World Politics Thread

[gehringer_2]

18 minutes ago, romad1 said:

My dream is HTS is something unprecedented or at least unusual: a modern guerilla army with a leader who wears a beard that isn't worse trouble than which preceded. 

anything is possible, though I seem to remember the Afghan Taliban claiming they had turned over a new leaf and that didn't get very far. Still, it certainly is possible that the abject defeat of many recent incarnations of Qaeda/ISIS/ISIL etc., have taken some of the steam out of the Islamic fundamentalist eschatologists and Khaliff-dar-al-Islam wannabes - at least for this generation who have now lived through the failures of those grander ambitions.

Edited December 11, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Tigeraholic1]

9 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

anything is possible, though I seem to remember the Afghan Taliban claiming they had turned over a new leaf and that didn't get very far. Still, it certainly is possible that the abject defeat of many recent incarnations of Qaeda/ISIS/ISIL etc., have taken some of the steam out of the Islamic fundamentalist eschatologists and Khaliff-dar-al-Islam wannabes - at least for this generation who have now lived through the failures of those grander ambitions.

Only gullible gov't workers would believe HTS are the good guys. Ask someone who has actually went to war with them.

[romad1]

14 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

anything is possible, though I seem to remember the Afghan Taliban claiming they had turned over a new leaf and that didn't get very far. Still, it certainly is possible that the abject defeat of many recent incarnations of Qaeda/ISIS/ISIL etc., have taken some of the steam out of the Islamic fundamentalist eschatologists and Khaliff-dar-al-Islam wannabes - at least for this generation who have now lived through the failures of those grander ambitions.

nobody who has dealt with the baddies is looking at them with anything less than caution.  Khowst is a known/known.

[gehringer_2]

6 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Only gullible gov't workers would believe HTS are the good guys. Ask someone who has actually went to war with them.

Islamic radicalism is a mind set that doesn't come with a lot of self-correcting tendencies, but OTOH, you can remain a 'baddie' and still be less of a problem than Assad was. Not a very high bar. I think that's all anyone hopes for - or should. I was thinking more along the line that today a radical Islamic leader is likely to have a more internal nationalist focused view than the 'lets start the international end of the world Jihad' ambition of the guys in the line from from BinLaden to Al-Baghdadi who have all already failed at that.  And that could mean less trouble for their neighbors. But that's just my speculation.

Edited December 11, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Tigeraholic1]

26 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Islamic radicalism is a mind set that doesn't come with a lot of self-correcting tendencies, but OTOH, you can remain a 'baddie' and still be less of a problem than Assad was. Not a very high bar. I think that's all anyone hopes for - or should. I was thinking more along the line that today a radical Islamic leader is likely to have a more internal nationalist focused view than the 'lets start the international end of the world Jihad' ambition of the guys in the line from from BinLaden to Al-Baghdadi who have all already failed at that.  And that could mean less trouble for their neighbors. But that's just my speculation.

We have boots on the ground so I am concerned with sending more. I chuckled when K. Harris stated we have no troops in current war zones anywhere in the world. Then Marines stationed there posted a video in response asking "Then were the hell are we at?".

We, just like Trump dodged a bullet this election.

Edited December 11, 2024 by Tigeraholic1

[ewsieg]

The HTS leader, blanking on his name right now, he seems to hate the previous Syrian ruling party more than he hates America.  I guess that's a plus.  We'll be cautious, but it'll be a mistake to not try and seize an opportunity if one arises.  

Russia right now is probably freaking out a bit, thus why the Assad Syrian flag was removed so quickly at their embassy in Moscow.  That's not a bad thing either.... that said I don't have a lot of hope based on previous recent history.

[gehringer_2]

7 hours ago, ewsieg said:

The HTS leader,

Mohammed al_Bashar, who for what it's worth (and it's probably very little in the end) has been appearing in public in western dress - which is at least a nod in the hopeful direction.

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Whelp, he has to be up the all time terrible PM list.

 

 

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[1776]

This is truly scary… but not surprising. From todays WSJ:

Nearly Half of Adults Worldwide Hold Antisemitic Views, Survey Finds

Antisemitism has surged, especially among the young, as the Holocaust fades from collective memory

 

Jan. 14, 2025 at 6:00 am ET

‘Never Again’ is a phrase used in reference to the Holocaust and other instances of persecution of Jews.

Around half of adults across the world hold antisemitic beliefs and deny the historic facts of the Holocaust, according to the latest edition of the largest global study of anti-Jewish attitudes by the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based advocacy group.

The study surveyed more than 58,000 adults from 103 countries and territories representing 94% of the world’s adult population, and found that 46% of them—or around 2.2 billion people—display antisemitic attitudes. A fifth of the respondents haven’t heard of the Holocaust, during which six million Jews were killed, while 21% believe it has either been exaggerated by historians or it never happened.

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54 minutes ago, 1776 said:

This is truly scary… but not surprising. From todays WSJ:

Nearly Half of Adults Worldwide Hold Antisemitic Views, Survey Finds

Antisemitism has surged, especially among the young, as the Holocaust fades from collective memory

 

Jan. 14, 2025 at 6:00 am ET

‘Never Again’ is a phrase used in reference to the Holocaust and other instances of persecution of Jews.

Around half of adults across the world hold antisemitic beliefs and deny the historic facts of the Holocaust, according to the latest edition of the largest global study of anti-Jewish attitudes by the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based advocacy group.

The study surveyed more than 58,000 adults from 103 countries and territories representing 94% of the world’s adult population, and found that 46% of them—or around 2.2 billion people—display antisemitic attitudes. A fifth of the respondents haven’t heard of the Holocaust, during which six million Jews were killed, while 21% believe it has either been exaggerated by historians or it never happened.

Judging by college campus's last year and the boycott during the joint session of congress America is helping lead the way.

[1776]

1 minute ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Judging by college campus's last year and the boycott during the joint session of congress America is helping lead the way.

No doubt.

[pfife]

Lot of cheerleading of dozens of antisemitic videos posted on this forum too.  But at least virtues were signalled though

[chasfh]

lol college students and demonrat lawbreakers in congress are the real antisemites

 

Edited January 14 by chasfh

[Tigeraholic1]

Israel has nearly single handily handicapped Islamic extremism in the Middle East.
 

 

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