When I was a kid, many, many years ago, I remember my parents talking to their friends about the escalation in Vietnam. After having their doubts they finally resolved that the President, at that time, had more information than they did and deferred to his judgment.
Only later did we learn that he was knowingly lying to the citizens. Of course, while he was planning escalation he was c
campaigning on “Asian Boys should fight Asian wars.”
As an adult , I remember the then President ,
George W Bush, telling the America. people that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that unless we invaded there would be a “mushroom cloud” over the US. This was the same candidate that campaigned on the position that we should not be the world’s policemen or nation builder.
I could go on but maybe the people are tired of the establishment elites lying to them and not suffering the consequences themselves.
Highly legitimate point, I think. Way too many elected leaders are lying frauds. Trouble is that this doesn't seem to fatally harm their prospects for reelection!
Israel has shown the world the capabilities of its military power. Israel has been applauded for its precision strikes on major terrorist leaders in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen. Unfortunately, by missing some of their targets, thousands of innocent people have perished. Sounds like they miss the targets much more which could be perceived that maybe they aren't that great at eliminating the enemy or they simply don't care about the collateral damage.
I saw an interesting reading of Fukuyamas argument once.
When Fukuyama talks about the end of history, he doesn't mean that history will literally stop and nothing will happen, but that there won't be any more significant ideological development rgewrdk g government systems.
The turn towards illiberalism that we see now is, then, not really anything new. We're going back to ideologies that we're here before, maybe remixing them.
The only really new ideological system is maybe the Islamist theo-autocracy we see in the middle east.
Netanyahu grouped in with authoritarian dictators? Please. This is lock step with the ‘narrative’ that’s getting shoved down throats that’s determined to demonize Israel.
Is he problematic for internal israeli politics… for sure… but he is doing right by Israel. If he had listened to the ‘good’ international folks (the non authoritarian good guys that contrast with your list of dictators) NONE of the ‘disarray’ of Iran would be true.
Netanyahu has been in power on and off for 17 years and Israel is still a democratic state in the middle of some of the most hostile and horrible anti democratic states in the world.
Im so sick of seeing the thoughtless demonization of anything Israel does.. and seeing how deeply this notion has been embedded in everyone’s minds by the bad actors controlling the mainstream media
I did NOT 'group' Netanyahu with 'authoritarian dictators.' I put him in the category of democratically elected leaders who are trying to drag the country away from liberal democracy in the direction of authoritarian democracy where elected leaders have few checks on power, like Turkey. If you think he is not doing this, you have seriously, but VERY seriously, not been paying attention (or taking too seriously his laughably mendacious interviews with friendly and clueless foreign media). Understanding this has nothing to do with 'demonizing everything Israel does' -- which we CERTAINLY* do not do at AQL. It is, if anything, about trying to preserve and indeed save Israel. If you want this too, stop defending him. He is far more interested in clinging to power than in the good of Israel (and many and perhaps most Israelis would agree).
I think he is a very problematic leader in many eays,but I also see how it’s become a knee jerk response to blame everything on him and to paint him as the devil as a way to coninue to demonize Israel
When I was a kid, many, many years ago, I remember my parents talking to their friends about the escalation in Vietnam. After having their doubts they finally resolved that the President, at that time, had more information than they did and deferred to his judgment.
Only later did we learn that he was knowingly lying to the citizens. Of course, while he was planning escalation he was c
campaigning on “Asian Boys should fight Asian wars.”
As an adult , I remember the then President ,
George W Bush, telling the America. people that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that unless we invaded there would be a “mushroom cloud” over the US. This was the same candidate that campaigned on the position that we should not be the world’s policemen or nation builder.
I could go on but maybe the people are tired of the establishment elites lying to them and not suffering the consequences themselves.
Highly legitimate point, I think. Way too many elected leaders are lying frauds. Trouble is that this doesn't seem to fatally harm their prospects for reelection!
Thanks Dan. I agree.
My prediction for 2025 is for increasing chaos internationally.
Israel has shown the world the capabilities of its military power. Israel has been applauded for its precision strikes on major terrorist leaders in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen. Unfortunately, by missing some of their targets, thousands of innocent people have perished. Sounds like they miss the targets much more which could be perceived that maybe they aren't that great at eliminating the enemy or they simply don't care about the collateral damage.
I saw an interesting reading of Fukuyamas argument once.
When Fukuyama talks about the end of history, he doesn't mean that history will literally stop and nothing will happen, but that there won't be any more significant ideological development rgewrdk g government systems.
The turn towards illiberalism that we see now is, then, not really anything new. We're going back to ideologies that we're here before, maybe remixing them.
The only really new ideological system is maybe the Islamist theo-autocracy we see in the middle east.
Decline in rational, competent governance worldwide with corresponding rise in dangerous fools at the top.
Netanyahu grouped in with authoritarian dictators? Please. This is lock step with the ‘narrative’ that’s getting shoved down throats that’s determined to demonize Israel.
Is he problematic for internal israeli politics… for sure… but he is doing right by Israel. If he had listened to the ‘good’ international folks (the non authoritarian good guys that contrast with your list of dictators) NONE of the ‘disarray’ of Iran would be true.
Netanyahu has been in power on and off for 17 years and Israel is still a democratic state in the middle of some of the most hostile and horrible anti democratic states in the world.
Im so sick of seeing the thoughtless demonization of anything Israel does.. and seeing how deeply this notion has been embedded in everyone’s minds by the bad actors controlling the mainstream media
I did NOT 'group' Netanyahu with 'authoritarian dictators.' I put him in the category of democratically elected leaders who are trying to drag the country away from liberal democracy in the direction of authoritarian democracy where elected leaders have few checks on power, like Turkey. If you think he is not doing this, you have seriously, but VERY seriously, not been paying attention (or taking too seriously his laughably mendacious interviews with friendly and clueless foreign media). Understanding this has nothing to do with 'demonizing everything Israel does' -- which we CERTAINLY* do not do at AQL. It is, if anything, about trying to preserve and indeed save Israel. If you want this too, stop defending him. He is far more interested in clinging to power than in the good of Israel (and many and perhaps most Israelis would agree).
I think he is a very problematic leader in many eays,but I also see how it’s become a knee jerk response to blame everything on him and to paint him as the devil as a way to coninue to demonize Israel
well, as long as you don't accuse AQL of such a capital journalistic crime, we have no quibbles!