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Republican House Foreign Affairs Chair Mike McCaul (R-Texas) called Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) coup against the Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, “dangerous.” But, in spite of being unseated, McCarthy outlined a strategy to help Israel. He stated that our strategy for the present Israel crisis is “five-pronged: rescuing U.S. hostages currently being held by Hamas, supplying Israel with new weapons, confronting Iran, addressing U.S. domestic national security and confronting anti-Semitism.” It’s a five point “strategy” that for this writer is part of Congressional Mealy-Mouthese which is why McCarthy deserved to be unseated. Let us consider each of his five points and try to explain why each would leave heads nodding in a mood of soporific disgust.
“Rescuing U.S. hostages currently being held by Hamas” Accounts of hostages is estimated at 700-1200. Hostages – mostly Israelis –have been taken. We do not know if the American hostages are alive or dead. We do not know if they are being held in broom closets in a Gaza apartment or if they are in a more formal jail. Here we have one of the most heinous, barbaric and vile incursions in world history, and first on McCarthy’s to-do list are 7-22 Americans who may not even be alive. For him to begin his list with a short list of priorities with a vague statement about hostages when we are looking at mind boggling crimes against humanity is part of what Matt Gaetz and others find repulsive about a politics-as-usual politician like McCarthy. Instead, he should be stirring up the American people to see that the extensive hostage taking that includes Americans but is mainly of Israeli Jews is vile kidnapping.
This kidnapping – often accompanied by beatings, torture, and threats – is vile and itself deserving of the death sentence. He should be calling for the immediate return of all American hostages and all Israeli hostages, and that if they are not returned he will fully support wiping Hamas’ leadership off the face of the Earth FOREVER. He should thus not call for rescue but for death. He should be insisting that if American hostages are not given up within 24 hours that U.S. warplanes will be deployed to hit targets in Gaza because holding U.S. citizens as hostages is an act of war. McCarthy’s understated statement is insufficiently pro-active.
“Supplying Israel with new weapons.” McCarthy should be saying emphatically that we demand to know how many new weapons the U.S. has sent and is committed to sending to Israel as direct military aid. There is no shortage of statements about the weapons intended for and sent to Ukraine. We want to know practically, that is with specifics, what weapons are being sent and when they have been sent or will be sent. We need to hear leaders ask the administration and the Joint Chiefs “What have you sent?” McCarthy should be saying, “I should not have to ask for weapons. rather, the House should already have in its hands the numbers and types of weapons that have been sent
and will be sent on an ongoing basis to Israel.” His general talk about supplying should be replaced with questions about how many and when. His lack of specificity is what we the deplorable public find so frustrating about the political class that speaks vaguely in order to “leave room for negotiation.” Why can he not say what type of planes he wants deployed, what type of guns he wants sent, what type of short-range or longer-range missiles are needed to thereby get the vile Hamas people afraid for their very lives!!!
“Confronting Iran”. Our dear EX-Speaker knows that Obama and his lackeys including former Secy. of State John Kerry were playing knee-sy with Iran for eight years. They came up with the stinking JCOPA “deal” and sent pallets of billions of dollars to Iran during Barry’s miserable eight years as Muslim-in-chief of the USA. Despite Iran having taken hostages in 1979, despite their acknowledged involvement in the bombing of the Khobar Towers, in the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon, in the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, and in the creation and maintenance of Hezbollah and Hamas, President Biden – known for his creativity, intelligence, and initiative as a leader – has doggedly tried to reinstate or mimic the Barack initiatives of 2009-2017 regarding Iran. If Obama and his clone successors saw no reason to confront Iran during the years of 2009-2017 nor during 2021-the present, by what logic will McCarthy’s “call to confront” push the government to do so. Rather, it is not mere confrontation that is needed but an aggressive, even savage reversal of U.S. policy towards Iran.
So, again, we must ask, to what end are these seemingly endless negotiations involving the U.S. and Iran? How does the world benefit from these negotiations? We even recently broke our longstanding policy of paying ransom for hostages by exchanging five Iranian prisoners for five American hostages where we paid billions to Iran as well as returning the Iranians. That was a ransom payment! Thus, to speak, as McCarthy does, about confronting Iran is to soft sell something that will require a complete about face. It must be made clear that confrontation if properly presented means unquestionable rejection and repudiation. We must withdraw from all negotiations with Iran. We must freeze Iranian assets that have been unfrozen. We must bully Iranian ships throughout the world. And our leaders must declare that Iran is an enemy of the USA and will remain an enemy until, somehow, its leadership of Shi’ite Radical Muslims is overturned. We must take a lesson from our response to the Tripoli pirates in the early 19th century. At first it was tepid, but then we ramped up and won. In the present state of affairs, calling for “confrontation” is a mealy-mouthed statement, not a statement of unequivocal opposition.
