Friends, you won't want to miss this week's
Newsmakers interview with America's sweetheart...ME! Brian and I cover the amity and respect exchanged between DJT and King Charles, the evolving dynamics of our conflict with Iran, the bombshell SCOTUS decision re: redistricting, and more!
https://wysl.podbean.com/e/newsmakers-5-2-26/
In other news, President Trump, in something of a snit, has decided to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. Well, that's fine by me, but isn't it rather beside the point when we still, via NATO, effectively promise them free security for eternity? I'd say much more is needed!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0729d374mxo
Oliver Cromwell must be turning over in his grave.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous from Jack How so? I'm not gainsaying your comment but I don't catch its meaning.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very poor attempt at sarcasm. I'm sure you recall that Cromwell was anti-monarchy, and established what was supposed to be a "republic" after the Puritan faction had Charles I beheaded in 1649. Just lousy "humor".
DeleteOf course Charles III has absolutely no political power compared to Trump. Our president simply likes monarchs. Nothing wrong with that, but it's just a hobby. How many people know that Spain, Norway, Sweden and Denmark also have kings and queens. For that matter, Germany used to have kings and queens before World War I.
DeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: Re the Newsmaker broadcast: Naturally the time honored "anti establishment " far left and its MSM shills sought to make trash of the meeting between a "King" and his "hail fellow well met " President Trump. How the comity of that meeting offended, disarmed and frustrated the DSA/Dem mouthpiece increasingly dessicated MSM! Too bad for them!
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack Re the Newsmaker broadcast : I think the basic purpose of our present national offensive is to expunge any trace of an Iranian nuclear threat to us, to our noble ally Israel and , as an ancillary benefit , to any place the maddened 7th - 17th century inspired Iranian regime might in their atavistic musings choose to plant nukes .
ReplyDeleteIt we can't root out the hate infused elements, be they mullahs with multiple Doctor of Divinity equivalents or IGRC thugs heavily invested in their personally rewarding dominance, we can still contain any planned or accomplished nuclear capabilities by a proven resolve to permanently surveil and if necessary , summarily obliderate any hint of offensive nuclear power in the hands of this, as presently led, rogue nation.
I think you are right that success in our present effort may depend on a cohesive Iranian regime and you are right that that may not be possible. The intense dysfunction we have caused in their economy, their military forces and in their government may have transformed Iran into competing geographic and/ or inspired provinces. A Fox commentator asserted today: "no matter what 'leadership' we deal with, it will be radically hostile to us. " If that is so , it will require constant surveillance and policing on our part, for the sake of containing these barbarians.
If that proves so, we must resolve ourselves to it , as we did in the Cold War, yes, on a scale less than that we rendered against the Soviets but no less determined.
Yes., we would rejoice to deliver the betrayed Iranian people of their Inquisition and /or gangsterish regime but we have tried and , regrettably, at cost to the innocent majority in that misled land. We may have to relent some and resort to permanent surveillance and instant reaction should the regime insanely persist. But our main objective we will never abandon : the present regime must never be allowed the option of using nuclear weapons . FINI!
Too bad the U.S. can't deliver the Iranian people from their religion, which will still be around no matter what sort of a regime they end up with.
DeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: Re the Newsmaker broadcast: I agree with what I perceive to be your assertion that the MSM is obsessed with attacking DJT and consequently futiley tried to portray the affable relations between our President and the King as something to be lamented and scorned , chiefly at price to "despised" DJT.
ReplyDeleteImagine being a middle aged MSM "journalist: you have been educated in Journalism Schools and have been given to understand in the work world that far left support by you is a professional obligation violated at extreme
hazard of Mcjobdom? How very painful it must be for such people to consider objectivity which may well blaspheme such sacred principles , to their unbearable vocational discreditation .
We might free a few of them from their misapprehensions but the customary antidote for totalitarian rule is to destroy it and countenance no alternative to its personal behavioral denunciation by its troops. We did that to the Nazis and the Japanese fanatics and we must work an analogous process, democratically , against our domestic dissemblers. MAGA, its Scotus and DJT are showing the way.
