Posted by: Super Hose ||
11/01/2024 12:28 Comments ||
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Between the democrats, the feminists, and the gays, I'm kinda used to it, and grown to like it!
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
11/01/2024 12:38 Comments ||
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Sure went through the cycle quick.
Not the news cycle, the rinse cycle:
LOL Garbage Chuds!
He didn't say that, he said something else.
You should be gracious.
You misheard what our transcript states.
He never said such things you conspiracy hobbit!
Misinformation!
Election Interference!
[Russ Roberts] If you’re a paid subscriber to "Listening to the Sirens," I donate to Shalem College
…Israel’s decade-old Great Books college modelled on St. John’s College with a Jewish twist. Oddly enough, Israel never had one of those before…
(where I’m the president) whatever you pay, multiplied by 1.25. So even though you don’t get the tax deduction, your gift is magnified as if you did. For those of you who are paying, and for those of you who aren’t (just in case you might want to reconsider), I thought you might want to know a little bit more about Shalem and what we did this year. It’s been a roller coaster of a year. So many highs and so many lows. Looking back, here’s a glimpse of what we experienced and the start of a new year.
The college school year in Israel is dictated by the Jewish calendar and begins just after Simchat Torah, the last holiday of the fall holiday sequence. Last year that day was October 7th, what is now Israel’s day of infamy. Faculty Day, where we welcome faculty to a new year, scheduled for October 8th, didn’t happen. Orientation for the new entering students planned for October 9th didn’t happen.
You should know that the median age of our students is about 24. They come to us after their army service and usually after a gap year of travel. Some of our entering students are in their late 20s or even 30—they come to us after the longer training and service of officers. They come to us because they want to join a community of intellectually curious, intellectually serious people who want to live serious lives when they leave here. They are ambitious about making this country better. That’s our mission. To create the next generation of leadership for this small country that so desperately will need it once this war is over. To create smart, curious, thoughtful people who can speak respectfully to people who don’t agree with them and who learn how to think for themselves.
When the war broke out on October 7, about 60% of our students—about double the rate of other colleges here in Israel—were summoned to reserve duty, alongside 360,000 fellow reservists, some racing home from overseas to serve. Is there another army like this in the world? An army of not just 18 year olds who have been drafted, but a citizen army of reservists—students, fathers, mothers, and even some grandparents who can still fit into their uniforms and who come back to serve whether they are formally called up or not.
With 60% of our students missing, it was impossible to start the year.
We quickly learned that a number of our students, along with hundreds of others, knowing that something terrible had happened at the Gazan border, had headed for that border on October 7 to liberate the communities invaded by Hamas. They knew people were in danger and without hesitation or command, answered the call of duty and of conscience. One of our second-year students who headed south, Amir Sekori, fell in battle that day, leaving behind a wife and two young children. He was 31 years old. That same day, one of our faculty lost her grandson. As the war continued, one of our staff lost a nephew. One of our graduates lost her brother. One of our students lost his brother.
[Jpost] Strength, as in providing Israel with the means to destroy their nuclear program, is the best path to delay an Iranian atomic bomb, restore deterrence, and deescalate the conflict.
Which is why the Harris-Biden administration refuses to send the things.
A Wall Street Journal headline after Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iranian military facilities said, “Israel’s Strikes on Iran, While Measured, Push Region Deeper into a Dangerous Era… Direct conflict between the foes has reset rules of engagement.”
After two massive Iranian ballistic missile attacks and a restrained Israeli response, America is seeking to de-escalate the conflict and prevent a regional war.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned Iran not to “make the mistake of responding to Israel’s strikes.”
So, how could providing Israel with massive ordnance bombs (GBU-43/B or GBU-57) and the planes to deliver them lessen the risk of another Iranian ballistic missile attack and “reset the rules of engagement” for the better?”
It seems counter-intuitive, but if the United States provides Israel with the ability to penetrate Iran’s deeply buried nuclear facilities, Iran may be much more hesitant to respond to the Israeli attack on Iranian soil or move towards weaponization and complete a functioning atomic bomb.
Peace through greater firepower.
Why do American foreign policy strategists and the Biden administration dismiss this scenario?This is due to their assessment of the war between Israel and Iran through Western lenses, and their underestimation of the impact of revolutionary Shi’ite jihadist ideology on their strategies, responses, and actions.
Our experts would do well to listen to the former head of the US National Security Agency, Gen. H.R. McMaster, who spoke about the need to have strategic empathy and the ability to put themselves in the shoes of their adversary, “looking at issues from the perspective of others,” as a way to prevent wars.
