JD Vance asks Israel, "What is your exact proposal? You're a country of 9 million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have."
This right here is the problem.
You see, if we take him at his word, JD assumes that every problem has a negotiated solution if only reasonable people work hard enough to find one.
Americans, but specifically Trump and his inner circle, tend to approach the world like businessmen. Everyone has interests, everyone wants prosperity, and if you're clever enough you can eventually structure a deal that gives everybody something they want.
But that simply isn't true.
What are the goals of the relevant countries?
Well, Israel does not want its citizens incinerated in a nuclear attack. That's pretty much it.
Iran's rulers on the other hand, view themselves as participants in a religious and ideological struggle that long predates the current conflict and extends far beyond Israel itself.
The Islamic Republic was founded as a revolutionary state. They speak openly about exporting the revolution, expelling Western influence from the Middle East, destroying the "Zionist entity," and leading what they see as a historic struggle against the American led world order.
Their answer to every obstacle over the last forty seven years has been Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, Shiite militias, ballistic missiles, and nuclear enrichment. In other words, terror.
Which part of that is supposed to be negotiated away?
Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, normalized relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, withdrew from Sinai, withdrew from Gaza, accepted partition, pursued Oslo, and is still searching for ways to coexist with its neighbors.
At the end of the day, Americans enjoy the luxury of fighting wars far from home. Families in northern Israel are running to bomb shelters because drones are being launched from Lebanon as we speak. Should Israel just accept that?
Imagine Ariel Sharon telling George Bush in 2004, three years after 9/11, "You're a country of 300 million people. You can't just kill your way out of every terrorism problem you have."
Americans would have considered that outrageous. Rightfully so.
America was simply trying to destroy the people who murdered thousands of Americans and promised to do it again.
Washington keeps assuming Iran's rulers ultimately want the same things Americans want. Things like prosperity, stability, and economic growth. The chance to rejoin the international system.
Their behavior over nearly half a century suggests otherwise.
Any agreement they accept is accepted because they believe it serves their long term objectives. If they agree to pause, it is because they think pausing benefits them. If they compromise, it is because they believe compromise advances their ultimate goals. They think in decades, not election cycles.
The most one can hope for is not conversion. It is deterrence. It is convincing them that losing this round is preferable to continuing the fight, while understanding that they fully intend to continue pursuing the same objectives when circumstances become more favorable.
I think JD knows. Which makes his comments all the more disturbing.
Reduce Vodka Intake and Stay Clear of All Windows.
Following the humiliating attack yesterday on Moscow, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylaš, commander of the Russian Air Force has died after falling out of a window.
Reports of Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylaš's death are entirely unverified and appear to be wartime internet rumors or misinformation. No credible international news outlets or official Russian government channels have confirmed any such incident.The claim originally surfaced on social media alongside discussions of drone strikes near Moscow.
While sudden and mysterious deaths are a known phenomenon among high-profile Russian officials, fact-checkers and observers have treated these specific reports with strong skepticism, as they frequently stem from unverified claims or manipulated pages.
TBH oso died under mysterious circumstances, fell out of a window, unverified this and that rumor, but KT has not stopped banging table for nearly 2 decades.
Actual high-profile falls involving Russian military or defense officials include:
Colonel Oleg Sokolenko: A military commissar who died after falling from his apartment window in Rostov.
Colonel Alexey Zubkov: The head of Russia's Investigative Committee Forensic Center, who survived a plunge from a fourth-floor office window in Moscow.
Colonel Artur Pryakhin: A former police colonel and regional head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, who fell from a fifth-floor window in Karelia.
Marina Yankina: The head of the financial support department for the Russian Defense Ministry's Western Military District, who died after falling from a 16th-floor window in St. Petersburg.
Andrey Badalov: The vice president of the state-controlled oil pipeline company Transneft, who died after falling from his apartment window on Rublyovskoye Highway.
Additionally, numerous prominent energy executives and political critics—such as Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov and former Yukos VP Mikhail Rogachev—have died under identical circumstances. While Russian state media frequently rules these incidents as accidents or suicides, international intelligence analysts and watchdogs view them as a deliberate campaign of intimidation against figures deemed disloyal to the Kremlin.
🇫🇷🇺🇦 French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Ukraine:
📌 “Vladimir Putin has already lost this war. He wanted to overthrow Ukraine in three days, yet here we are, four years later. Overall, he is losing on the battlefield. He is losing positions. He loses 35,000 soldiers every month on the front, and, as you can see, Ukraine is winning the drone war. Just look at the impressive attacks carried out by Ukrainian drones, which have even reached Moscow.”
The French Foreign Minister’s assessment reflects a growing consensus in Western capitals that Russia is suffering heavy losses and strategic setbacks, while Ukraine continues to demonstrate innovative capabilities and resilience in the face of prolonged aggression.
Another Trump ceasefire has spectacularly collapsed within hours after Hezbollah unleashed yet another savage, unprovoked attack on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
The IDF is right now hammering terrorist positions with full, unrelenting fury.
