By the time you asked for a speaker at the convention, how realistic was it to think you could produce votes for Harris if you were given what you wanted? Also, rightly or wrongly, if someone called me a genocidaire to my face, I'd never consider the words that came out of their mouth ever again. You guys say these over the top things to get a reaction right? So when their reaction to all of your name calling was to tell you to get fucked, isn't that the reaction you anticipated? If not, maybe that's a failure of imagination on your part.
Right now and in the coming years, there are only two parties in a U.S. presidential race. I think trump and the R party are so bad that we have to vote for the Dem. In the primaries we can push in a different direction. But in the end, we gain nothing by losing to the evil that is the Republicons.
It is not difficult to understand what is happening in our politics when looking back to June 8, 1967. That is the day that Israel intentionally attacked a non-combatant American ship, the USS Liberty, while it was in international waters. Israel used unmarked aircraft and torpedo boats, killing 34 and wounding 171 Americans. The ship was plainly marked with name and US Navy numbers and flying a large American flag. It was outrageous the excuses they made but not as outrageous as the United States then helping Israel to cover up the entire incident. They silenced the survivors, their families and the families of the dead by threatening them with military justice if they spoke of what they endured and knew of the incident. Media access was controlled and limited, the ship was completely repaired and repainted to deceive the American people as to extent of the damage. Alternative descriptions of events were devised to deceive Americans, all to help Israel minimize and move on. Here's the kicker; the U.S. had a patrol plane overhead during the entire 6 Day War, including during the attack on the Liberty. There were 2 Hebrew speakers aboard the plane and all radio transmissions were monitored and taped. All these tapes and documents have been classified for 58 years. If Israel is so innocent and we were not complicit, why hasn't this evidence been released?? Here is another insult: we asked the Israeli ambassador whether Israel minded that we give the Liberty's captain the Congressional Medal of Honor. Can you imagine asking your attacker if they would be offended if we honored the person that saved the ship from sinking?
Israel is unwittingly doing all it can to bring a revolution in America regarding Zionism. This will be evident at the midterms, but I already feel the tide turning on the street as Democratic politicians shy away from "standing with Israel". Today on the street I had a Zionist, as is typical of such, completely ignore the ethnic cleansing of 76 years to declare that what is needed is for the Palestinians to get rid of Hamas. Another Zionist commented in passing (not staying to argue his point) that what matters is freeing the hostages.
Zionists cannot admit to Zionism being the problem, but the almost two years of atrocities in Gaza have opened American eyes to the reality of Israel that no amount of American Zionist wealth can conceal through campaign advertising next year. I look forward to 2026 but dread what will happen to the Palestinians before the midterm elections.
Why exactly is “the ethnic cleansing of 76 years ago” a relevant retort to the idea that Palestinians need to get rid of the violent radical extremist group that governs Gaza?
Mr. Anonymous, I am going to devote some time to replying to your question. I hope you will read it all.
To answer your question completely, first some background.
Zionists (supporters of Israel) are obsessed with two things that are insignificant in relation to the 76 year ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the orders of magnitude difference in the number of Israelis who have been killed over that time period in relation to the number of Palestinians who have been killed. Those two things are the hostages and Hamas.
Just the 3 "mowing the grass" operations - Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defense and Operation Protective Edge, all of them assaults on Gaza with the full might of the IDF beginning in late 2009, produced casualties that far outnumber the Israeli casualties of Oct 7, and that includes the hostages even if not one survived.
No supporter of Israel ever mentions this. Oct 7 is the start of history with Israel the innocent victim. Nonsense.
Regarding my retort:
Imagine amid the slaughter of the American Indians in the last half of the 19th century that a white American would proclaim, "If only the Indians would get rid of the terrorists Geronimo and Cochise (and other such leaders) and end the terrorizing of white settlers, then the problems for the Indians would end."
The Indians then, just like the Palestinians now, knew that their oppressor had no intention of stopping the slaughter and land grab, that it would continue regardless of what the Indians did then or what the Palestinians do now. The history of US policy then and Israeli policy, especially since 1967, trumpet this message. Might made right then and might has made right since the invasion of Palestine by Zionism.
The one and only thing that the Indians then, and the Palestinians now, can do is go down resisting, including by violent means, to register their love of their land and refusal to yield even at the cost of life itself. This is why the Indians are now revered as heroic by white America. They knew they were outgunned and outnumbered but they vowed to die rather than submit. The alternatives were submit and be killed/expelled or resist and be killed/expelled. This is what the Palestinians face.
The Israelis are proud of being "the new Jews" who will not take anything from anyone and are ready to fight, proud of it, for a land they have taken from others by force. It is a repudiation of the holocaust. But they expect others, the Palestinians, to meekly submit and go away without violence. Israelis cannot see others as in any way like themselves. Zionism is a fanaticism and as such, blind.
