Thank you Dan, for an incredible year of hard work by keeping the public not only up to date on this war, but for diving deep into all the issues that directly and indirectly affect every person on this planet. Your work has saved me countless hours of surfing news channels to get some truth about these complex situations.
9/11 resulted in air travel becoming misery itself with multiple layers of gestapo at airports and huge delays. Once upon a long time ago, border and customs had a few friendly faces, today they look and behave like Trump on one of his bad days.
I tried to keep track of all moving parts - does John Mearsheimer sum up the interview he had with Lex Fridman correctly?
..."The Palestinians want a state of their own. They don’t want to live under occupation. And there’s no military solution for Israel here. There has to be a political solution. And the only viable political solution is a two-state solution. I mean, you can’t go to democracy. You can’t go to a situation where you give the Palestinians equal rights inside of Greater Israel in large part because there are now as many Palestinians as there are Israeli Jews.
So what you have to do to get this to work is you have to convince the Israelis that it’s in their interest to have a two-state solution. And you’ve already taken care of the PA on this front, the Palestinian Authority, but you’ve got to convince Hamas that it’s maximalist goals are not going to work. And it’s in its interest to follow in the footsteps of Arafat and accept a two-state solution..." -John Mearsheimer
or
what do you think of what Jeffrey Sachs demonstrate in the YouTube below. That American’s need to draw on the ancient wisdoms of others to address the current challenges of the world?
—global climate change
—destruction of biodiversity
—face the challenges of poverty in a world of wealth
It feels like the Republicans will hit below the belt, and use the wars to sway the US voters into electing Trump over Harris.
In terms of advantage of hindsight, another Trump term would not have any global relationship-building, and Trump is too stubborn to recognize the root causes of his military mistakes, his Tariff wall
would erode trade with our allies, thus making it difficult for foreign governments to export to the United States. From Project 2025's playbook, all the extreme policies including maritime, deportation of immigrants, abortion, crushing checks & balances, and not believing the science behind the climate crisis - we need moderation in all things we face with the challenges of peaceful coexistence - how to "live together on this crowded planet of 8 billion people and a lot of conflict and misunderstanding".
CGTN China - A pathway to peace through ancient wisdom (9/27/24) Jeffrey Sachs
How many wars is enough? Let me count the wars Israel is involved in - War in Gaza, War in Lebanon, War in the West Bank, War against Houthis, and War against Iran for a total of five. Even in the US Republican GW Bush’s War against Terror, there was only 2 wars - in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Does anyone expect the 5 wars Israel is fighting to led to peace and tranquility for Israel?
There are some basic military rules “don’t bite off more you can chew” and “avoid mission creep”. From my humble opinion, from one war to 5 wars, it seems as if Israel is violating both rules. I can only hope that it all works out.
Interesting to see this debate, Morris and Samuel. No doubt Israel has bitten off a lot. Not to take on Hamas would have been very risky - and the rest followed. Could they have chosen a more strategic path? Certainly there were potential alternatives as well. It would also help if Israel had a credible government. This is about as messy as you can get -- and about the only true clarity I can offer is that the jihadist project is without question diabolical.
Dear Dan, You do a tremendous job as a journalist, and October 7 was a horrible day, but this contual pretense that the conflict between the Israli stateand Palestians began last October 7 makes it impossible to understand the situation.
Ken, thanks yours. I understand very well that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is complex and precedes Oct. 7, and I believe my writings and broadcasts reflect that. But those that press this point (unintentionally in your case, of course) are helping normalize and excuse an unspeakable act that serves the Palestinians in no way. I will not go there. Hamas has been for 35 years or so laboring to prevent the two-state solution. They exist to bring nothing but war and misery, and they have succeeded mostly in achieving this for the Palestinian side. That are fanatical, jihadi maximalists who want to destroy Israel and as much as possible of the West. It is naive to enable or defend then in any way. If you read my article of Oct. 7 itself, you will find a proposal for what I believe is a better plan.
Thank you Dan, for an incredible year of hard work by keeping the public not only up to date on this war, but for diving deep into all the issues that directly and indirectly affect every person on this planet. Your work has saved me countless hours of surfing news channels to get some truth about these complex situations.