Anonymous from Jack: I think the radical faction of Islam which controls Iran, or is cynically usurped by thugs, oppresses the Iranian people and threatens the world. But if it can be disempowered and if that wereto leave mainstream Islam dominant , that would be a very favorable development.
ReplyDeleteIslam has a lot of merit; myriad millions cherish it. I especially admire its intolerance of criminals. I traveled extensively in majority Islamic Malaysia, not in a guided tour(I even tried hitch hiking). To my knowledge I was never shown hostility, even when I stood outside a Mosque on its Sabbath. Our country gets along reasonably well with most Muslim countries, I think. And I think without the onerous effects of the present Iranian regime's unlimited hatred , the Middle East, exemplified by Israel's high civilization ,could prosper.
I tend to think that Islam in general is "radical" in the sense that when it was introduced in the 7th Century, it was spread by the sword.
DeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: I think Sec. Hegseth is right to note the deleterious effect of "anti war" protests.
ReplyDeleteOrganized, extensive expression of opposition to wars in which the U.S. fights always has the effect of giving aid and comfort to our enemies even if it is done by well intended people.
But such demonstration done by the America hating left is disingenuous and very badly intended. It is not antiwar; its is anti any American war effort and it often openly celebrates the enemy's cause.
The much trumpeted chant "Ho, Ho, Chi MInh!" had the very obvious intent of supporting the savage North Vietnamese commie war effort. NVA General Giap chortled after the war that such sedition was a decisive factor in bolstering the morale of his country and troops. The vicious "welcome" forced upon some returning Vietnam vets, together with the unforgivable encouragement of open disdain for our military, devastated our troops and had to be known to the commies.
Then and today, many Americans who sincerely work for peaceful resolution of conflict do so only by condemning U.S. military strength. In doing so they inspire ambitious and expansive totalitarian regimes who have no compunctions about using force to advance their oppressive doctrines. Sadly, at present peace is guaranteed by the ability and willingness to use force when it is indispensable. If you disarm the just, you empower the evil. That is common sense and as such is anathema to our radicals.
Today's seditious far left "anti war" demonstrators have no chance of getting away with the vicious castigation of our service people they spread during Vietnam. Our country learned from that mistake and anyone attempting to spit on a soldier or sailor now would probably be summarily prevented from doing so.
But we have quickly worked military predominance over Iran and our Commander in Chief is not backing down on that. Nonetheless the far left , through its MSM shills ,is as you pointed out, effectively portraying our war effort to the world as lost. That is plainly purposeful provision of aid and comfort to our radical Islamic enemy. And it is exemplary of the seditious far left's demonstrated purpose of supporting our country's enemy.
As you noted, in a democracy there must be room for measured, courteous and LOYAL American expression of doubt about an American war but these hate fueled, far left inspired public events, manned mostly by people ignorantly or frivolously dismissive of the incipient totalitarianism of the organizers, are the antitheses of that .
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Yes! The far left's detestable pronouncement of moral equivalency between our cause and that of the tyrannical Iranian regime IS deeply injurious to our country , our forces and those unfortunates which we could deliver from oppression in Iran . Naturally it pleases our enemy, as it is intended to do. We know many far left apologists to be "virtue signalers" but I think many are also very presumptuous "experience signalers". Were most of these punks to actually experience but a brief sojourne in the thrall of the 7th century mullahs or their brown shirts, most emphatically if they were Jewish, they would hasten to the protection of their despised country, mewing for refuge.
ReplyDeleteAfter Saigon's Chinese residents were subjected to long intended racial revenge by the triumphant North Vietnamese, the American traitors who did much to deliver them to this hellish fate looked the other way. They would have recoiled from embarking on the sun lit pleasure cruises in the torrid South China Sea into which these "boat people" were forced by the commie monsters these viciously "idealistic " ingrate dreamers supported. "Oh that's not 'relevant' they expectorate".