Whites of the old west would have easily used your phrase "the violent radical extremist group" for the Indians fighting and dying and being starved to death (Buffalo were deliberated slaughtered) by the US. It is the same story being retold. The only difference is that back then there was no stopping the US. Today Israel could be stopped immediately by the US but because of Zionist wealth and influence in the corrupt political system we have, it will not. The 1% in America is disproportionately Zionist and Trump leads the way.
Joe Biden, US President, declared himself a Zionist! Our President!!! What happened to liberty and justice for all, forgotten in wholehearted support for ethnic supremacy and ethnic cleansing?
Any American who now claims remorse for what white America did to the Indians should get out on the street along with me and proclaim to one and all: get rid of Zionism in America, the cancer that has made us turn against the very principle that made us stand out before the world when the US was created. Zionism is the antithesis of liberty and justice for all, proving it in blood right now.
That a guy who is presumably an American, rightly safe and secure with the full rights of any US citizen, comes up to me on the street and praises the genocide of people who have no rights, have no homes, are starving and have seen their families being killed in front of them is beyond belief. Wanton slaughter for the sake of making a land taken by force safe for Jews when Jews are safe here in America is incredible to behold.
We the people, the 99%, MUST retake our country from Zionism.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party appear on the surface to be so different. In philosophy, I believe that is still true, but in strategic calculations, not so much. The Dems don't yet understand that you cannot simultaneously disagree with the Right while conducting your organizational business similarly (money). That's like huddling under the same blanket for warmth and claiming to be different by which side of the bed you rise from.
I was told in 1982 that it didn't matter whether the MN DFL had completed its platform. We were trying to get Mark Dayton elected, and the caucus couldn't agree on key platform issues. The platform was not completed. We argued until we ran out of time. Later the caucus lead told me it didn't matter about the platform - all that mattered was that we win. We lost. But who were 'we'? I want to advance the idea that there is no longer a clear two- or three-party system. We have to organize around something more than benefactors. And wins.
The tone deaf DNC is still pissing in the wind. Under too many desperate, different solicitations they keep trying to get me to answer their stupid polls. Who would you vote for in 2028? Did you change parties? Are you still a Democrat? Are you a Democrat or a Republican? But the one thing I’ve never been asked is whether, just maybe, I’m an Independent!? I think we should keep the wannabes guessing. They don’t really want to know from their base anyway. Thank you for a well articulated article.
By the time you asked for a speaker at the convention, how realistic was it to think you could produce votes for Harris if you were given what you wanted? Also, rightly or wrongly, if someone called me a genocidaire to my face, I'd never consider the words that came out of their mouth ever again. You guys say these over the top things to get a reaction right? So when their reaction to all of your name calling was to tell you to get fucked, isn't that the reaction you anticipated? If not, maybe that's a failure of imagination on your part.
Right now and in the coming years, there are only two parties in a U.S. presidential race. I think trump and the R party are so bad that we have to vote for the Dem. In the primaries we can push in a different direction. But in the end, we gain nothing by losing to the evil that is the Republicons.
It is not difficult to understand what is happening in our politics when looking back to June 8, 1967. That is the day that Israel intentionally attacked a non-combatant American ship, the USS Liberty, while it was in international waters. Israel used unmarked aircraft and torpedo boats, killing 34 and wounding 171 Americans. The ship was plainly marked with name and US Navy numbers and flying a large American flag. It was outrageous the excuses they made but not as outrageous as the United States then helping Israel to cover up the entire incident. They silenced the survivors, their families and the families of the dead by threatening them with military justice if they spoke of what they endured and knew of the incident. Media access was controlled and limited, the ship was completely repaired and repainted to deceive the American people as to extent of the damage. Alternative descriptions of events were devised to deceive Americans, all to help Israel minimize and move on. Here's the kicker; the U.S. had a patrol plane overhead during the entire 6 Day War, including during the attack on the Liberty. There were 2 Hebrew speakers aboard the plane and all radio transmissions were monitored and taped. All these tapes and documents have been classified for 58 years. If Israel is so innocent and we were not complicit, why hasn't this evidence been released?? Here is another insult: we asked the Israeli ambassador whether Israel minded that we give the Liberty's captain the Congressional Medal of Honor. Can you imagine asking your attacker if they would be offended if we honored the person that saved the ship from sinking?
Really, do we still care about the Democratic party, or the Republican Party?
Israel is unwittingly doing all it can to bring a revolution in America regarding Zionism. This will be evident at the midterms, but I already feel the tide turning on the street as Democratic politicians shy away from "standing with Israel". Today on the street I had a Zionist, as is typical of such, completely ignore the ethnic cleansing of 76 years to declare that what is needed is for the Palestinians to get rid of Hamas. Another Zionist commented in passing (not staying to argue his point) that what matters is freeing the hostages.
Zionists cannot admit to Zionism being the problem, but the almost two years of atrocities in Gaza have opened American eyes to the reality of Israel that no amount of American Zionist wealth can conceal through campaign advertising next year. I look forward to 2026 but dread what will happen to the Palestinians before the midterm elections.