9/11 resulted in air travel becoming misery itself with multiple layers of gestapo at airports and huge delays. Once upon a long time ago, border and customs had a few friendly faces, today they look and behave like Trump on one of his bad days.
Your newsletter today was effective and dynamic - Tomorrow is not an anniversary that we are looking forward to.
Is the dilemma that all of the Middle East wants is peace, but there are two different sets of leadership - in Palestine and the Israelis?
I watched the YouTube version of:
John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401 - Nov 17, 2023
https://youtu.be/r4wLXNydzeY?si=x2r5fiEmq83_oV0W
and
I tried to keep track of all moving parts - does John Mearsheimer sum up the interview he had with Lex Fridman correctly?
..."The Palestinians want a state of their own. They don’t want to live under occupation. And there’s no military solution for Israel here. There has to be a political solution. And the only viable political solution is a two-state solution. I mean, you can’t go to democracy. You can’t go to a situation where you give the Palestinians equal rights inside of Greater Israel in large part because there are now as many Palestinians as there are Israeli Jews.
So what you have to do to get this to work is you have to convince the Israelis that it’s in their interest to have a two-state solution. And you’ve already taken care of the PA on this front, the Palestinian Authority, but you’ve got to convince Hamas that it’s maximalist goals are not going to work. And it’s in its interest to follow in the footsteps of Arafat and accept a two-state solution..." -John Mearsheimer
or
what do you think of what Jeffrey Sachs demonstrate in the YouTube below. That American’s need to draw on the ancient wisdoms of others to address the current challenges of the world?
—global climate change
—destruction of biodiversity
—face the challenges of poverty in a world of wealth
It feels like the Republicans will hit below the belt, and use the wars to sway the US voters into electing Trump over Harris.
In terms of advantage of hindsight, another Trump term would not have any global relationship-building, and Trump is too stubborn to recognize the root causes of his military mistakes, his Tariff wall
would erode trade with our allies, thus making it difficult for foreign governments to export to the United States. From Project 2025's playbook, all the extreme policies including maritime, deportation of immigrants, abortion, crushing checks & balances, and not believing the science behind the climate crisis - we need moderation in all things we face with the challenges of peaceful coexistence - how to "live together on this crowded planet of 8 billion people and a lot of conflict and misunderstanding".
CGTN China - A pathway to peace through ancient wisdom (9/27/24) Jeffrey Sachs
https://youtu.be/_tfUyEm3TEc?si=mv-yVHxcecl5WU5V
How many wars is enough? Let me count the wars Israel is involved in - War in Gaza, War in Lebanon, War in the West Bank, War against Houthis, and War against Iran for a total of five. Even in the US Republican GW Bush’s War against Terror, there was only 2 wars - in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Does anyone expect the 5 wars Israel is fighting to led to peace and tranquility for Israel?
When you are attacked on all fronts that is how it goes. Don't negligently confuse the state of things with the cause of things.
There are some basic military rules “don’t bite off more you can chew” and “avoid mission creep”. From my humble opinion, from one war to 5 wars, it seems as if Israel is violating both rules. I can only hope that it all works out.
Interesting to see this debate, Morris and Samuel. No doubt Israel has bitten off a lot. Not to take on Hamas would have been very risky - and the rest followed. Could they have chosen a more strategic path? Certainly there were potential alternatives as well. It would also help if Israel had a credible government. This is about as messy as you can get -- and about the only true clarity I can offer is that the jihadist project is without question diabolical.
Dear Dan, You do a tremendous job as a journalist, and October 7 was a horrible day, but this contual pretense that the conflict between the Israli stateand Palestians began last October 7 makes it impossible to understand the situation.
Ken, thanks yours. I understand very well that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is complex and precedes Oct. 7, and I believe my writings and broadcasts reflect that. But those that press this point (unintentionally in your case, of course) are helping normalize and excuse an unspeakable act that serves the Palestinians in no way. I will not go there. Hamas has been for 35 years or so laboring to prevent the two-state solution. They exist to bring nothing but war and misery, and they have succeeded mostly in achieving this for the Palestinian side. That are fanatical, jihadi maximalists who want to destroy Israel and as much as possible of the West. It is naive to enable or defend then in any way. If you read my article of Oct. 7 itself, you will find a proposal for what I believe is a better plan.