Looks like we will be slapping down Hamas soon. Pretty cowardly attack on concert goers. If you think we backed Ukraine wait until you see how we support Israel.
I agree that is a cowardly attack, but can someone explain to me our fascination with Israel? What pictures or skeletons do they have on us? I know what Ukraine has, but this one has always confused me.
In response to rmartin:
If most people “took it” as you state.
It comes across as though you are basically stating something to the effect of “most people assumed the wall would be paid for in cash by Mexico.”
My opinion about “the people” who try to claim the statement about “Mexico paying for the wall” are being ridiculous in thinking that comment was really just as simple as going out and buying a .99 candy bar.
Did these “people” you speak of place any value whatsoever on the contraband, black market items, illegal drugs and plenty of other stuff that was trying to be stopped from crossing the border?
Some people seem to think a wall would be nothing more than an expense with zero other impacts on the economy.
I agree that is a cowardly attack, but can someone explain to me our fascination with Israel?
I’m totally with you there. I understand the history coming out of WWII, and that they’ve been an ally in a very volatile region that mostly hates us, and that Mossad has helped us a time or two (although possibly not helped us at other times).
But “support of Israel” has been a huge right-wing talking point for years and I just don’t get it either. Republicans don’t really talk about any other ally the way they do Israel. I remember in one of the presidential debates where Ted Cruz was running he was interviewed prior and ran down an opponent of his and one of the comments was “he’s also weak on Israel” and it just felt like it came out of nowhere as a forced comment because it’s what a certain fringe group wanted to hear.
Yeah, I dont get it maybe its like you said theyre the most stable country in that region, but otherwise I dont get it.
Explain the fascination with Ukraine ? 
Explain the fascination with Ukraine ?
I get what you’re saying but that’s literally whataboutism and completely deflecting the original question about Israel.
Israel is a key ally in the region… the ONLY ally in the region. Israeli Jews have been persecuted since the biblical times. Hitler tried to wipe them off the face of the earth, we helped stopped him. It’s more about their strategic location in the region now, than it is about protecting “them”… although Palestinians would just as soon rid the earth of the Jews… much like Omar would.
Israel is an ally. I’m all for supporting allies to a logical extent.
The problem is they are about the equivalent of a pre school kid “having the back” of a high school senior on a bus full of delinquent jerks.
I don’t think the US truly wants the Israel situation resolved (nor will it ever be). Those who hate the Western World and our way of life would then find another target or ally to undermine us. It’s kind of a meritless gesture that we “help” Israel knowing whole heartedly they will take the brunt from those in the region who hate our way of life forever.
Our leaders don’t want to be strong on Israel…they want to be juuuuuuuuust strong enough to keep them propped as the low hanging fruit
In the Bible the Jews are the bankers. That explains why back Israel.
In the Bible the Jews are the bankers. That explains why back Israel.
Can you remind me what verse that is? I don’t recall any references to banks in the bible.
Israel is a key ally in the region… the ONLY ally in the region. Israeli Jews have been persecuted since the biblical times. Hitler tried to wipe them off the face of the earth, we helped stopped him. It’s more about their strategic location in the region now, than it is about protecting “them”… although Palestinians would just as soon rid the earth of the Jews… much like Omar would.
Deuces video post also backs your statement. That was a good video and one all should watch. Israel is the only country in that region that is friendly and trustworthy towards the US. Can’t be said about any other country in that region.
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In the Bible the Jews are the bankers. That explains why back Israel.Can you remind me what verse that is? I don’t recall any references to banks in the bible.
I think he is referencing Matthew 21:12-17
Makes sense since Israel is the only country in that area that seems to have a brain I guess. I truly don’t understand why Biden sent billions to Iran recently and it looks like they funded this attack.
it’s Biden………
if you know what “he’s doing” let the rest of us know please…..
it’s Biden………
if you know what “he’s doing” let the rest of us know please…..
He released funds that had been frozen in our banks in return for hostages.
It was actually owed Iran, for oil… but the assets were froze… he released the $6B as long as they used it for “humanitarian reasons”…( along with a 5 for 5 prisoner swap) In the Palestinians & Iranians eyes, killing Israelis is humanitarian work. Biden is doing nothing but eating ice cream without any brain freeze… Obama & company are calling the shots.
Did Biden give $6 billion to Iran?