“Addressing U.S. domestic national security and confronting anti-Semitism.” How many attacks by Islamic terrorists are necessary in our country or throughout the world to know that this attack on Israel is a most serious – even hideous – threat? Again McCarthy’s language is too tepid to justify leading a great country like the USA. We are confronting a mentality that is savage, cruel, and uncompromising to be even considered anti-Semitism. It is a mentality worse than anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism led to the expulsion of Jews from England, from Spain, and even from Arab countries after the founding of Israel. What we are considering with Hamas and their defenders and helpers is a primitive, barbaric, and animalistic hatred justified by various verses of the Quran which, sadly, more peaceful Muslims are unwilling to disavow. These have to do with cutting off heads and killing Jews and infidels. It is a form of anti-Semitism found in Nazism and Islam. People are free to reject or not like other people and to distance themselves from others of an offending religion or sub-culture, but we are not free to maim, kidnap, kill, or torture those individuals. Those all constitute crimes against the state and against the moral law.
EX-Speaker McCarthy’s remarks are too tepid. They are typical political prattle. We deplorables are dissatisfied with prattle. We want leaders who will say what they mean and mean what they say.
Jeffrey Ludwig has taught philosophy and history for decades and is an advocate for liberty and for the claims of Christ. His latest book, Christian Perspectives Vol.1, is available here.
Reminds one of Trump. Appoints from the deep state. Backs Fauci and the clot shot. Went ape wild praising murderer Cuomo. Backs Disney and the groomers and AB. Didn’t protect the vote. Did nothing to stop immigration. Reversed himself in a cowardly way on J-6 and Hilary. Complains people are mean to him and someone should do something about it. .Hasn’t changed with his destructive love of rhinos who turn on him and make progress impossible. He didn’t fire Wray. Hired Barr. Put two SOC justices that are liberal idiots on the court.
At best, on most things and the things that will save the nation, he doesn’t care or is too stoopid to figure out how to fight back. No action while he promotes himself with a lot of talk. Attacks conservatives and loves rhinos. Is easily rhino whispered, who then shoot him in the face. The last is a psych trick that a cult leader does to brainwash followers. Stalin was one.
You are obviously suffering from TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). Please get some psychiatric help, and then join with us in getting Trump, who is going to be the Republican nominee whether you like it or not, elected in 2024 – unless you prefer to see the nation destroyed under Barry’s fourth term.
He shouldn’t have investigated the Biden’s, that was his downfall.
It is spelled “stupid.” As in regurgitating vile far left incorrect talking points at a time of crisis in America, Israel and in the world. And even worse, you;re commenting with your seemingly mentally ill TDS obsession on an article that is not related to President Trump.
I have met and talked with President Trump. He’s brilliant. . If you don’t like the cut of his suit, find .one of many leftwing trash sites to hang out in.
We’ll said! This BS doesn’t fly here
Cat,
Bubble burst, Trump, thinks we are a democracy…
I concur with many of your points.
The real President shot himself and thereby us in the foot many times.
And to date he hasn’t owned any of it.
The most egregious example the “vaccine” debacle.
I postulate that ALL of the current world events have been the direct result of that derelection of duty.
He is still saying “It is a wonderful thing I’ve done.” I am aghast at his hubris.
The jab is the hub of the wheel of destruction we are all currently caught up in.
My wife and I were ruminating last night that “normal” is done and over with. Pretty sobrring conversation. But our trust and faith is not in this world.
Whatever you perceived to be “normal” is gone. It ain’t coming back.
The baby has been thrown out with the bath water.
Where do we go from here?
Man has been revealed for the duplicitous, wicked, evil creature he is.
God is the ONLY alternative. Repent, be saved!
Destruction is coming on a scale we can’t even begin to imagine. Today, tomorrow?
The time is unknown to us but if history is any indicator man cannot help himself. He will find, manipulate, manufacture his own destruction.
Proof we need a Savior and it isn’t Donald Trump.
The Word is true. We ain’t seen nothing yet.. Ba ba ba baby we ain’t seen nothing yet.
Dr3X
During his presidency Trump had to fight against Democrats, anti-Trump republicans, DOJ, FBI, backstabbers of all sorts and with all of that accomplished quiet a bit. I’m you you wouldn’t last a day in his job, so with all due respect, please shove your enormous condescension you know where
Someone is obviously confused and projecting for their Party and, btw, it isn’t Trump.
The real answer for 99% of them is $$
McCarthy became speaker by promising a more constitutional and frugal Congress. He should be out.
As Bongino reported some Republicans are really Democrats but NO Democrat is really a Republican!
