The policy of trying to establish a pro-Western democratic government in China by supporting Chang Kai Shek was a complete failure. So was the attempt to establish a pro-Western government in Iraq.
The Vietnam War was a complete failure. Afghanistan was not merely a failure but a fiasco, a glorious display of complete incompetence.
Our problem is assuming others value freedom and comfort. If I have learned one thing from my 30 years living in the middle east it is that it shouldn't matter to me what other peoples value - so long as I am strong enough to put enough fear into them that they don't attack me. We in Israel fell asleep at the wheel when we tried to figure out "what is in their interests".
Plan for the worst and attack with overwhelming force at each hint of an attack on us. That is the only way to live in the middle east.
The Crusader states lasted about 200 years before they were finally overwhelmed. More militant Muslims say they are willing to accept 200 years of war if that’s what it takes to destroy Israel. They literally prefer fighting, killing and dying for Allah to peace.
I got into a conversation on Substack recently with a Muslim who claimed that because the Muslims had once controlled Spain, they therefore had a permanent right to it. He believed al-Andalus could be reconquered with immigration as a precursor to that final end (I think he mentioned immigration or maybe that was my inference). Immigration has been mentioned numerous times as part of a strategy of conquest ("We will conquer with the wombs of our women").
People who discount the religious influence will never understand the uncompromising hostility to Jews as equals or as rulers. They can only be accepted in Islam as subjugated minorities.
I shudder to think what will happen if a Democrat is elected in '24. The Republicans are conniving with the Democrats to torpedo Trump.
Besides Israel, I am praying for Ireland. The powers are determined to turn her into an ex-nation of deracinated serfs governed by WEF apparatchiks. Maybe this why -OK, a new reason why- they hate Israel: her persistence as not just a state, but an identity.
Ireland, like the rest of Europe has a very short period of time to wake up - for many countries, such as the UK and Norway, it seems too late. Let's hope that is not true.
The policy of trying to establish a pro-Western democratic government in China by supporting Chang Kai Shek was a complete failure. So was the attempt to establish a pro-Western government in Iraq.
The Vietnam War was a complete failure. Afghanistan was not merely a failure but a fiasco, a glorious display of complete incompetence.
Our problem is assuming others value freedom and comfort. If I have learned one thing from my 30 years living in the middle east it is that it shouldn't matter to me what other peoples value - so long as I am strong enough to put enough fear into them that they don't attack me. We in Israel fell asleep at the wheel when we tried to figure out "what is in their interests".
Plan for the worst and attack with overwhelming force at each hint of an attack on us. That is the only way to live in the middle east.
The Crusader states lasted about 200 years before they were finally overwhelmed. More militant Muslims say they are willing to accept 200 years of war if that’s what it takes to destroy Israel. They literally prefer fighting, killing and dying for Allah to peace.
I got into a conversation on Substack recently with a Muslim who claimed that because the Muslims had once controlled Spain, they therefore had a permanent right to it. He believed al-Andalus could be reconquered with immigration as a precursor to that final end (I think he mentioned immigration or maybe that was my inference). Immigration has been mentioned numerous times as part of a strategy of conquest ("We will conquer with the wombs of our women").
People who discount the religious influence will never understand the uncompromising hostility to Jews as equals or as rulers. They can only be accepted in Islam as subjugated minorities.
I shudder to think what will happen if a Democrat is elected in '24. The Republicans are conniving with the Democrats to torpedo Trump.
Besides Israel, I am praying for Ireland. The powers are determined to turn her into an ex-nation of deracinated serfs governed by WEF apparatchiks. Maybe this why -OK, a new reason why- they hate Israel: her persistence as not just a state, but an identity.
Ireland, like the rest of Europe has a very short period of time to wake up - for many countries, such as the UK and Norway, it seems too late. Let's hope that is not true.