My hope, perhaps naively optimistic, has been that Trump gave Iran an absurdly good deal, one with terms laughably humiliating to the US, just so the world could watch Iran break it anyways because they're stupid and evil and they worship violence.
Just as a point of logic... One of @JDVance's rationales for this deal was that the interest of the U.S. and Israel sometimes diverge. That's no doubt true. But then why should he berate Israel for objecting to a deal that they feel is not in their interest? Vance is not a bad guy, but he should get himself a Tucker-ectomy and a nobler set of principles.
JD Vance said Israel was “built with American money.”
That sounds great to people who learned Middle Eastern history from campaign slogans.
But it is not history. It is political theater from someone who discovered Israel yesterday morning.
Israel was not built by an American check.
Israel was built by Jewish money, Jewish labor, Israeli taxes, Zionist institutions, loans, diaspora donations, Israel Bonds, German reparations, austerity, immigration, sacrifice, industry, agriculture, and people who did not wait for Washington.
Long before Israel existed as a state, Jews in the land were already building towns, farms, kibbutzim, schools, universities, banks, defense groups, factories, hospitals, roads, and national institutions.
Before “American aid,” Jews put coins into blue JNF boxes.
Before billion-dollar defense packages, Holocaust survivors built a country from tents, ration cards, sweat, and trauma.
In 1948, when Israel declared independence and five Arab armies invaded, America did not “build” Israel’s army. America recognized Israel, which mattered, but the U.S. also supported an arms embargo.
Israel survived its first war not because America built it, but because Jews fought for their lives with too little money, too little ammunition.
So where did the money come from?
From Jews in the diaspora.
From Keren Hayesod.
From the Jewish National Fund.
From Israel Bonds.
From Israeli taxpayers.
From loans.
From German reparations.
From austerity.
From exports, agriculture, factories, innovation, and people working like their lives depended on it.
In 1951, Israel launched Israel Bonds to raise money from Jewish communities and investors abroad. That was not foreign aid. That was a young state borrowing money, building infrastructure, and paying it back.
In 1952, Israel signed reparations with West Germany. That money helped the young state absorb hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors and immigrants while recovering from severe shortages.
And Israelis themselves paid the real price.
The austerity years were not a slogan. Israel absorbed mass immigration, built housing, roads, ports, schools, hospitals, factories, and an army — while citizens lived under rationing, taxes, shortages, and a controlled economy.
Israel was not born because America clicked “send payment.”
Yes, America later became a crucial ally.
Yes, American military aid is important.
Yes, real friendship deserves gratitude.
But there is a massive difference between helping an ally become stronger and claiming you built that ally.
American aid helped strengthen Israel.
It did not create Israel.
By the time U.S. aid became central to Israel’s defense, Israel had already been founded, survived wars, built institutions, absorbed millions of immigrants, and turned itself from a poor country under rationing into a serious economy.
That is the part Vance wants to erase.
Israel was not a Washington real estate project.
Israel was not a startup that got seed funding from America.
Israel was not a charity case with a flag.
Israel was a nation that came home, built before it had sovereignty, fought before it had enough weapons, absorbed refugees before it had enough houses, built an economy before it had enough foreign currency, and became strong before American politicians started taking credit.
Today, Israel is one of the world’s most advanced economies. Its high-tech, cyber, defense, medical, agricultural, and AI innovation help the United States and the free world.
That did not come from foreign aid. It came from human capital, education, military necessity, research, risk-taking, and Jewish survival instinct.
America is an important ally.
But America is not Israel’s parent.
America is not Israel’s owner.
And America does not get to erase 3,000 years of Jewish identity and 78 years of Israeli sacrifice with one cheap populist line.
Israel was built with Jewish money, Israeli hands, Israeli brains, and Jewish blood.
America helped.
Israel built.
There is a huge difference.
Dear Laura Conover (@PimaCountyAtty),
My name is Brendan Jones, and this is Lucy. Ten years ago, Lucy saved my life during the war against ISIS. In return, I brought her home with me. While you may not be familiar with her story, millions of people around the world are.
