The Free World

Christian. Centrist. Capitalist. Meme enjoyer. Strategy analyst. Technology enthusiast. Based af.

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Interesting. @NickKristof told @piersmorgan I'm the only military scholar/retired officer with the positions I have on IDF conduct relating to the Gaza War (mine based on hundreds of interviews to include the entire chain of command and numerous direct observations of IDF conduct in/across Gaza).

I guess he hasn't heard of the 4 x High Level Military Groups with numerous 4/3/2/1 Generals / COL / LTCs from the U.S. and multiple NATO countries (Spain, Italy, UK, etc.) that have gone into Gaza, conducted interview of Israel military commanders. Like the High Level Military Group report submitted to the ICC. https://t.co/9nFTeGj82J

Or how about General Sir John McColl former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) who in his words "visited Israel with a team of military experts from six Nato countries to see for myself…" stating "The procedures are at least as rigorous as those applied in the UK armed forces...In addition, the Israeli military carries out civilian evacuations of war zones, forgoing the element of surprise, to which it would be entitled in armed conflict." - Sep 2024 https://t.co/8gXKfpDGtR

But sure Nick, I'm the only one.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

We Asked AI To Predict What Will Happen Now That Elon Musk Is A Trillionaire

Made with @grok

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

I went to a prestigious prep school (Choate).

By default, I know way too many people who slid into the USAID grifter circuit.

It’s way worse than you think: nauseating buzzword-filled circle-jerks on Zoom calls, business-class conferences in Zurich, private champagne dinners, and endless layers of outsourcing (each one taking their fat cut) - all on unlimited expense accounts.

Saying 90% of the “aid” disappears into admin, overhead, and fraud is a gross understatement.

And for what?

So these con artists can LARP as humanitarian saviors, feign respectability, and send their kids to private school…

…all on the backs of hardworking American taxpayers.

It's a lifestyle racket. A facade.

And the worst part is that we're all expected to hold these people in high regard.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Monsieur Macron, en refusant de nommer l’Iran, vous trahissez le Liban. C’est de vous que parlait Camus: « Mal nommer les choses, c’est ajouter au malheur du monde. »

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Did cancer write this?

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

My mom passed away last night with 10 family members by her side.

She was the first in our family to escape the Soviet Union. She arrived in California with nothing, hustled as a single mom of 4, and achieved the American dream in every respect.

She was crafty, resourceful, and could make humor out of any situation.

Here’s a photo of us when money was tight: I asked to be Aladdin for Halloween, so she dressed me up as a Russian gypsy and thought I wouldn’t notice.

April 20, 1950 - June 21, 2026

[Uri Kurlianchik @VerminusM]

Funny how when Israel is attacked it's Hezbollah, but when Israel fights back It's Lebanon...

[Daniel Cohenעו״ד דניאל כהן @danielco9991]

נכשלת❗️

העיתון של מרים אדלסון, התומכת כלכלית הבכירה של טראמפ, פרסם מכתב פתוח חריף ששלחה מרים אדלסון לדונלד טראמפ:

במכתב שהופנה לטראמפ כתבו:

“לפני שבועיים, אחד מחברי המעגל הפנימי שלך עשה דבר שהביא לידיעת הציבור את השיחה השנויה במחלוקת שלך עם בנימין נתניהו, ראש ממשלת ישראל. ואני מדגישה בכוונה את התואר המלא. הוא אינו ‘ביבי’. הוא ראש הממשלה הנבחר של מדינת ישראל העצמאית והריבונית, בדיוק כמו כל אדם אחר שמחזיק בתפקיד הזה.”

היא המשיכה:

“ואני מתקשה לשווא להבין מה גרם לשינוי הכיוון הריק מתוכן הזה, שסותר כל מה שאמרת ועשית עד כה. בחירות האמצע הן תירוץ חסר כל בסיס. אתה נמצא בכהונתך השנייה, והסכם כניעה יגרום יותר נזק מתועלת לרפובליקנים.”

“אנחנו מרגישים נבגדים, לא פחות, משום שלמרות כל הטעויות שלך, היה נדמה שליבך נמצא במקום הנכון. פעלת בניגוד לכך. איבדת את הסבלנות שלך, את המצפן המוסרי שלך ואת תחושת המנהיגות שלך. רק אם תחזור בך מהחלטתך ותימנע מהסכם סופי עם איראן, תהיה אפשרות כלשהי לתיקון.”

היא סיימה ב”מילה אחרונה אחת”:

“וממקומי ליד ירושלים, בירתו הנצחית של עם ישראל מאז ימי ממלכות דוד ושלמה, אני אומרת לך: עשית טעות חמורה. נכשלת כשחתמת על הסכם כניעה עם משטר טרור רצחני וחסר רחמים. פגעת פגיעה קשה באינטרסים של אמריקה ובערכים הדמוקרטיים וההומניטריים של העולם הנאור, והפעלת את שעון החול לקראת המלחמה הבאה, שאיתה ייאלצו להתמודד יורשיך בשנים הקרובות.”