Hezbollah would never attack Israel if Iran didn't OK it.
UNSC resolution 1701 passed in 2005(?) requires Hezbollah to leave South Lebanon. 20 years on Why are they Still There firing rockets daily into northern Israel?
IDF moved out multiple times, moving in only to clear them out because UNIFIL is useless.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, in a fiery message to the Iranian regime:
“This is not your country. It’s our country. It’s not your job to interfere in our country. They are using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiations with the U.S. It’s unacceptable.” x.com/YaraHindy/stat…
There is a Regime Change in Isaac Every Four Years. Next One is Due by October.
ReplyDeleteI want Bibi Out.
It’s Called Democracy.
How About Falastin or Iran? Or Any Other ME country for that matter?
Any Leader Elected by Isaacs will Defend their Country. Bibi or Otherwise.
ReplyDeleteJD Vance asks Israel, "What is your exact proposal? You're a country of 9 million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have."
ReplyDeleteThis right here is the problem.
You see, if we take him at his word, JD assumes that every problem has a negotiated solution if only reasonable people work hard enough to find one.
Americans, but specifically Trump and his inner circle, tend to approach the world like businessmen. Everyone has interests, everyone wants prosperity, and if you're clever enough you can eventually structure a deal that gives everybody something they want.
But that simply isn't true.
What are the goals of the relevant countries?
Well, Israel does not want its citizens incinerated in a nuclear attack. That's pretty much it.
Iran's rulers on the other hand, view themselves as participants in a religious and ideological struggle that long predates the current conflict and extends far beyond Israel itself.
The Islamic Republic was founded as a revolutionary state. They speak openly about exporting the revolution, expelling Western influence from the Middle East, destroying the "Zionist entity," and leading what they see as a historic struggle against the American led world order.
Their answer to every obstacle over the last forty seven years has been Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, Shiite militias, ballistic missiles, and nuclear enrichment. In other words, terror.
Which part of that is supposed to be negotiated away?
Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, normalized relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, withdrew from Sinai, withdrew from Gaza, accepted partition, pursued Oslo, and is still searching for ways to coexist with its neighbors.
At the end of the day, Americans enjoy the luxury of fighting wars far from home. Families in northern Israel are running to bomb shelters because drones are being launched from Lebanon as we speak. Should Israel just accept that?
Imagine Ariel Sharon telling George Bush in 2004, three years after 9/11, "You're a country of 300 million people. You can't just kill your way out of every terrorism problem you have."
Americans would have considered that outrageous. Rightfully so.
America was simply trying to destroy the people who murdered thousands of Americans and promised to do it again.
Washington keeps assuming Iran's rulers ultimately want the same things Americans want. Things like prosperity, stability, and economic growth. The chance to rejoin the international system.
Their behavior over nearly half a century suggests otherwise.
Any agreement they accept is accepted because they believe it serves their long term objectives. If they agree to pause, it is because they think pausing benefits them. If they compromise, it is because they believe compromise advances their ultimate goals. They think in decades, not election cycles.
The most one can hope for is not conversion. It is deterrence. It is convincing them that losing this round is preferable to continuing the fight, while understanding that they fully intend to continue pursuing the same objectives when circumstances become more favorable.
I think JD knows. Which makes his comments all the more disturbing.
OK let’s hear a Negotiated Solution acceptable to Ishmaels, where the Killing Stops. What does that Look Like? Explain Here.
ReplyDeleteNew Orders for Senior Russian Generals.
ReplyDeleteReduce Vodka Intake and Stay Clear of All Windows.
Following the humiliating attack yesterday on Moscow, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylaš, commander of the Russian Air Force has died after falling out of a window.
Ha3 KT will say “no source” and delete my joke.
Reports of Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylaš's death are entirely unverified and appear to be wartime internet rumors or misinformation. No credible international news outlets or official Russian government channels have confirmed any such incident.The claim originally surfaced on social media alongside discussions of drone strikes near Moscow.
DeleteWhile sudden and mysterious deaths are a known phenomenon among high-profile Russian officials, fact-checkers and observers have treated these specific reports with strong skepticism, as they frequently stem from unverified claims or manipulated pages.
TBH oso died under mysterious circumstances, fell out of a window, unverified this and that rumor, but KT has not stopped banging table for nearly 2 decades.
DeleteBut Free Pass for Russia.
NEW ORDERS:
DeleteSTAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Actual high-profile falls involving Russian military or defense officials include:
Colonel Oleg Sokolenko: A military commissar who died after falling from his apartment window in Rostov.
Colonel Alexey Zubkov: The head of Russia's Investigative Committee Forensic Center, who survived a plunge from a fourth-floor office window in Moscow.
Colonel Artur Pryakhin: A former police colonel and regional head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, who fell from a fifth-floor window in Karelia.
Marina Yankina: The head of the financial support department for the Russian Defense Ministry's Western Military District, who died after falling from a 16th-floor window in St. Petersburg.
