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I earnestly recommend that everyone watch Peter Thiel’s 13-minute address at the National Press Club this morning. He hits a number of nails on the head.
A few at random:
[At 1m08s] The truth is, no matter how crazy this election seems it is less crazy than the condition of our country.
Thiel checks off some of the craziness: the national debt, healthcare costs, student loans, income stagnation, …
和 战争:
[At 2m52s] While households struggle to keep up with the challenges of everyday life, the government is wasting trillions of dollars of taxpayer money on faraway wars.
Right now we’re fighting five of them: in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia.
Which is the more enthusiastically pro-war party? The Democrats!
[At 7m55s] Yet even after these bipartisan failures, the Democratic Party today is more hawkish than at any time since it began the war in Vietnam.
What’s the root problem? 乐观!
[At 8m55s] For a long time our elites have been in the habit of denying difficult realities.
Why is Trump the solution?
[At 10m54s] Nobody would suggest that Donald Trump is a humble man; but the big things he’s right about amount to a much-needed dose of humility in our politics.
Very unusually for a presidential candidate, he has questioned the core concept of American exceptionalism. He doesn’t think that the force of optimism alone can change realities without hard work.
Just as much as it’s about making America great, Trump’s agenda is about making America a 正常 国家。
The only nail whose head Thiel leaves un-hit is immigration. This is a bit odd, as there is probably no other single issue that accounts for so much of Trump’s popular support.
It’s somewhat less odd to those of us who recall Thiel taking up an interest in the immigration issue some years ago, then quickly dropping it as, apparently, too radioactive.
We at VDARE.com are bolder; which is one reason — although, so be sure, a very minor one — why we have much, 许多 less money than he does.
It is none the less heartening to see a successful entrepreneur speaking so clearly and eloquently in support of Trump. Watch the whole thing on YouTube.
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Organized Jewry is known for known for keeping its eggs in both Republican and Democrat baskets. Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of those eggs.
As Dr. Petraus said that no matter who wins presidential election – the real winner is the Zionist entity.
How many duped American know how their tax money is used by Tel Aviv to buy more than 90% of US lawmakers?
https://rehmat1.com/2016/10/17/how-israel-controls-us-elections-via-usaid/
As just about everyone here knows, the reason these problems seem so intractable is because lots of people make lots and lots of money, and at the same time gain prestige, from perpetuating them.
National debt? Seemingly half the population gets some for of check every month from the government, to say nothing of Medicare. Good luck messing with that.
Healthcare costs and student loans? The factories may all be shut, but if one wants to find the emergency room these days, you don’t need to follow the “blue H” signs. One need only head for the the construction cranes on the horizon. Same goes for the “Educational – Industrial Complex.” What was free to Derb back in the day and cost me a nominal in-state tuition 30 years ago is now an $80,000 non-dischargable, student loan millstone around the neck of every college kid. And there’s no guarantee of employment after making that investment. The buildings keep going up and the landscaping is immaculate however.
And then there’s the wars. No lesser personalities than the President of the United States (Eisenhower) have been warning of a “Military Industrial Complex” seemingly forever, but again, it seems we can’t even 考虑 sanity with regard to the Pentagon budget. “Support the Troops!” is part of it, unfortunately.
“现在我们正在与其中五个国家作战：伊拉克、叙利亚、利比亚、也门和索马里。”
这似乎是一种奇怪的表达方式——更不用说它实际上是完全错误的。首先，我们实际上正在打一场战争，蒂尔甚至没有提到，阿富汗。我们最长的战争也许是最毫无意义的，所以蒂尔忘记提及这一点有点奇怪。
然后我们来看看他的清单：
1）伊拉克——我们正式从伊拉克撤军，但现在正在向伊拉克政府提供后勤支持，以打击伊斯兰国，所以我想从某种意义上说，我们可以说我们正在伊拉克“战斗”；
2）叙利亚——我们正在向叙利亚叛军提供一些支持，但主要是后勤、训练和武器。我们在打架吗？我不这么认为，所以我想说泰尔将这个列入他的名单是错误的。
3）利比亚——我认为蒂尔有一个例子，因为我们一直在积极利用空中支援和特种部队来帮助利比亚政府打击伊斯兰国。
4）也门——我们确实没有在那里打仗，但一直支持沙特（这可能很愚蠢，但改天再讨论。）然而，当我们的军舰攻击时，我们确实向胡塞叛军发射了几枚导弹。受到攻击，所以从今年 XNUMX 月开始，我想你可以举出一个有限的例子，我们正在也门“战斗”。但事实并非如此。
5）索马里——是的，我们正在索马里进行一场低强度战争，使用特种部队、空袭和无人机袭击，并向盟国提供后勤支持。因此，我有充分的理由将索马里列入名单。
Interesting talk, thanks. As you say, he does hit a few nails very squarely. I’d have a few issues with some of the things he says (such as declaring Trump’s words about women to be “unacceptable”, “offensive and inappropriate” – assuming he’s talking about the recent tape release, those words might have been inappropriate and unacceptable in mixed polite company or in a formal speech, but they certainly were neither in the context of a private informal conversation). But on the issue of overwhelming concern to me as a non-American, namely the US’s bipartisan and murderously idiotic foreign policy, he’s absolutely spot on.