These presumptuous "No KIngs" worker ants, now obsequiously recruited to the cause of American and Israeli defeat in the MIddle East, are made of the same stuff as those Vietnam era slugs. The possible consequences of their frivolous , terribly irresponsible actions (eg. prolongation of the agony of the subjugated Iranian people and otherwise unnecessary additional hazard to U.S. forces) would be more , much more than these cowards could endure or for which they would accept and act upon their personal responsibility. Some of them are actually the very same fey self righteous America haters who sent the "boat people" and so many of our Vietnam vets into their unspeakable ordeals.
* "boat people" is a term for the thousands of desperate refugees who fled by sea from the North Vietnamese commie savages when they forced themselves onto South Vietnam ,especially into the Chinese Cholon neighborhood of Saigon Rightfully fearing being tortured and killed they made use of any water craft they could find and suffered terribly trying days roasting in the subtropical sun in infernally crowded conditions "aboard ship". Meanwhile the callow U. S. youth who casually enabled their conquering oppressors went on to , well, life in the prosperous and war free U.S. Ho hum. Today's equally misled but in addition often Jew hating, "antiwar"ingrates will no doubt do the same when they tire of their juvenile sport.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Re the Newsmaker broadcast (as is the above),I hope that a decisive number of red states now give the DSA/Dems their just desserts by discrediting their now affirmed unlawful Congressional districting presumptions. Will they be able to do so in time for the midterms. If not: what then?
ReplyDeleteOf course a DSA /Dem House would engage in an unrelenting festival of misuse of the Impeachment process so as to work as much dysfunction into DJT's valedictory years as possible. A similarly shamed Senate would not have enough votes to convict and that could exacerbate, publicly emphasize and discredit the vengeful and petulant actions of the DSA/Dems in time for the '28 campaign.Where a DSA/Dem Senate could do most damage would be in waging their long since proven viciously amoral and personal onslaughts against our President's judicial nominations. Again, that could work against them in '28.
Whenever it has won, the "American" far left has characteristically overreached . Victory in the midterms might move them to follow up with such as the learing and sneering by then former Gov. of CA. as their Presidential nominee. And their disingenuous "moderate" Gov. of Virginia could even try to play the same game with the national electorate so as to give "balance" to the ticket. I'm sure they see her as their future and she wouldn't have to do an unseemly campaign in order to be tapped so.
The bitter taste of DSA/Dem intransigence and ever more obvious radical intent, combined with red state redistricting building on that and Scotus's recent decision might well combine to send the America haters back to the back benches in '28.
Anonymous from Jack: That's a very credible point. I once used it in a debate in which my opponent argued that present day Islamic resentment of the West rightfully stems from the Crusades. I replied that the Crusades ended 700 years ago and started in the 11th century. But a massive Muslim invasion of Western Europe was stopped in approx. 750 AD at the Battle of Tours in central France . That was only approx. 300 years before the Crusades. So by my opponent's reasoning the Crusaders had far more timely motivation than today's Islam. When the Ottomans took Constantinople they presumed to convert perhaps Christianity's most magnificent church into a Mosque. What if European settled Israel had done that to the Dome of the Rock? The Ottomans laid siege to Vienna in the 1600s .
ReplyDeleteI'd only say that now major Islamic countries like Malaysia , Indonesia,the UAE, Saudi Arabia ,Bangla Desh, Turkey and to a somewhat lesser extent Pakistan are for the most part not aggressive powers. Islam can be strict but it does offer consolation to millions and such countries often afford an element of safety from crime to their citizens from which we suffer in contrast .
Don't forget, it took what became Spain, 800 years to kick the Muslims (Moors) out of the Iberian Peninsula. The Battle of Tours in France was crucial, but The Battle of Covadonga (spelling) was decisive.
