In 1979, Islamists in Iran started a war with the free world. After decades of appeasement and failed diplomacy, we finally decided to confront the regime — for the benefit of the entire free world.
"I am still astounded by the political critique of this war, which for many boils down to a simplistic equation: I dislike Trump or Netanyahu, therefore I oppose the war. "
I totally agree with you. I can't stand Trump for a bunch of reasons. But, here he is right and I support the war effort.
People have lost their ability to think critically. People react reflexively, as you state, like a knee struck by the physician's hammer. But, geopolitical thinking is more complicated than a reflex.
I can't speak for anyone but myself; I do support the war with Iran, but I do not support Donald Trump. His administration has ignored our Constitution, directly caused the maiming of both American citizens and legal immigrants, and shamelessly supported one of our historical adversaries.
I think it is dangerous to assume that there is any pure motive in his actions. That said, I am pleased that the people of Iran are being supported, and that Israel is not fighting this battle alone.
If that's confusing, it's because these are confusing times.
Israel is bombed by Iran with missiles and drones and the people wisely go into shelters as Iran's missiles are meant to kill them.
I have now watched dozens of Iranian self-made videos of the bombings of Iran by the American and Israeli Air Forces. It's like a daily and nightly fireworks show for the Iranian people. They know they are safe. They watch the explosions, pan their cameras for more explosions while dancing, laughing, cheering, filming and often eating dinner outside on their high rise patios. It's the craziest thing I think I have ever witnessed.
Indeed, the political critique of this war is astounding. All the questions being put by media to 'experts' and politicians start from the premise of 'international law' and the fact that this is an assault on Iran by the US and Israel. Calls for de-escalation and resuming negotiation. No mention of Iran as a terrorist state; in fact sweeping to one side the fact that their Revolutionary Guards are now considered terrorists officially in many countries, including Australia where I live.
I will say that the Australian government, with its poor track record thus far in regard to Israel and its Jewish community, has actually reminded people that Iran is governed by a terrorist regime that has been an active threat to many countries and killed and oppressed its own people. A short while ago it sent the Iranian ambassador back home, breaking diplomacy connections, but that was only because it was found that Iran had been behind the arson attack on the Adass Synagogue in Melbourne.
I viewed a video yesterday of an Iranian group, holding their flag with the lion depicted, in a city street in Ireland. They were celebrating the death of Khomeini and under enormous abusive attack, verbally, by a crowd of white Irish pro-Palestinian devotees, decked out in their keffiyehs - it was interesting to observe that many of these useful idiots were older, white-haired men and women, so it's not only the young.
That says it all, really. We live in a world where common sense and reality are becoming non-existent, except to a minority, and the table has been turned on history, facts on the ground, ethics and morality as we once knew it.
Totally agree the war with Tehran is a fight for survival of the free world. It is also a fight for survival of the religions of the free world. Those religions threatened include Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and others. Traditional Islam as written about in the Koran is tolerant of others beliefs as long as traditional Islamic believers are not threatened. In the Koran if the followers of Islam are not threatened with suppression or annihilation (as the Jewish state is today), nowhere in the Koran does God or Allah provide for the theoretical religious justification for the killing of innocents. Anyone who studies the Koran with an honest heart knows that traditional Islamic belief is based on "divine love" and not "divine hate." In the Koran, believers are defined as those who embrace "divine love." These qualities of love are enumerated in the Koran and the opposite sinful qualities are sinful only because of the absence of any trace of divine love or even of a smidgenton just zero, null of any love in the physical universe. The meaning of the Arabic words in the Koran is very specific. So extremist Islam portrays itself as loving of God while embracing sinful behaviors felt necessary to preserve the existence of Islam which is continually being threatened with extinction by Western thought and philosophy. The fallacy is that traditional or moderate Islam as in the UAE is not under threat when it was recently bombed by Tehran. The only threat to any nation or religion is the embrace of sin which can be defined as any behavior that lacks divine love or any shred of love, respect or tolerance of others (much like fundamentalist Socialist thought). Some people will say that religion confuses the issue. But very simply, God, who some believe, exists as a manifestation of divine love is confused into being a angry God hateful of Western ways which extremist Islamists feels threaten the worldwide existence of Islam. Traditional Islam exists all over the world and is unthreatened in Indonesian and before Partition was never threatened in India.
Our world has devoluted from being in a struggle between who is right or wrong, loving or hateful, righteous or sinful into a stone-age struggle for who will win and who will lose. Which is what America's and Israel's war with Tehran is really all about.
I agree. This is a war fighting to save the free world!