He’s misses out the especially toxic second most important issue – that of mass immigration and the poisonous globalist and anti-racist dogmas choking the societies of the US sphere.
I don’t know much about him, but I seem to recall he is, or was, a libertarian. Libertarians find it almost impossible to coherently address issues such as immigration, nation, race and religion.
Thiel strikes me as an honorable queer and one of the few super-rich who actually care about ordinary folk (this was the norm before Reagan, believe it or not).
Re. Iraq and Syria, does your ‘logistical support’ cover the hundreds of airstrikes carried out by US planes since August 2014?
Aren’t we glad that Mr. Trump’s campaign slogan is Make America Great Again!, and not The New Thiel?
Sure, Thiel makes some strong, irrefutable points, but he ought not to have gotten into the weeds of Mr. Trump’s private conversations, as no candidate is perfect because no one is perfect.
For us ordinary Americans Mr. Trump holds all the, dare I say it, trump cards: enforce immigration laws, including the laws prohibiting employer hiring of illegal aliens; deport illegal aliens (starting with the ones that commit crimes here and the ones who return serially after having been deported serially); BUILD THE WALL; end the prosperity-killing “free trade” treaties & deals; stop Importing more & more Islam; law & order; de-rig and de-corrupt the rigged corrupt system.
Re leaving our immigration:
In the Q&A afterward he referred to it, making a reference to Trump’s wall proposal (his supporters take it seriously, not literally, Thiel said) and favorably noting Trump’s belief that present system is broken. Then I think (I was going to the kitchen to check on something) Thiel said he favors something like the Canadian system (which I understand as high numbers, but more education, assimilation possibility based–at least in principle. would be an improvement in my view.
The process of recovery from libertarianism tends to be protracted. Backsliding is an ever-present danger.
你是昨天出生的以色列历史学家吗？
America and other Israeli poodles – according to Pentagon classified files planned to invade, and destroy nine Muslim countries for Israel – Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Lebanon. American soldiers are still running around like crazy dogs in Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, and Libya. In Yemen, Saudi Arabian army backed by the Pentagon, is killing civilians and destroying infrastructure Israel-style. CIA, Mossad, MI6, and Indian RAW are all actively involved in sabotaging national security in the rest of the countries.
目前，美国正在积极参与叙利亚、伊朗和巴基斯坦的政权更迭，这些国家的公民憎恨犹太实体。
https://rehmat1.com/2016/11/01/us-plans-anti-china-regime-change-in-islamabad/
So, Yes – to one degree or another – we are fighting those wars. We either launch ordinance into those countries or have armed men on the ground. And, as you pointed out, in addition to Afghanistan as well – a nation that has a “fighting season”.
And the only reason we aren’t much more deeply involved in one or more of those other five places is that most Americans are fed up with it all. It certainly isn’t for any lack of enthusiasm by the deep-state and its’ more visible cheer-leaders.
peter thiel is not a jew
Thiel is not Jewish.
There is a broken record in the comments that needs fixing.
Doesn’t matter to the clown. He’s the only person who posts here with a foreskin. Don’t waste your time with his web site either. It’s like trying to get directions from a homeless dude, lot of pointing of fingers and viagra ads.
Rehmat is a self loathing admirer of Judaism.
Canada doesn’t have high immigration numbers. One of the toughest to gain entry. Unless you a wealthy Asian or a Syrian refugee