When former supreme leader Khomeini said, “We shall export our revolution to the whole world. Until the cry ‘There is no god but Allah’ resounds over the whole world,” he meant it.
That remains the passion, mission, and creed of the Iranian Republic of Iran to this day.
The Israelis are a Western democratic nation swimming in a sea of authoritarian regimes, including one that has made it abundantly clear that its expansionist agenda includes the elimination of the Jewish state and its seven million Jewish inhabitants.
The State Department is unwilling to re-evaluate its misconstrued analysis of the nature of the Islamic Republic, as they are married to a narrative that says Iran will not choose ideology as its lodestar to guide its hegemonic ambitions and genocidal intentions.
SCARING THE SUPREME LEADER AND THE IRGC
However, regime change does scare the supreme leader and the IRGC, and they will react to dangers threatening the regime’s survival.
Giving Israel the means to imperil Iran’s nuclear program is one of the best ways, short of allowing an attack on their nuclear facilities, to slow their nuclear program, prevent a retaliatory ballistic missile attack on Israel, and deescalate the conflict.
What would Israel need to provide a credible threat to the Iranian nuclear program and deter Iran?
Transferring mothballed American B-52 bombers that can carry massive, deeply penetrating ordnance would be a good start.
Alternatively, Israel possesses C-130 Hercules transport planes and F-15i Ra’am (Thunder) aircraft, which could theoretically undergo retrofitting to carry 30,000-pound bombs.
Both the US and Israeli intelligence services have deeply penetrated Iran’s political and military structures.
This was best evidenced by Israel’s recent assassination of the Hamas leader Haniyeh in a Tehran safe house and the series of Iranian scientists targeted by Mossad over the last two decades.
The hope is that this level of intelligence would give enough warning if Iran races to a nuclear bomb, but the failure of intelligence to warn Israel or the US of the October 7, 2023, attack has shaken everyone’s confidence.
America must clearly communicate to Iran that any advancement in the weaponization of a nuclear device, including the development of neutron initiators, advanced computer modeling, increasing the quantity of uranium metal for an atomic weapon, or increasing stockpiles of enriched uranium beyond 20% enrichment, could serve as a trigger for a preemptive attack, provided Israel possesses the necessary weapons.
THE ANSWER FOR STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This could create a more sustainable deterrence, leading to more stability in the Middle East.
Back in 2020, a bipartisan piece of legislation (H.R. 8733, United States-Israel Common Defense Authorization Act) asked the president to consider authorizing the transfer of massive bombs to Israel.
Democratic Representative Josh Gottheimer said it would “help ensure Israel’s QME in the region and secure both of our countries from the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.”
This was co-sponsored by Republican Congressman Brian Mast, but the legislation died in the House without a vote.
A new Congress could resurrect this legislation and give the next president a new option to deter the Supreme Leader and the IRGC.
The Iranian “leopard won’t change its spots,” but its choices can be managed. In the past, Iran viewed American conciliatory actions, such as the failure to enforce sanctions, as a sign of weakness, appeasement, and an invitation for aggression.
Strength, as in providing Israel with the means to destroy their nuclear program, is the best path to delay an Iranian atomic bomb, restore deterrence, and deescalate the conflict.
#1
Iran missile shielding is proving to be a effective deterrent. Did wonders in Afghanistan. Iran is much more advanced. Guess who makes bunker buster?, Boeing. Delivery by B-2 Spirit stealth bomber but I imagine release directly over target.
#3
The Mullahs are not deterred. There is only one way to stop it. However, that is icky to incredibly stupid people who have no grasp of 4000+ years of human history and behavior.
#5
Minor detail, delivering the bombs might be a problem. The GBU-57 can only be carried by the B-2. The GBU-43 is delivered by MC-130's and is an air burst weapon.
[YouTube] In April 2022, the Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, sank following an engagement with Ukrainian forces. Ukraine reported striking the Moskva with two domestically developed R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles while it was approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Odessa in the Black Sea. The Neptune missile, designed to evade radar and strike targets up to 280 kilometers away, successfully bypassed the ship’s defenses.
After the reported missile impact, the Moskva was severely damaged, and despite Russian attempts to stabilize and tow the ship to port, it ultimately sank. The incident marked one of the most high-profile losses of a naval asset in recent history and highlighted the evolving role of long-range anti-ship missiles in coastal defense strategies.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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