תודה מרים🇮🇱

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Every day I see something I am convinced I hallucinated.

[The Free World @bbcpidgin]

I can't stand this argument. Who are you to tell me how to respond?

I am not Israeli, but if I were (or from any other country that is attacked by barbarians, for that matter) I would respond in the time, manner, and through whatever means I deem appropriate. Not as the EU, the UN, or the US dictate, and certainly not as Ted Rall wishes.

[The Free World @bbcpidgin]

The world has lost its collective mind, particularly the Europeans, who become more irresponsible the more irrelevant they get.

If a country deliberately and systematically kills my people unprovoked, I have every right to demand that said country be razed to the ground and to inflict fatalities a thousand times greater than they inflicted on me. Someone saying I don't doesn't change the fact that the right exists.

Now, because of my values, I may choose to be measured in my response. But if I want to raze that country and turn it to glass, I have every right to do so. Europeans or the UN saying otherwise is their business. They cannot dictate my response.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I don’t understand who is going to invest in a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran. The U.S. is not doing so, and why would the Qataris or any other country in the Middle East that was just attacked by Iran invest one penny to support Iran’s reconstruction?

Most of the damage inflicted on Iran was directed to military targets. Why would anyone want to help Iran rebuild its military capabilities?

Even if the funds were limited to humanitarian-related infrastructure, if there is such a thing, money is fungible, and we know the first freed up dollar will go to rebuild Iran’s ballistic and nuclear capabilities.

What am I missing?

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.

Write that down. 🦋

[The Free World @bbcpidgin]

The world has lost its collective mind, particularly the Europeans, who become more irresponsible the more irrelevant they get.

If a country deliberately and systematically kills my people unprovoked, I have every right to demand that said country be razed to the ground and to inflict fatalities a thousand times greater than they inflicted on me. Someone saying I don't doesn't change the fact that the right exists.

Now, because of my values, I may choose to be measured in my response. But if I want to raze that country and turn it to glass, I have every right to do so. Europeans or the UN saying otherwise is their business. They cannot dictate my response.

[Amjad Taha أمجد طه @amjadt25]

To Trump: In the Middle East, loyalty is currency. If you abandon your closest friend halfway through a fight and cut deals behind their back while leaving them exposed, don't expect anyone to trust your guarantees again. You told the world, "The U.S. and Israel carried out an operation against Iran," then walked away and left your ally standing alone.

In the Middle East, we don't judge friends by speeches; we judge them by who stays when the missiles fly. A person who abandons an ally halfway and cuts deals behind their back is not someone you call in a crisis.
You will say it's about American interests. Fine. But others also have interests, and they have memories. You can call it "America's interests." We call it something else: leaving your friends in the storm.

Before asking, "Why don't they defend themselves?" remember that countries like Israel did and are still doing so alone.

And also remember that the UAE defended itself, struck back forcefully, and banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of your countries in the West did neither.

The lesson is simple. If you can leave your closest friend exposed today, why should anyone trust your promises tomorrow? Maybe it's time for the Middle East to start thinking about alternatives.

And yes, when Iran strikes again, don't assume the Middle East will dial Washington. People don't call someone who might leak information to Turkey or cut a deal with Tehran while their friends are still under fire.

[The Free World @bbcpidgin]

Lmao. Nobody could have said it better than the great Mosab!

[Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF]

Iran spat in America’s face the day after the deal by announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Vance looked at the spit running down his face and said: ‘There’s no evidence of spit.

[The Free World @bbcpidgin]

Congratulations! This is in the running for the most brain-dead post of the year awards.

[Joyce Karam @Joyce_Karam]

Israeli Gov has no winning strategy in Lebanon

- Ben Gvir threatening to burn Lebanon, devastate mothers not a strategy
- Katz bragging of wiping villages not a strategy
- Netanyahu raising flag over Medieval castle not a strategy

1976-2000 these tactics were tried and failed

[NotKennyRogers @NotKennyRogers]

There are currently 190,000 children in Chicago living below the poverty level.

For the price of the $900 million Obama library, we could have given each one of these poor children in Chicago $4,736.

Am I doing this right?

[Len Khodorkovsky @MessageFromLen]

I’ve never heard Vance criticize the cabinet of any other country, including Russia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey… For some reason, only Israeli cabinet bothers him.

[תמיר מורג Tamir Morag @Tamir114]

כשג'יי די ואנס אומר הערב ש"טראמפ הוא ראש המדינה היחיד שמגלה כיום אהדה לישראל" וכי "שני שלישים מאמצעי ההגנה שהגנו על ישראל יוצרו בידי עובדים אמריקאים ומומנו מכספי משלם המסים האמריקאי", הסאבטקסט של דבריו הוא: "אף אחד לא אוהב את מדינת היהודים, שחיה מכספם של משלמי המסים האמריקנים"