Trump admin is clearly violating First Amendment here. How did this happen, you might wonder. I'm starting to think of this as right-wing wokeness. And how did it happen that Israel has apparently dictated much of US foreign policy for decades? AIPAC $, perhaps?
Once again Glenn nails it. And once again, I cannot help but see US warmongering as a jobs program for our $1T industry that needs to keep blowing up people, cities and countries, ignoring its abysmal track record over the decades, to justify its existence.
Glenn further commented: "That Hegseth of all people is deemed insufficiently pro-war demonstrates the extremism of the DC war machine. He's enthusiastically bombing Yemen; got Trump to pardon US war criminals in Iraq; has cheered multiple wars. But any reluctance to attack Iran is supremely heretical."
Remember when Democrats were the anti-war party? Now both parties are hawkish, with some exceptions mainly among conservatives. If you doubt this, think back to when many self-proclaimed liberals displayed Ukrainian flags on their houses and cars. In this Xeet, Tucker Carlson continues to be a prominent conservative speaking out against US militarism:
I've often enjoyed listening to Douglas Murray, but he seems to have gone off the rails for two reasons: A) His enthusiasm for war as a solution to complex disputes and B) His wish to control the free flow of information between other people based on his claim that we need to shut up and rely on "experts," by which I assume he means credentialed experts.
In this segment, Joe Rogan and Dave Smith dismantle Murray with simple questions. Watch him dart to a new topic whenever he is challenged.
I would agree with Saagar Enjeti's description:
And here's a glaring irony pointed out by Enjeti:
As Dave Smith points out, during the pandemic, the "experts" got almost everything wrong. Murray has no response. The COVID error would include many of the following:
Here's a bigger irony. If only "experts" should weigh in on complex and important topics of the day, what does that say about democracy? Most of us voters are unwashed masses, uncredentialed in most things, yet we are asked to cast votes that will determine the fate of our country. Murray's attitude can be seen playing out in the EU (and elsewhere, including the US), where people are increasingly being denied the chance to vote for the candidates they support.
I'll end with this post by Mike Benz:
How much influence does AIPAC have over members of Congress? AIPAC explains:
It was entirely predictable with Trump, just as it was entire predictable with Biden, Obama, and so forth. Welcome to the US Uniparty re Defense Spending and Middle East Foreign Policy. It doesn't matter who we elect. It's always the same thing.
