I was in an Airbnb in Bat Yam, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, on Oct 7th. That day and the week after I heard many, many sirens and had to take shelter, saw Iron Dome interceptions and helicopters ferrying the wounded from my balcony. And yet, watching massive protests in support of Hamas in European capitals and listening to a mob chanting “Gas the Jews!” in Sydney, I definitely felt safer in Israel than I would have elsewhere. I’ve lived in the US all my life and I have confidence in my fellow citizens. I don’t believe this abomination is in our national character. But we’ve certainly imported lots of jihadis and the universities are doing their best to undermine our foundational principles by, as they admit, any means necessary. Thank God for Trump. I believe he’s come along in the nick of time to turn things around.
1. Get rid of Santuary states/cities. 2. Get rid of DEI and make merit the focus of society. 3. Clean up cesspools called universites; remove all their ties with China. 4. Fix our education system to remove indoctrination and return to readin'/writein'/arithmetic/thinkin'/reasoning. I'm am an old fart who is very tired dealing with people who can't handle money and are unable to think/reason.
John, it reminds me that 50 years ago at University of Texas a group calling itself The Iranian Students Association was full of anti-Shah, pro-Ayatollah Khomeini Muslim radicals. 4 years later they would depose the Shah, destroying the thriving modern Western culture and sending it backward in time to the rule of Mullahs who still retain power almost 50 years later. These battles matter, and that is my point in bringing this memory up. The horror that has fallen upon Iran these fifty years started with sympathy toward those Iranian Islamic radicals on university campuses in the USA, and France, and other nations. This battle against the HAMAS and other groups should be viewed in that same lens. Do we want the area where Israel thrives thrown back in time to the Dark Ages? Victory matters, and this war must be won.
Trump will sell out Israel and the world. President, heel spur is a grifting idiot. TACO baby. Watch. If I'm wrong, I'll gladly donate to the charity of your choice. It was Kamala who said it, and yes, that was fucked up. Had there been a proper primary, Andy Beshears, Josh Shapiro, Pritzker, or a couple of others could have beaten him. It was closer than you think. Had the Dems not decided that trans rights is the hill they wanted to die on, things might have been different. Don't forget that for months, Biden had two carrier strike groups in the Med and offshore Iran, and when I was in Jerusalem for the first volley of mullah missiles in April 2024, US assets helped make sure that none of them got through. Kamela would have been worse, though.
I'm a Jew. A Second Amendment Jew, who believes that "gun control" is double-tapping, not trying to take firearms away from those of us who have looked at the historical record and determined that we are so fortunate to live in the USA in a relatively tolerant society. There is a saying we have, that in every generation, there is a Haman (read the Book of Esther) out to get us. I carry. Usually, it's a .30 Kel-Tec, hot, with an extended clip. It's relatively underpowered, and I'm not sure it would have taken down that fat fuck Soliman, but if two or three people in Boulder, or even just one, had opened up on him, there might have been a different outcome. While driving, I have a .38 Special with a laser dot grip. And more. This is all going to end badly, or rather, the same as it has throughout history. I think we all need to make plans to move to Israel, where at least the IDF and law enforcement are in front of us.
I was in an Airbnb in Bat Yam, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, on Oct 7th. That day and the week after I heard many, many sirens and had to take shelter, saw Iron Dome interceptions and helicopters ferrying the wounded from my balcony. And yet, watching massive protests in support of Hamas in European capitals and listening to a mob chanting “Gas the Jews!” in Sydney, I definitely felt safer in Israel than I would have elsewhere. I’ve lived in the US all my life and I have confidence in my fellow citizens. I don’t believe this abomination is in our national character. But we’ve certainly imported lots of jihadis and the universities are doing their best to undermine our foundational principles by, as they admit, any means necessary. Thank God for Trump. I believe he’s come along in the nick of time to turn things around.
Thanks for contributing your perspective, Gary.
1. Get rid of Santuary states/cities. 2. Get rid of DEI and make merit the focus of society. 3. Clean up cesspools called universites; remove all their ties with China. 4. Fix our education system to remove indoctrination and return to readin'/writein'/arithmetic/thinkin'/reasoning. I'm am an old fart who is very tired dealing with people who can't handle money and are unable to think/reason.
Good wisdom from an old fart.
Every people, everywhere, ”deserves to live without fear of being targeted for their identity or beliefs.”
Excellent analysis. Thanks
Thank YOU.
John, it reminds me that 50 years ago at University of Texas a group calling itself The Iranian Students Association was full of anti-Shah, pro-Ayatollah Khomeini Muslim radicals. 4 years later they would depose the Shah, destroying the thriving modern Western culture and sending it backward in time to the rule of Mullahs who still retain power almost 50 years later. These battles matter, and that is my point in bringing this memory up. The horror that has fallen upon Iran these fifty years started with sympathy toward those Iranian Islamic radicals on university campuses in the USA, and France, and other nations. This battle against the HAMAS and other groups should be viewed in that same lens. Do we want the area where Israel thrives thrown back in time to the Dark Ages? Victory matters, and this war must be won.
And who can forget President Vegetable Lasagna at the Democrat convention: “They have a point!”
Trump will sell out Israel and the world. President, heel spur is a grifting idiot. TACO baby. Watch. If I'm wrong, I'll gladly donate to the charity of your choice. It was Kamala who said it, and yes, that was fucked up. Had there been a proper primary, Andy Beshears, Josh Shapiro, Pritzker, or a couple of others could have beaten him. It was closer than you think. Had the Dems not decided that trans rights is the hill they wanted to die on, things might have been different. Don't forget that for months, Biden had two carrier strike groups in the Med and offshore Iran, and when I was in Jerusalem for the first volley of mullah missiles in April 2024, US assets helped make sure that none of them got through. Kamela would have been worse, though.
I'm a Jew. A Second Amendment Jew, who believes that "gun control" is double-tapping, not trying to take firearms away from those of us who have looked at the historical record and determined that we are so fortunate to live in the USA in a relatively tolerant society. There is a saying we have, that in every generation, there is a Haman (read the Book of Esther) out to get us. I carry. Usually, it's a .30 Kel-Tec, hot, with an extended clip. It's relatively underpowered, and I'm not sure it would have taken down that fat fuck Soliman, but if two or three people in Boulder, or even just one, had opened up on him, there might have been a different outcome. While driving, I have a .38 Special with a laser dot grip. And more. This is all going to end badly, or rather, the same as it has throughout history. I think we all need to make plans to move to Israel, where at least the IDF and law enforcement are in front of us.
“pre-medieval style atrocities of October 7, 2003.” Need to add 20 more years onto that date.
Oops! Thanks. Fixing now.