We are writing to you today out of deep concern for a case in Pima County involving a family dog named Snuggles. Snuggles, an Anatolian Shepherd, has been placed on a court-ordered euthanasia list following an incident in which he bit a family member. At the time, the dog was agitated and acting to defend his home and family during a coyote incursion on the property. The entire family, including the individual who was bitten, is devastated by the possibility of losing him.
Snuggles is a large working breed traditionally used as a livestock guardian. At the time of the incident, he was an intact male who had not yet reached the appropriate age for neutering. I have personal experience with this breed, having used Anatolian Shepherds to protect my own flocks of sheep. It is well established that neutering intact males of this breed often produces a noticeable and positive change in temperament, reducing reactivity and certain aggressive behaviors.
Snuggles has now reached an age where neutering is both appropriate and recommended. I am confident that, once neutered, any concerns about future aggression would be substantially alleviated.
Before we consider raising additional public awareness about this case, we wanted to bring it directly to your attention in the hope that a reasonable resolution can be reached quietly and without unnecessary scrutiny. We respectfully ask that you personally review the matter. We believe common sense and compassion can still prevail here.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Very respectfully,
Brendan Jones and Lucy, “America’s Dog”
#AmericasDog
#SaveSnuggles
Just a couple days ago, @TuckerCarlson did an entire show about how evil he thinks AIPAC is. He called it “the Jewish lobby”.
Today, the FBI announced they have arrested 5 people out of a signal group of 23 people who were plotting to use drones to attack the White House UFC America 250 event to murder politicians, billionaires and “elites” who are pro Israel and have taken money from AIPAC.
When are people going to wake up and realize how dangerous the Woke Reich and their radical left Islamic allies are?
In my eyes, Tucker Carlson and Hasan Piker are one and the same. I view them as enemy combatants who teach people to envy success and hate Jewish people irrationally. Tucker Carlson even suggested President Trump is the “anti-Christ” because Trump is pro-Israel.
That type of rhetoric is designed to incite someone to assassinate the President, and Tucker knows it. @TuckerCarlson
It will be interesting to see if the people who were arrested by the FBI for plotting to attack the WH with drones are Tucker Carlson and/or @hasanthehun Hasan Piker viewers.
I bet they were. Guess we will find out soon.
Horseshoe theory is lethal.
Tucker Carlson is an enemy combatant in my eyes. A very dangerous man who is akin to a modern day cult leader.
Bergen Belsen right after liberation, 1945.
The audacity of people to compare this to the shawarma eating, Dubai chocolate munching, Mercedes Benz driving men of Gaza is nothing but cruel inhumanity.
Again for those in the back, Elon once offered to cut a check for $6 BILLION to the WFB to "eliminate World hunger" as they said the money could. His one condition was that the accounting was public.
They did not accept.
My name is Stephen Martin. I am trying to get access to a nasal spray for this three year old boy, Brody DeVault.
He has Creatine Transporter Deficiency. The creatine in his bloodstream does not make its way to his brain. Without treatment, he will live a life of intellectual disability, and probably die young from a seizure.
There is a treatment which has finished Phase 1 clinical trials which may help him. I have spoken to the manufacturer, they will provide it to him under Montana's new law SB535.
But only if we can get them official promises from HHS that they will not be punished for treating a patient under a state law.
I have a meeting with the FDA on the 18th. Right now the single thing which most increases the likelihood of getting Brody treatment, is making sure that President Trump becomes aware of this before that meeting.
I'm posting this in the hopes that I can bring this to the attention of people who can, in turn, bring this to the attention of President Trump. The meeting is in 6 days.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
I am 52. I never in my life thought I would have to write against anti-Semitism, much less that I would get so much opposition for opposing this ancient hatred. From both Right and Left. Had you told me 15 years ago it would be this bad, I would have laughed in your face.
It is ABSOLUTELY amazing that they tried to end Hegseth’s nomination over an overtly and socially acceptable Christian tattoo by calling it Nazi symbolism but actively pretend that an actual Nazi tattoo is nbd.
*Amazing but not surprising.
I expect nothing from comedians or leftists, but it has been shocking to see the way people on "the right" have treated Erika in the aftermath of Charlie's death. Thank God for @DLoesch's voice and clarity and righteous fury in this trash media ecosystem.