Why exactly is “the ethnic cleansing of 76 years ago” a relevant retort to the idea that Palestinians need to get rid of the violent radical extremist group that governs Gaza?
Mr. Anonymous, I am going to devote some time to replying to your question. I hope you will read it all.
To answer your question completely, first some background.
Zionists (supporters of Israel) are obsessed with two things that are insignificant in relation to the 76 year ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the orders of magnitude difference in the number of Israelis who have been killed over that time period in relation to the number of Palestinians who have been killed. Those two things are the hostages and Hamas.
Just the 3 "mowing the grass" operations - Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defense and Operation Protective Edge, all of them assaults on Gaza with the full might of the IDF beginning in late 2009, produced casualties that far outnumber the Israeli casualties of Oct 7, and that includes the hostages even if not one survived.
No supporter of Israel ever mentions this. Oct 7 is the start of history with Israel the innocent victim. Nonsense.
Regarding my retort:
Imagine amid the slaughter of the American Indians in the last half of the 19th century that a white American would proclaim, "If only the Indians would get rid of the terrorists Geronimo and Cochise (and other such leaders) and end the terrorizing of white settlers, then the problems for the Indians would end."
The Indians then, just like the Palestinians now, knew that their oppressor had no intention of stopping the slaughter and land grab, that it would continue regardless of what the Indians did then or what the Palestinians do now. The history of US policy then and Israeli policy, especially since 1967, trumpet this message. Might made right then and might has made right since the invasion of Palestine by Zionism.
The one and only thing that the Indians then, and the Palestinians now, can do is go down resisting, including by violent means, to register their love of their land and refusal to yield even at the cost of life itself. This is why the Indians are now revered as heroic by white America. They knew they were outgunned and outnumbered but they vowed to die rather than submit. The alternatives were submit and be killed/expelled or resist and be killed/expelled. This is what the Palestinians face.
The Israelis are proud of being "the new Jews" who will not take anything from anyone and are ready to fight, proud of it, for a land they have taken from others by force. It is a repudiation of the holocaust. But they expect others, the Palestinians, to meekly submit and go away without violence. Israelis cannot see others as in any way like themselves. Zionism is a fanaticism and as such, blind.
Whites of the old west would have easily used your phrase "the violent radical extremist group" for the Indians fighting and dying and being starved to death (Buffalo were deliberated slaughtered) by the US. It is the same story being retold. The only difference is that back then there was no stopping the US. Today Israel could be stopped immediately by the US but because of Zionist wealth and influence in the corrupt political system we have, it will not. The 1% in America is disproportionately Zionist and Trump leads the way.
Joe Biden, US President, declared himself a Zionist! Our President!!! What happened to liberty and justice for all, forgotten in wholehearted support for ethnic supremacy and ethnic cleansing?
Any American who now claims remorse for what white America did to the Indians should get out on the street along with me and proclaim to one and all: get rid of Zionism in America, the cancer that has made us turn against the very principle that made us stand out before the world when the US was created. Zionism is the antithesis of liberty and justice for all, proving it in blood right now.
That a guy who is presumably an American, rightly safe and secure with the full rights of any US citizen, comes up to me on the street and praises the genocide of people who have no rights, have no homes, are starving and have seen their families being killed in front of them is beyond belief. Wanton slaughter for the sake of making a land taken by force safe for Jews when Jews are safe here in America is incredible to behold.
We the people, the 99%, MUST retake our country from Zionism.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party appear on the surface to be so different. In philosophy, I believe that is still true, but in strategic calculations, not so much. The Dems don't yet understand that you cannot simultaneously disagree with the Right while conducting your organizational business similarly (money). That's like huddling under the same blanket for warmth and claiming to be different by which side of the bed you rise from.
I was told in 1982 that it didn't matter whether the MN DFL had completed its platform. We were trying to get Mark Dayton elected, and the caucus couldn't agree on key platform issues. The platform was not completed. We argued until we ran out of time. Later the caucus lead told me it didn't matter about the platform - all that mattered was that we win. We lost. But who were 'we'? I want to advance the idea that there is no longer a clear two- or three-party system. We have to organize around something more than benefactors. And wins.
Do you see any chance the Democrat establishment will accept moral or strategic mistakes on this question?
Someone would have to be the most compromised/paid idiot to still support the jewish duopoly.
The tone deaf DNC is still pissing in the wind. Under too many desperate, different solicitations they keep trying to get me to answer their stupid polls. Who would you vote for in 2028? Did you change parties? Are you still a Democrat? Are you a Democrat or a Republican? But the one thing I’ve never been asked is whether, just maybe, I’m an Independent!? I think we should keep the wannabes guessing. They don’t really want to know from their base anyway. Thank you for a well articulated article.
In the article,"DMFI" is not spelled out. I take it that means "Democratic Majority for Israel"?