Andrey Badalov: The vice president of the state-controlled oil pipeline company Transneft, who died after falling from his apartment window on Rublyovskoye Highway.
Additionally, numerous prominent energy executives and political critics—such as Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov and former Yukos VP Mikhail Rogachev—have died under identical circumstances. While Russian state media frequently rules these incidents as accidents or suicides, international intelligence analysts and watchdogs view them as a deliberate campaign of intimidation against figures deemed disloyal to the Kremlin.
Popping Bubbly Champaign Bottles has been Banned in Moscow.
ReplyDeleteNew footage confirms that an errant Russian surface to air missile was responsible for the tank roof toss at the Moscow Oil Refinery this morning.
Like that Harm-ass rocket that killed hundreds in their own hospital..
https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2067701664736247836?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
ReplyDelete🇫🇷🇺🇦 French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Ukraine:
📌 “Vladimir Putin has already lost this war. He wanted to overthrow Ukraine in three days, yet here we are, four years later. Overall, he is losing on the battlefield. He is losing positions. He loses 35,000 soldiers every month on the front, and, as you can see, Ukraine is winning the drone war. Just look at the impressive attacks carried out by Ukrainian drones, which have even reached Moscow.”
The French Foreign Minister’s assessment reflects a growing consensus in Western capitals that Russia is suffering heavy losses and strategic setbacks, while Ukraine continues to demonstrate innovative capabilities and resilience in the face of prolonged aggression.
https://x.com/nstrike1231/status/2067929473253585166?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
Another Trump ceasefire has spectacularly collapsed within hours after Hezbollah unleashed yet another savage, unprovoked attack on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
ReplyDeleteThe IDF is right now hammering terrorist positions with full, unrelenting fury.
Hezbollah would never attack Israel if Iran didn't OK it.
Trump is being played.
If Israel insists on remaining inside Lebanese sovereign territory, then it should expect defensive retaliations
DeleteUNSC resolution 1701 passed in 2005(?) requires Hezbollah to leave South Lebanon. 20 years on Why are they Still There firing rockets daily into northern Israel?
DeleteIDF moved out multiple times, moving in only to clear them out because UNIFIL is useless.
the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon
DeleteJD Vance’s “ceasefire” in 48 hours:
ReplyDelete1 explosive - 1 IDF soldier killed, 7 wounded.
1 Merkava hit - 4 killed.
3 explosive drones - 5 wounded, 1 critical.
2 rocket/artillery attacks.
3 Merkavas hit.
58 Hezbollah launches in 2 days: 34 one day
24 next day.
Ceasefire? Seriously?
https://x.com/lionsofzion_org/status/2067923932351516707?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
little vance has been thrown under the bus by his Boss fuck...and little vance doesn't realise it yet.
ReplyDeleteBREAKING: Israel publishes a full list of Hezbollah ceasefire violations.
ReplyDeleteJune 18th:
10:06 - 1 Explosive UAV
10:56 - 4 Rockets
11:49 - 4 Rockets
11:58 - 13 Rockets
12:18 - 1 Explosive UAV
12:24 - 2 Rockets
17:04 - 1 Rocket
17:13 - 1 Explosive UAV - 4 injured
17:37 - 1 Rocket
17:38 - 6 Rockets
17:42 - 2 Rockets
17:46 - 2 Rockets
17:48 - 17 Rockets
17:55 - 2 Rockets
18:02 - 2 Rockets
18:07 - 1 Anti-tank missile
18:13 - 3 Rockets
18:26 - 3 Rockets
18:27 - 3 Rockets
18:34 - 2 Rockets
18:50 - 5 Rockets
18:52 - 2 Rockets
18:58 - 3 Rockets
19:16 - 5 Anti-tank missiles
19:36 - 2 Rockets
19:38 - 45 Rockets
19:53 - 1 Anti-tank missile
19:56 - 2 Explosive UAVs
20:14 - 1 Explosive UAV - 1 Injured
21:22 - 1 Explosive UAV - 4 killed
21:28 - 1 IED
22:27 - 1 Rocket
23:36 - 2 Explosive UAVs
23:36 - 2 Explosive UAVs
June 19th:
00:03 - 1 Explosive UAV
04:09 - 3 Rockets
04:40 - 1 Rocket
05:01 - 1 Anti-tank missile
08:33 - 2 Rockets
09:55 - 2 UAVs crossed into Israeli territory
10:53 - IED found in vicinity of forces
Will the media report this?
https://x.com/eyakoby/status/2068098554439045548?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
eyakoby again - wakakaka
DeleteHow About Lebanese President.Joseph Aoun?
ReplyDeleteLebanese President Joseph Aoun, in a fiery message to the Iranian regime:
“This is not your country. It’s our country. It’s not your job to interfere in our country. They are using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiations with the U.S. It’s unacceptable.”
x.com/YaraHindy/stat…
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2068083904117178648?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
a zionist lackey shouting about selling out Lebanon!
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