Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Dr. Strangelove]

In some polls it is. What I cited is basically the floor.

[Mike]

It should be much higher.

In the wake of 9/11 do you think it would reflect positively on America's views if 2/3 to 3/4 of Americans were "squarely behind the U.S." in their campaign against Al Qaeda and the Taliban?

[Dr. Strangelove]

Well they might not be winning the press battle but look at opinion polls and 2/3 to 3/4 of the US is squarely behind Israel.

[Jeff Buchanan]

On the "100's of Palestinians were killed while waiting for food when the IDF opened fire on them" crap: Hamas has the wherewithal and the motive to have placed fighters in the crowd that was being policed by the IDF. Israel has stated that they are playing a role in policing activities to stop "runs" on aid trucks. That is because there has been a complete breakdown in civil order about which, Hamas, having direct responsibility for law and order in Gaza as long as they continue to claim to be governing the place, should be doing. Instead, chaos.

Who started shooting? Its not clear but one opinion holds that Hamas fighters, embedded in gatherings of Palestinians to receive aid, opened fire from with the crowd and IDF soldiers were the targets. In self defense, the IDF fired back. Keep in mind that Hamas has no regard for the lives of Palestinians. That's in keeping with their distorted belief that human casualties are acceptable collateral damage in pursuit of their goals - the elimination of the Israel state.

Supporters of Israel and it's right to exist are losing the battle of properly building a reality - at least in the western press and probably the Arab press, that has an interest in creating a reality favorable to the Hamas terrorists. The west needs to match the efforts of it's enemies, all of them, to create a realty favorable to free and democratic nations. We suck at that. Democracy is fading in its global appeal. Many have warned, going back to the emergence of democratic governments, that freedom isn't free. You have to fight for it and we're in a really big fight weighed down by woke idiocy and it's every where you look.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Jon Adler on the Supreme Court granting cert in the Trump immunity appeal

Worth pointing out, as he does, that the Court is not even considering Trump's claim that it'd be "double jeopardy" for him to be prosecuted for the same conduct when the Senate acquitted him in 2021. The USSC is letting the Appeals Court's ruling stand in its entirety on that question (they thoroughly rejected Trump's argument).

The Supreme Court's Grant in Trump v. U.S. (reason.com)