"I am still astounded by the political critique of this war, which for many boils down to a simplistic equation: I dislike Trump or Netanyahu, therefore I oppose the war. "
I totally agree with you. I can't stand Trump for a bunch of reasons. But, here he is right and I support the war effort.
People have lost their ability to think critically. People react reflexively, as you state, like a knee struck by the physician's hammer. But, geopolitical thinking is more complicated than a reflex.
I can't speak for anyone but myself; I do support the war with Iran, but I do not support Donald Trump. His administration has ignored our Constitution, directly caused the maiming of both American citizens and legal immigrants, and shamelessly supported one of our historical adversaries.
I think it is dangerous to assume that there is any pure motive in his actions. That said, I am pleased that the people of Iran are being supported, and that Israel is not fighting this battle alone.
If that's confusing, it's because these are confusing times.
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv vs. Tehran
Israel is bombed by Iran with missiles and drones and the people wisely go into shelters as Iran's missiles are meant to kill them.
I have now watched dozens of Iranian self-made videos of the bombings of Iran by the American and Israeli Air Forces. It's like a daily and nightly fireworks show for the Iranian people. They know they are safe. They watch the explosions, pan their cameras for more explosions while dancing, laughing, cheering, filming and often eating dinner outside on their high rise patios. It's the craziest thing I think I have ever witnessed.
Obviously this is the Mullahs’ War.
This one is easy for me, I support Trump and support America's leadership in this war, with Israel providing incredible support and partnership.
Indeed, the political critique of this war is astounding. All the questions being put by media to 'experts' and politicians start from the premise of 'international law' and the fact that this is an assault on Iran by the US and Israel. Calls for de-escalation and resuming negotiation. No mention of Iran as a terrorist state; in fact sweeping to one side the fact that their Revolutionary Guards are now considered terrorists officially in many countries, including Australia where I live.
I will say that the Australian government, with its poor track record thus far in regard to Israel and its Jewish community, has actually reminded people that Iran is governed by a terrorist regime that has been an active threat to many countries and killed and oppressed its own people. A short while ago it sent the Iranian ambassador back home, breaking diplomacy connections, but that was only because it was found that Iran had been behind the arson attack on the Adass Synagogue in Melbourne.
I viewed a video yesterday of an Iranian group, holding their flag with the lion depicted, in a city street in Ireland. They were celebrating the death of Khomeini and under enormous abusive attack, verbally, by a crowd of white Irish pro-Palestinian devotees, decked out in their keffiyehs - it was interesting to observe that many of these useful idiots were older, white-haired men and women, so it's not only the young.
That says it all, really. We live in a world where common sense and reality are becoming non-existent, except to a minority, and the table has been turned on history, facts on the ground, ethics and morality as we once knew it.
Totally agree the war with Tehran is a fight for survival of the free world. It is also a fight for survival of the religions of the free world. Those religions threatened include Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and others. Traditional Islam as written about in the Koran is tolerant of others beliefs as long as traditional Islamic believers are not threatened. In the Koran if the followers of Islam are not threatened with suppression or annihilation (as the Jewish state is today), nowhere in the Koran does God or Allah provide for the theoretical religious justification for the killing of innocents. Anyone who studies the Koran with an honest heart knows that traditional Islamic belief is based on "divine love" and not "divine hate." In the Koran, believers are defined as those who embrace "divine love." These qualities of love are enumerated in the Koran and the opposite sinful qualities are sinful only because of the absence of any trace of divine love or even of a smidgenton just zero, null of any love in the physical universe. The meaning of the Arabic words in the Koran is very specific. So extremist Islam portrays itself as loving of God while embracing sinful behaviors felt necessary to preserve the existence of Islam which is continually being threatened with extinction by Western thought and philosophy. The fallacy is that traditional or moderate Islam as in the UAE is not under threat when it was recently bombed by Tehran. The only threat to any nation or religion is the embrace of sin which can be defined as any behavior that lacks divine love or any shred of love, respect or tolerance of others (much like fundamentalist Socialist thought). Some people will say that religion confuses the issue. But very simply, God, who some believe, exists as a manifestation of divine love is confused into being a angry God hateful of Western ways which extremist Islamists feels threaten the worldwide existence of Islam. Traditional Islam exists all over the world and is unthreatened in Indonesian and before Partition was never threatened in India.
Our world has devoluted from being in a struggle between who is right or wrong, loving or hateful, righteous or sinful into a stone-age struggle for who will win and who will lose. Which is what America's and Israel's war with Tehran is really all about.