump lied, MAGA denied? 0K, it needs some fine tuning.

I point out you how many ways the American government has restricted trade with Cuba and you claim the "bloqueo" is irrelevant. It is to laugh.

Don't you think that headline is at best misleading? Have any dual nationals yet been prosecuted?

Right. I entirely forgot about the oft cited by economists CCI (Cuban Cigar Index) A single luxury item is certainly a foolproof way to evaluate economic conditions.

From Chatgpt: The United States impedes other countries from trading with Cuba primarily through sanctions laws that apply extraterritorially — meaning they affect not just U.S. companies, but also foreign firms that do business with the U.S. The main mechanisms come from the long-running U.S. embargo against Cuba, especially laws passed after the Cold War. 1. The Legal Framework Key laws include: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Helms–Burton) Act Cuban Democracy Act Regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, specifically its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) The Helms–Burton Act is especially important because it extended the embargo’s reach beyond U.S. borders. 2. Secondary Sanctions (The Main Tool) The U.S. uses secondary sanctions, meaning: If a foreign company trades with Cuba in certain prohibited ways, the U.S. can restrict that company’s access to the U.S. market or financial system. Because the U.S. dollar and American banking system are central to global trade, this creates strong pressure. Examples: A European bank that finances Cuban trade could lose access to U.S. financial markets. A shipping company docking in Cuba may be barred from U.S. ports for a set period. A foreign company using property nationalized after the Cuban Revolution can be sued in U.S. courts (under Helms–Burton Title III). For many companies, access to the U.S. market is far more valuable than trade with Cuba — so they choose to avoid Cuba. 3. Financial System Leverage Even non-U.S. transactions often: Clear through U.S. banks Use U.S. dollars If a transaction touches the U.S. financial system, it can fall under U.S. jurisdiction. That gives Washington leverage over global banks. 4. Shipping Restrictions Ships that dock in Cuba can face restrictions entering U.S. ports for a defined period (historically 180 days under some regulations). This discourages commercial shipping to Cuba. 5. Visa and Corporate Penalties Executives of foreign companies that invest in property nationalized by Cuba can: Be denied U.S. visas Face legal claims in U.S. courts 6. Why This Matters Many countries — including Canada and European Union members — oppose the extraterritorial aspects of U.S. sanctions. The European Union has even adopted “blocking statutes” to try to shield European firms from complying with U.S. Cuba sanctions. Despite that, most multinational corporations still comply with U.S. rules because: The U.S. market is enormous. The U.S. dollar system is dominant. Penalties can be severe.

I tried to find some evidence on the internet that Cuban doctors are subpar but I really couldn't find anything. Most of the evaluations say they're very good. As for the "don't you dare" nonsense, may be you had better better direct that prohibition at yourself. Well it certainly true that the Cuban economy would not function well under the present dispensation. To deny that the massive blockade from the US has not had a deleterious effect on its economy is plainly nuts. Just compounded by the fact that the US makes it difficult for other nations to trade with Cuba as well. To conclude, don't you dare claim that 2 + 2 = 4.

And what makes you believe that government of thugs and drug dealers is going to reform itself for the benefit of the Venezuelan people? By the way, one demand the US recently made was that all the Cuban doctors in Venezuela he made to leave. The government of Venezuela complied.

The Trump administration cited the oppression of the Venezuelan people as the chief reason for their actions.. obviously this was nonsense. The same thugs were in charge of Venezuela before the American intervention are still in charge. Claiming that Delsy Rodriguez, Maduro's right hand woman. has become a pragmatic business oriented leader is laughable. The same corrupt Mafia is in place. But now, they're going to get rich on oil income. It was clearly a lie. In that case, as we found out, it was all about the oil. In the case of Iran, it's more lying. The Trump administration claims of an Iranian assault on US forces was imminent. That was a lie. And not once has an aerial campaign against a tyrannical government led to democracy or anything resembling it. Not once.

The same question was asked of people who opposed the Iraq war.

Sure you do. Apparently so long as that support is limited to cheerleading. Just like the Trump administration's support for freedom in Venezuela. That seems to have vanished down the memory hole.

So pointing out the clear defects in your reasoning is now an attack? As for not having any solutions.. this was the same kind of reasoning used against people who oppose the war against Iraq.

Once again, the last resort of the resourceless: making it personal.

The Last resort of the resourceless: making it personal. What makes this particularly amusing is that the person accusing me of this does so by means of typing on a keyboard. Maybe in their mind typing on a keyboard in support of the Trump administration is somehow fundamentally different in effect from typing on a keyboard in opposition? Anyway, thanks for the irony.

The founding fathers will be so pleased that you gave me permission.

That isn't the point. Clearly, the authors of the Constitution didn't think there was anything inherently wrong with challenging the executive when it came to matters of war.

Easy for you to declare that tens of thousands of Iranians is little access to weaponry should face a well entrenched well armed government force. At least in Iraq, that wasn't a factor. Remember when George H.W. Bush called on the Iraqi people to revolt after the Kuwait war was concluded? How did that turn out?

So much for you break it you own it. Now it's we break it you fix it.

Justice Dept. plans to abandon defense of orders targeting law firms The Trump administration is planning to abandon its effort to punish several law firms that hired President Donald Trump’s perceived foes or took on cases he disliked, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move would effectively admit defeat and leave Trump’s sanctions on the firms blocked by judges. According to the two people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter on the record, the administration plans to drop its appeals of court cases that last year struck down Trump’s efforts https://archive.ph/rHAS5

Definitely. The Constitution was written by a gang of America haters. That's why they gave the power to authorize waging war to that supremely anti-American institution known as Congress.