Once again, Bongino nailed it perfectly. Only one Party is uncoordinated and elects regularly to “show the other side of the aisle that we can work together.” Otoh, the Dems vote in unison for their agenda and in their view, “the other side of the aisle can just go to Hell.” Sen Reid nailed it also when a newbie asked him about having boldly lied about Romney – “we won didn’t we?”.
Most RepuliTards are UniParty. FIFY.
How do you undo a “quadrillion” dollars in national debt (never agreed to by the nation’s people)? The answer is, you don’t. The owners of the “debt”, own the nation. You can now stop scratching your head, pacing, and biting your nails, etc.
This war mongering hype you are pushing is exactly what our neocons want. If the attacks in Gaza were in fact a false flag, we will all just be asking as usual as expendable pawns in a game. Negotiations based on strength and common sense are the real solution. Trump managed to do that.
Correct. A “two state solution” is proven to not be a solution time and time again. This is because one side always manages to kill as soon as an opportunity appears. Then they run and whine about disproportionate responses while hiding in schools and behind old ladies’ skirts, as if their savage butchery were merited and acceptable. The Gaza is occupied solely by a psychopathic bunch of low IQs who should be removed from modern society.
God gave the Jewish people the land of milk and honey. They have made it a great nation and expanded their land with agriculture and irrigation. Its a land of beauty and biblical sites, history, and the teachings of the Holy one of Israel and biblical times. The Two state solution would divide the Holy Land and God’s wrath is going to come to those that try to divide it. The Two State solution is nothing but man’s attempt to rob the Jewish people of whats rightly theirs and destroy the history of Jewish culture and Christianity as well.
YouTube is banning ad blockers and forcing users to choose between watching the platform ads or paying a $14 a month “premium fee” for watching videos ad free. Is most of the $14 a month platform fee going to certain political causes? Not everyone on the platform shares the platform’s political beliefs. As long as the platform is free, this state of affairs can be tolerated while complaining. Creators who do not share the platform’s beliefs have been demonetized, suspended, and even terminated for presenting something that the platform designates as misinformation or politically offensive. To be forced to choose between wasting one’s most precious resource, time, watching useless ads, or being forced to give ever increasing amounts of money to support issues one does not support and even finds deeply offensive truly presents a nightmarish choice between the lesser of two evils. The platform has become a drug pusher of free drugs and now wants money from the addicts now that they/we are hooked.
Its been too long since we had a Speaker that actually worked for the American people, stopped the open checkbook to fund foreign wars, and spent money on too many rediculous things that don’t benefit America. Somebody who is fair, honest, and is Pro-America is Jim Jordan. How many Republicans will screw this up to get a reliable Speaker.
I understand the author’s disaffection with McCarthy, but I fail to see how Jordan can win the vote of enough Democrats. The result may be the election of Hakeem (what a stupid, faux Arab name, anyway!) Jeffries. The Republicans are capable of such bungling. I despair.
RepubliTards don’t actually want to lead and are more comfortable being in the minority. They are periodically put into power because people become intolerably disaffected with the DemonRats. When that happens, they are lost, because they are (with few exceptions) aligned with the DemonRats. That’s why this country is done. There is no one there to speak for us.
I was always nervous about his ability to stand up to the democrats!!!!!!!! After he took office I watched carefully about his decisions!!!! He struggled…..When it came to the Budget……After he passed it I knew he was domed !!!! I cannot understand why he got the Vote????? The democrats have fallen on their face since Biden took office……THERE WAS NO WAY THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM AN INCH FOR ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!
I heard, yesterday, that some Republicans refused to vote for Jordan as a “political statement”. If so, these are the games these idiots play while the nation crumbles around us. Do these dissidents really think anyone gives a crap about their virtue signaling or grandstanding? I contend this is why the Republican party is a total failure when it comes to actual representation of its constituents. We get put on the sidelines while they play these stupid games with our time and money. And, most of the time they get their asses handed to them by the Dems. There needs to be a significant turnover of Reps in the House and the Senate. We will continue to lose ground if this is what the Reps consider good governance. I, for one, am tired of watching this party puff up its chest in faux bravado only to roll over and cower in the corner. It’s up to the voters to make these changes and, as we see over and over, nothing will change.
Whoever would have thought that mankind would get so greedy, that the elites, the rulers, and the oligarchs would deliberately destroy everything in their path out of the lust for power and wealth. We are there for a specific reason.
We are in a Romans culture with depravity, corruption, immorality, and hatred for REAL LIFE AND LIBERTY.
Romans 1:28. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers,, God haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil: they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. They are self-willed and rebellious. We are in these times just before God’s righteous judgment.