On COI #694, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss Israel’s potential attack on Iran.
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Harris’ Bizarre Hawkishness on Iran
Justin Logan criticizes Harris’ silly threat inflation regarding Iran:
The best defense that can be mounted of Vice President Harris in this context is that she seemed to be groping around for an answer with the least political downside and the least offense to the foreign policy Blob, and she probably found it. The problem is that she is wrong on the substance. Should her extemporaneous remark influence her policy, it could push the United States further down the road to ruin in the Middle East.
Harris’ answer on 60 Minutes was a bad one, and Logan is right that it is absurd for her to say that Iran is America’s “greatest adversary.” I discussed that in one of my columns last week. My concern is that it wasn’t just an extemporaneous remark or a politically safe pandering response. It was another example of the very hawkish position that she has been taking on Iran since she became the Democratic presidential nominee. For whatever reason, Harris has been determined to paint Trump as too soft on Iran. Given how reckless and confrontational Trump’s Iran policy was, this has alarming implications for what her Iran policy might look like.
Conflicts of Interest: Zelensky Demands Nukes or NATO
On COI #693, I discuss Zelensky’s dangerous demands and Sinwar’s death.
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Biden’s Absurd War in Yemen Continues
The Biden administration must want to demonstrate how absurd the ongoing illegal war in Yemen is by using strategic bombers to attack Houthi targets:
The U.S. military conducted airstrikes in Yemen against the Iranian-backed Houthis, targeting five underground weapons storage sites, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement late Wednesday. The strikes were carried out by B-2 Spirit bombers, marking the first use of these strategic stealth bombers against the Houthis.
The war that the U.S. has been waging in Yemen since January has been an extravagant waste of military resources. The U.S. has been burning through a limited supply of expensive munitions in a failed attempt to compel the Houthis to halt their attacks on shipping. Now it is wasting even more resources to send B-2s across the world to blow up weapons caches. Our government has impressive firepower at its disposal, but it is frequently employed in the service of brain-dead policies like the one the administration is pursuing in Yemen right now.
Lindsey Graham to Ukraine: ‘Draft Younger Men!’
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:
As Ukraine continues to be destroyed in the US proxy war with Russia, some Ukrainian lawmakers are reporting that US politicians, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, are furiously pressuring Kiev to draft younger and younger men to the front lines. They are fighting Russia down to the last Ukrainian. Also today: Netanyahu’s Likud Party is promoting post-war settlements in Gaza as US troops arrive to fight in Israel’s wars with its neighbors.
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Recognizing Our Common Humanity: An Interview With Sari Nusseibeh
“Palestinians cannot hope to get a fair deal in negotiations with Israelis,” claims philosopher Sari Nusseibeh in response to Israel’s desire to become an Empire in the Middle East. The former President of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Nusseibeh is well-known for having had a major role in the Arab-Israeli peace process. Considered a Palestinian moderate, Nusseibeh was deeply invested in some of the organizing during the first intifada, and he was also the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) representative in Jerusalem from 2001-2002. Some of Nusseibeh’s positions, however, were unpopular with the Palestinian populace. For example, his suggestion for Palestinians to drop the demand for a full right of return drew so much outrage that Al-Awda network petitioned for Yasser Arafat to relieve Nusseibeh of his position as the PLO’s representative in Jerusalem. In addition to his peace efforts, Nusseibeh has published widely, especially on topics such as Islamic philosophy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Together, these factors contributed to Nusseibeh previously being recognized as one of the world’s most influential intellectuals. Recently, I had the chance to interview Nusseibeh. While understandably pessimistic due to both perpetual Israeli escalation across the Middle East and the current genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Nusseibeh nevertheless delivers indispensable insight on topics such as student advocacy, the two-state solution, and the peace process. To eventually achieve peace, Nusseibeh claims, we must recognize our common humanity.
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