Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Jim, I'd add that I don't think it's credible to call Lichtman a "leftist hack". He's about the only one who predicted Trump's win in 2016 in an election that surprised virtually everyone including Trump...

Why he was wrong:


https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4985630-allan-lichtman-musk-disinformation-election-prediction/

As per the State Department:

"Executive Summary
READ A SECTION: ISRAEL | THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES (BELOW)

The Occupied Territories, which include the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, are subject to the jurisdiction of Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), with the division of responsibilities overlapping in much of the territory. The PA Basic Law, which serves as an interim constitution, establishes Islam as the official religion, but calls for respect of “all other divine religions.”


https://www.state.gov/reports/2016-report-on-international-religious-freedom/israel-and-the-occupied-territories/israel-and-the-occupied-territories-the-occupied-territories/

In other words, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority "occupy" the contentious religious sites/lands as described in the above link and with shared responsibilities.
In other words, that doesn't mean a military incursion is an "occupation."

Rich, what is it about post #18 that you can't understand?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I understand everything about that 2016 report which is 9 years old that the state Dep't has listed there.  

Who wrote the report?  

What do You not understand about it?

Who is the occupier?  Is Hamas occupying anywhere IN Gaza. Yes, they occupy homes, mosques, underneath hospitals, and have their rockets in Gazans' kitchens all over the area, and Jews don't exist there, lest they be killed in the streets of Gaza.

Or do you think there are LOTS OF JEWS there living in Gaza?  

And aside from the IDF being in Gaza, hunting terrorists, where does Israel have settlements IN Gaza?  

Israel isn't Occupying anyone.  

And since you are a fan of the US State Department, then your side of the political aisle should never take issue with the fact that the US State Department refers to "Illegal Aliens" as "Illegal aliens" and as such I don't need to hear the left go insane over calling Illegal aliens, Illegal aliens, rather than their euphemistic term "undocumented immigrants" which is their favorite way to ignore the fact that Illegal aliens are here "Illegally".

You understand nothing about it. You superimpose your interpretation of it, add the overlay of the war on top of it and then add your usual dodge, in this case a non-sequitur about illegal aliens...

"Muslims who voted for Trump upset by his pro-Israel cabinet picks"

"U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration's support for Israel's war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his Cabinet picks, they tell Reuters."

"Trump won because of us and we're not happy with his Secretary of State pick and others," said Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the Abandon Harris campaign in Pennsylvania and co-founded Muslims for Trump. Muslim support for Trump helped him win Michigan and may have factored into other swing state wins, strategists believe."

"We are very disappointed," he said. "It seems like this administration has been packed entirely with neoconservatives and extremely pro-Israel, pro-war people, which is a failure on the on the side of President Trump, to the pro-peace and anti-war movement."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/muslims-who-voted-trump-upset-by-his-pro-israel-cabinet-picks-2024-11-15/

I mean, "Really!?:'

"Thune ran for leader on a platform of carrying out President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, although the two men have not always seen eye to eye: Thune rejected Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-choose-new-leader-mitch-mcconnell-steps-rcna179670

I'm delighted to know that Scott lost out on this; the guy can't get far enough up Trump's behind at any given moment...

"Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, will not get confirmed by the Senate."

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4990312-kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-feud-donald-trump-cabinet/

Well, this coming from the guy Gaetz got kicked out of the House speakership so make of that what you will...

Are you kidding?!

As per rationale by senators: he's there to prosecute Trump's political opponents...

" Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump’s pick for national intelligence director, is “likely a Russian asset.”

"Gabbard has expressed beliefs that oppose the conclusions from U.S. intelligence, particularly when it comes to Russia and Ukraine."

"Gabbard has shared content suggesting that the U.S. was involved in Ukraine developing biological weapons. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said at the time that she was “parroting Russian propaganda” and that her “treasonous lies may well cost lives.”

"In 2022, she also knocked the Biden administration for failing to address Russian concerns amid its invasion of Ukraine."


"Gabbard in 2017 met with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, who was accused of using chemical weapons on his own citizens during the country’s civil war. The meeting sparked anger among her colleagues in Congress."

"During her 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, Gabbard alleged that Assad was not an enemy of the United States and declined to say he was a war criminal."


https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4993196-wasserman-schultz-says-gabbard-likely-a-russian-asset/

But, we've been assured by RICH DAVIS that "She's gonna be great! "...