The Biden officials cleared that the sum was never a part of US taxpayer money, but rather payments made by South Korea to Iran to buy oil in recent years. The officials stressed that funds had been stuck in South Korea due to US sanctions, adding that money is now held in a restricted account in Doha.
Did Biden give $6 billion to Iran?
The Biden officials cleared that the sum was never a part of US taxpayer money, but rather payments made by South Korea to Iran to buy oil in recent years. The officials stressed that funds had been stuck in South Korea due to US sanctions, adding that money is now held in a restricted account in Doha.
We got the hostages so I’m positive Iran got the cash.
I am not that familiar with Hamas or the issue in Israel but has already been stated, Israel is a strategically-located ally in the Middle East. Apparently the Hamas are allies with both Syria and Iran. That should say enough right there that they are an extreme terroristic entity.
The Muslim prophet Mohamed ordered all muslims to kill every Jew and Christian in the world. Through Jihad (holy war). Two kinds of Jihad, flying planes into skyscrapers,and the attacks in Israel and infiltration. Get laws passed to fit they’re life style and religion. And it’s happening.
Didn’t the Obama administration give billions to Iran as well? Also, as far as Israel goes, I thought we backed them as a beacon of democracy and stability in the Middle East. But I’m not sure exactly why, I just know Hamas is gonna get their asses handed to them, reference the 6 day war. It seems like the chosen ones kick butt. I think all Jewish males have to serve the armed forces, so they know how to fight.
Yeah. Barack flew pallets full of cash over there.
I think Omar and her brother/husband should go back home and fight for their country ASAP. They should invite Talib and Barak along as well for backup
I tried 2X yesterday to post on an earlier topic so we will see if this makes it.
October 10, 2023 at 6:29 am
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nope, no link, I use the link button in the toolbar.
Immigrants are not the ones bring in the drugs
Pay particular attention to Misconception #2
Misconception 2: “Building a wall would greatly reduce heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl trafficking.”
Proponents of a border wall often claim that it would help the United States solve its opioid addiction problem by blocking heroin smugglers from Mexico. This reveals a misunderstanding of how cross-border smuggling works.
The vast majority of the drug that enters from Mexico does so through “ports of entry”—the 48 official land crossings through which millions of people, vehicles, and cargo pass every day. “Heroin seizures almost predominantly are through the port of entry and either carried in a concealed part of a vehicle or carried by an individual,” then-U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske told a congressional committee last year. “We don’t get much heroin seized by Border Patrol coming through, I think just because there are a lot of risks to the smugglers and the difficulty of trying to smuggle it through,” he said.
“The most common method employed by Mexican TCOs [Transnational Criminal Organizations] involves transporting drugs in vehicles through U.S. ports of entry (POEs),” the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reported in its 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment. “Illicit drugs are smuggled into the United States in concealed compartments within passenger vehicles or commingled with legitimate goods on tractor trailers,” according to the document.
Heroin is small in volume. “It’s a relatively small amount—40-50 tons, we think—of heroin that feeds the heroin epidemic in the United States,” Gen. John Kelly, then the commander of U.S. Southern Command, told a Senate committee in 2015. The amount has probably increased somewhat today, but still takes up little space: all the heroin consumed in the United States in an entire year could probably fit into two 40-foot shipping containers.
Now, imagine the contents of those containers broken up into tiny amounts and scattered across vehicles, luggage, and cargo shipments and sent through 48 land crossings, plus airports, over the course of 365 days. The difficulty explains why in 2015, the DEA reported that U.S. authorities managed to seize 6.8 tons of heroin, an amount equal to perhaps one-seventh of Gen. Kelly’s demand estimate.
The dynamic is similar for other compact-volume drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, which are overwhelmingly seized at ports of entry. Cannabis, which is larger and bulkier, appears to be trafficked more frequently in the areas between the ports.
With a small, compact, and expensive product, and a six-sevenths chance of avoiding detection and seizure, it’s unsurprising that most heroin smugglers don’t bother to transport it between the ports of entry, in the sparsely populated or wilderness zones where proposed border fencing might be built.
The ports of entry are a big part of the picture. Yet while the Trump administration is loudly proposing ambitious, expensive wall-building plans, its budget requests would do very little to address the US$5 billion in documented needs, from renovations to staffing, at the ports of entry.
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