DeleteAdd to that the adventures of Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, in what is now Spain, and you have something any bit as fascinating as The Crusades. Remember that movie "El Cid"? It was approved by Spain's leading expert on The Cid at the time.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Its becoming obvious that we are experiencing an unprecedented surge of openly and unapologeticly far left candidates and office holders in the U.S. This is an ominous development.
ReplyDeleteThis Michigan Senatorial race is a good example; one viable DSA/Dem candidate is "accepting " in person support from one Hasan Piker, an increasingly notoriously vicious and demonstrative domestic America hater. And the candidate absurdly maintains that Piker's trumpeted views do not necessarily motivate him. Then why does he countenance the man's presence in his campaign, ehh?
According to Fox, Maine is assaulted with a far left pretender to state wide office. (I'll post these candidates' names in my next entry). NYC has elected an out and out Marxist Mayor; we could simply dismiss this as "oh well, lala land NYC" but he's not alone. Seattle elected a commie fellow traveler and Virginia elected a disingenuously represented "moderate" as Governor and hard upon her inauguration she hit with what is undoubtedly merely her opening far left salvo. She debuted with lawless contradiction of U.S. Immigration Law by ordering her state's law enforcement to refuse cooperation with dutiful Federal Immigration Law enforcement . This bodes further flouting of law she finds inconveniently blocking her purposes. That may well include the Constitution.Her attitude is characteristic of the far left whenever it seeks "fundamental transformation". Of course if it achieves the irrefutable power it seeks it would "rediscover" the rule of law, with a vengeance it would; history proves that. Of course comic '60s Greenwich Village veteran Bernie Sandahs persists in his lifelong obsession with bringing the October Revolution to the U.S. As one "more equal" than the "masses" he expects to retain his millionaire luxuries even after the reign of confiscatory terror commences. And the declared Marxist "Democratic" Socialists of America have made the once honorable Dem party their obsequious and intimidated shill.
What motivated these radicals to crawl out of the holes to which they descended after Nov. '24? Its because they think they have a foil in a President who knows them for the incipient totalitarians they are and even ACTS like he knows them in his insolent opposition to their unrelenting onslaught on American civilization. Despite the catastrophic waste to them of their execrable legal and personal onslaught on him ever since he entered our politics, they still think they can destroy him. And they have attracted the support of many people of good intent who find our President's boisterous personality off-putting.
Our fight to preserve our ways of life continues apace. A decisive Cold War is back and its within our own borders this time.
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Dr. Waddy from Jack: The MIchigan Senate candidate is Abdul El Sayaad and I haven't been able to determine on line the Maine candidate Fox said was far left.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous from Jack: Good point about Iberia and the Battle of Covodanga. Was that the battle which delivered Granada to Ferdinand and /or Isabel? I don't know who was in charge there after the Western Roman Empire fell but Muslims took it by force some 2.5 centuries after. I understand they brought with them a civilization perhaps superior to that of Western Europe in the Dark Ages. One could argue that the Muslim army which sortied into France in the mid 8th century might well too have brought a culture more advanced and humane than that of the contemporary Frankish regime. But it would eventually have set all of Western Europe , including England, the cradle of democracy and capitalism , on a far different and possibly less advanced course.
ReplyDeleteBut, I think it was in the very long run much better for today's western civilization that Christianity eventually drove Islam out of all but its Balkan fringes in Europe. Christianity underwent a very painful Reformation (eg. the 30 Years War) and an intellectual Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries which honed off many of Christianity's sharp edges.Islam has not , in my amateur opinion, experienced a similar modernization. Yes, I agree that the Enlightenment underwent a catastrophic transformation in the 19th century under German thinkers like Hegel and Marx but enough of the original , well, Enlightenment, survived and it informs the truly astonishing well being we live in the West. Mainstream Islam has much to credit it but it does not manifest such a high level of personal freedom and prosperity; the radical Islam faction is an at times throwback to the 8th century and its disastrous and tyrannical rule of Iran proves it to be unsuitable for the 21st century .
Yes., I saw El Cid back then . I trust then that the depiction of his entry into battle after having died is accurate?
