We’ve got a terrific pod coming for you this week (Thursdays, remember) talking with Scalia law school professor David Bernstein about the far left, oppressors and the “oppressed” (and the nexus with antisemitism). It really unlocks why the coalition of intersectional activists, CRT advocates, Dem Socialists, BLM, Communist nostalgics, and angry haters have decided that Jews and their damned posters should be the object of generational ire…. and that Hamas are heroes.
Go figure.
But, as that late night guy used to say, wait, there’s more! Dany has a piece up on the Liberal Patriot substack about what to do about Gaza after the war. Here’s a bite:
The war begun by Hamas on October 7 was so heinous in its violence, and Israel’s retaliation so devastating, it is difficult to think about any aspect of the ongoing conflict as an opportunity. But the reality is that for the first time in a very long time, the Palestinian people will have a shot at something resembling a fresh start.
Let us know what you think.
Dany has another article up about what Congress needs to do to tighten the screws on Iran. The first piece went up yesterday, and the second is up today. The third installment drops tomorrow. Here’s the Qatar dilemma from part 2:
Qatar: Qatar, the richest nation per capita in the world, plays host to both al Qaeda, the Taliban and Hamas. The Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, lives there in luxury, and is reportedly worth about $4 billion. How much of that came from the US taxpayer? Qatar is also the sole funder of al Jazeera, which reportedly worked with al Qaeda in Iraq, resulting in denunciation from the U.S. government, and is now reportedly helping Hamas to track Israeli troop movements in Gaza.
If all this Middle East stuff is making you nostalgic for American politics, here’s Marc’s excellent Washington Post column suggesting that everyone but Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis go away from the GOP primary. (No, he didn’t add Trump, but that’d be ok too.)
And finally, here’s Wall Street Journal Paul Gigot’s wonderful speech at the AEI annual dinner last week, with a particularly trenchant point on the “politics of isolationism:”
History shows it is a political loser for whichever party adopts it. In the 1930s, the Republicans resisted what they called foreign entanglements. Even as Hitler rose in Germany, and the militarists rose in Japan, Senator Gerald Nye and the Republicans devoted their energy to investigating U.S. weapons makers. They voted for the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936 and 1937. They even opposed lend-lease to Britain. When the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, Republicans were discredited politically for a decade. And it might have been longer if they hadn’t nominated Eisenhower in 1952.
Amen.