@Jasoncoderx Mirroring is classic technique for responding to toddler temper tantrums
(although voice inflection would be different). So it basically checks out
@NTarnopolsky Even Dafna Liel was more careful in her reporting the facts than you.
It’s not a blanket ban on hospitality.
It’s a request for guidelines re: illegal election bribery.
מסלפת עובדות 💥 ועושה ספין
@walterkirn Fabulous sturgeon. Years ago, I inadvertently tormented old Mr. Greengrass (Moe), who was showing me some of his card tricks. They weren’t working. Why didn’t you just go along with it, asked my husband. Just to be nice. I couldn’t answer. I still feel bad, 20+ years later.
Hezbollah directly hitting a historic Byzantine church that Israeli authorities were working hard to preserve on Friday.
Did you hear any outrage?
Of course not.
You didn’t hear a word about it and you never will.
That’s how you know these people are full of it.
@BartleyLai70724@JackPosobiec Did you know the Western Wall (Kotel) is closed and so is the Dome of the Rock? You’re not well informed about security measures in the Old City. Can’t get an ambulance through those narrow passages. Have you been there? Guess who’s been there and knows better? Poso.
Matt, this is not accurate to what the President actually stated are the goals of Operation Epic Fury.
The President did not say the objective was to “bring freedom to the Iranian people.” He was clear: the goals are to end Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, end the expanding ballistic missiles program, stop its development of ICBMs designed to reach Europe and eventually the United States, and neutralize threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically vital economic choke points.
He also pointed directly to Iran’s record of killing hundreds of Americans through proxies and let alone its attempts to assassinate him, twice. Those are not abstract humanitarian concerns. They are direct threats to American lives and American interests.
Regime change, as the President stated, would be a byproduct if it occurs, not the strategic objective. The objective is threat elimination tied directly to U.S. national interests.
You ask how this benefits Americans.
A nuclear-armed Iran fundamentally alters the strategic balance in the Middle East. It deters U.S. freedom of action. It shields proxy networks that have targeted Americans for decades. It increases the likelihood of nuclear proliferation across the region. It raises the probability of coercion against global energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply transits. Economic shock there is not Israel’s problem. It is America’s problem. It hits U.S. consumers, U.S. markets, and U.S. strategic stability.
You cannot simultaneously argue that Iran is harmless and that preventing its nuclear breakout is unnecessary. Nor can you ignore that deterrence works precisely because capability and intent matter before a threat fully matures. Strategic theory is clear on this point. Waiting until an adversary achieves protected nuclear breakout status dramatically increases the cost of preventing catastrophe later.
“America First” does not mean America alone or America isolated. It means U.S. power is used in service of U.S. interests. The Trump administration has repeatedly demonstrated that force can be applied with limited, defined objectives tied to national security rather than open-ended nation building. Peace through strength is not a slogan. It is a deterrence framework rooted in capability, credibility, and clarity of purpose.
You also raise domestic political consequences. Elections matter. But national security decisions cannot be reduced to midterm calculations. If preventing a hostile regime from acquiring nuclear weapons and expanding a ballistic missile arsenal aimed at our allies and potentially our homeland is not worth political risk, then we have redefined leadership in purely partisan terms.
Demanding clarity is not disloyalty. It is responsible citizenship. But the case has been made. It is grounded in preventing nuclear proliferation, degrading missile capability, protecting global economic stability, deterring attacks on Americans, and preserving U.S. strategic freedom of action in a region that still matters to our security and our economy.
If someone does not understand the strategic logic of preventing nuclear breakout, missile expansion, and economic coercion, then the solution is not to assume there is no logic. It is to engage with experts in U.S. foreign policy, strategic theory, and Middle East security who have studied these dynamics for decades.
This is not about abstract freedom promotion. It is about concrete American interests.
And yes, we should pray for our country. But we should also understand the stakes clearly.
@EMichaelJones1 What an uneducated post.
The earliest source of Chanukah is not the Talmud. Jesus celebrated Chanukah pre-Talmud.
You misread (intentionally?) Samuel’s post. Had the Maccabees lost, there would have been no Israel/Hasmonean Empire and therefore no Christ.
“I've been reading Pride & Prejudice on and off all my life and it doesn't wear out a bit. Her books have only two faults and both are damnable: they are too few and too short.” - C. S. Lewis, 06 September 1949