Our president does seem to have a soft spot for monarchy, but he seems to have the softest spot of all for the Windsors. Like most upstanding Americans, he probably thinks of himself as half-British. Well, he ain't half wrong.
ReplyDeleteIs the bottom line of our campaign against Iran the elimination of their nuclear program? Maybe. I'm not sure what "elimination" would require, of course. Seems like only regime change would "eliminate" the potential for the program to be reactivated. Anyway, it's pretty clear that we're also concerned about Iran's missiles, its anti-aircraft capabilities, its navy, and its extensive stable of regional allies, not to mention its ongoing claim to control the Strait of Hormuz. What would be a satisfactory resolution of these concerns? I'm not sure, and I'm not sure that the Trump Administration is sure either.
Ray is right that the Iranians will always be Muslim, but I don't see that as all that determinative of the threat we should perceive in them. Plenty of Muslim countries are very easy to get along with. Heck, Iran was one of them in living memory.
Jack, I certainly agree that the effect of the Left's "anti-war" activities and pronouncements is to reduce the effectiveness of our efforts against Iran, and to bring aid and comfort to our enemies. Of course, those protesting the war may or may not intend this. What I find most objectionable is their knee-jerk response to the conflict. I mean, it took YEARS for most Americans to turn against the Vietnam War. It took mere minutes for every Democrat to decide that Trump's and Israel's "war" against the mullahs was the height of wickedness/stupidity. Talk about a rush to judgement!
Agreed: a Dem "victory" in '26 could easily be their undoing in '28, and so we conservatives should be careful what we wish for...but on balance I still feel that it would be propitious if we kept control of both houses of Congress.
Ray, as you will know, Spain's victory over the Moors was short-lived, in the cosmic sense: now they're back and more ornery than ever!
Jack, you are thinking of Graham Platner. I hear he's a lefty radical and has a "Nazi tattoo", whatever that means.
RAY TO DR. WADDY
DeleteI'm sure you are well aware that the Windsors did not take on that name until World War One. Otherwise, they were a German house since the early 18th Century.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: As I remember it, you are right about the gradual rise of organized opposition to the Vietnam War. It had become noticeable enough that it drove LBJ not to seek reelection in 1968. By 1970, the necessary Cambodia incursion (I mean what sane Commander would tolerate the enemy sitting on his very flank?) was nonetheless successfully portrayed by a by then anti American war effort as a step to far. The campus radicals took to the streets as their Marxist mentors bade them.
ReplyDeleteKent State was portrayed as a reprise of the Czar's troops firing into the "masses" in 1905 or the Amritsar Massacre in India. Comparison was even made to the Boston Massacre. Once again the collegiate worker ants swarmed. I saw a picture of the students advancing on the Guardsmen; many bore visages of savage hate. Who put those looks on their faces? Dissembling university Marxists did and their assertion of American injustice in Vietnam made the draft and even our military anathema, instead of a patriotic duty, to many of that age. Too, much of the boomer generation had enjoyed a fantastically good childhood due to post war prosperity and, for some of them , well, it was just "like"inconvenient to have to spend two years in national service!
The instant response of the DSA/Dems to the Iran is a shameful show of the onerous heritage of the Vietnam "antiwar" movement to give aid and comfort to our country's enemy. Some of the Vietnam era C.O. s were sincerely against all war and underwent the searching process for being certified so lawfully; they were willing to serve alternate service too. But most of those rioters were simply opportunistic punks. A few of those ancients are even acting so today and now they have a nationally ecsonsed Marxist dominated party and a grievously Marxist polluted culture endorsing their intent.
Jack, note that the opposition to the Vietnam War was frequently irresponsible and ill-informed, but it was never partisan, because opinions on the war really had nothing to do with party I.D.
ReplyDeleteRay: oh, I'm quite aware of the checkered past of those Saxe-Coburg-Gothas... I strongly suspect that they still speak German to one another when their maids and footmen are out of earshot.
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