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This feels like a revolution https://t.co/AK1PAd1zra

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The speaker voted despite disliking voting, driven by opposition to what they saw as totalitarian and stupid arguments, particularly the dismissal of opposing views with "shut up racist." They felt this response was disrespectful and dehumanizing, unlike receiving even disagreeable answers. They voted against the previous administration's pointless wars, border policies, and unwillingness to answer questions. The speaker is distressed by the Epstein case, not just the abuse, but the government's refusal to address legitimate questions, suggesting a cover-up since 2007. The speaker believes the key questions are who Epstein was working for and where the money came from, suspecting intelligence services, possibly foreign, were involved. They denounce the idea that questioning this is antisemitic, asserting the right to question foreign governments acting against U.S. interests. The speaker believes open discussion is better than suppressed resentment and demands answers instead of insults.

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Speaker 0: I don't like to vote and but I did vote this time. And I don't like to vote because I don't believe in any of them. And this time, I I really felt like I know Trump well. I love Trump personally. And what we were looking at was just so awful and totalitarian and stupid. And it wasn't even the arguments that I disagreed with from the Kamala Harris. It's weird to even say her name now. Who was that exactly? It was like a bad dream. But it wasn't even so much the arguments I disagreed with, though I just definitely disagree with the arguments. It was the style of argument that drove me completely bonkers, summarized most crisply by shut up racist. Whatever you said, it was shut up racist. It's like, but wait, you know, first of I'm not a racist, but that's not even the point. The point is, I just told you what I think. I just asked you an entirely legitimate question, mostly what the hell are you doing? And rather than answer it, you didn't pay me the respect that you would a human being. You treated me like a slave or an animal by telling me to stop barking. Shut up, racist. And I won't put up with that because I'm not a slave for an animal. I'm an American citizen and an adult man who pays his taxes. So, you know, I ask people questions for a living and very often I get answers that I don't care for, that I disagree with, that I think are stupid. But at least they're answers. At least the person responding is treating me like a human being with a soul created in the image of the creator. He's paying me the respect that every human being is due. When you ask a direct question to someone in charge, you are due. That person is morally bound to give you an answer. He's not bound to agree with you, but he's bound to stop and answer your question. And the left never did that. They would dismiss you out of hand. You are not worth listening to. Be quiet. And that's of course where the impulse to censorship comes from. It comes from the belief that you don't deserve to speak because you're not fully human. They own you. And that's what I voted against above all. I voted against a million different things that I hated about the last administration. Their insane desire to start pointless wars around the world. Their total unwillingness to protect this country domestically, to protect the people who live here, to protect the territorial integrity of the country, bringing in tens of millions of people illegally, giving them free stuff the second they get here, making a mockery of citizenship. I hated all of that. I hated all of that. But the thing I hated most was their total unwillingness to answer any question about why they were doing what they were doing Because it was just too insulting. And every single time, I would just feel like raising the middle finger and screaming obscenities, which is not an adult response, I'll I'll concede, but that's how I felt. And I think that's really at the heart of why the Epstein thing is so distressing. I mean, the guy was some weird sex freak who was abusing girls. We knew that. But the fact that the US government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, case closed shut up conspiracy theorist, was too much for me. And I I don't think the rest of us should be satisfied with that. And by the way, let me just say really quickly because I was so mad about it that I think I found out part of what's going on. I think we are going to find out more. And I think the truth, for whatever it's worth, in case interested, is that the DOJ didn't release lots of incriminating sex videos with Epstein and his billionaire pals because they don't have them. They don't have them because when the original search warrant was served 02/2007, I think, possibly 02/2006, I think 02/07, it was basically designed to protect Epstein. The search warrant was written in such a way to make sure that the feds never got their hands on the actually incriminating evidence. It's another way of saying the cover up has been going on since 02/2007, almost twenty years. And so the real question is not, was Jeffrey Epstein a weirdo who was abusing girls? Yes, we can answer that. The real question is, why was he doing this on whose behalf and where did the money come from? And those are the questions that need to be answered. And I think it's entirely fair to ask them. And it's not adequate to say anyone who asked them is somehow desecrating the memory of little girls who died in Texas are not going to put up with that answer. I don't care who gives that answer. That is not acceptable. And I think the real answer is Jeffrey Epstein was working on behalf of Intel Services, probably not American. And we have every right to ask on whose behalf was he working. How does a guy go from being a math teacher at the Dalton School in the late seventies with no college degree to having multiple airplanes, a private island, and the largest residential house in Manhattan? Where did all the money come from? And no one has ever gotten to the bottom of that because no one has ever tried. And moreover, it's extremely obvious to anyone who watches that this guy had direct connections to a foreign government. Now no one's allowed to say that that foreign government is Israel because we have been somehow cowed into thinking that that's naughty. There is nothing wrong with saying that. There is nothing hateful about saying that. There's nothing anti semitic about saying that. There's nothing even anti Israel about saying that. I've spent my entire life pretty much in Washington where I knew and loved a number of people, including one very close person who worked at CIA. That has never prohibited me from saying, I think the CIA has done some horrible things, murdered a bunch of people, participated in the murder of a sitting US president. It's got a whole trail of crimes. That doesn't make me a disloyal American. It doesn't make me anti American in any sense. I was born here. My family's been here for hundreds of years. I love this country. That's why I live here. So criticizing the behavior of a government agency does not make you a hater. It makes you a free person. It makes you a citizen. You're allowed to do that because you're not a slave, you're a citizen. And you have a right to expect that your government will not act against your interest. And you have a right to demand that foreign governments not be allowed to act against your interest. That's not creepy. It shouldn't be forbidden. And yet all of us have trained ourselves to believe that you can't say that somehow. But that's like too naughty and forbidden. And the effect of making that off limits has been to create a lot of resentment. And I'll say it, hate online. Where people feel like they can't just say like, what the hell is this? You have the former Israeli prime minister living in your house. You have all this contact with the foreign government. Were you working on behalf of Mossad? Were you running a blackmail operation on behalf of foreign government? By the way, every single person in Washington DC thinks that. I've never met anyone who doesn't think that. I don't know any of them that hate Israel, but no one feels they can say that. Why? And I think the longer that we play along with it, the more subterranean and creepy and hateful the conversation actually becomes. So I think it's better just to say it right out loud. Did this happen? And of course, that question has been asked to the government of Israel and their answer is we're not going to tell you. And I think our answer should be no or no. As long as we're sending you money, if you were committing crimes on our soil, we have an absolute right to know, did you do this or not? And yet everybody has been so brainwashed into thinking that's somehow an expression of hate or bigotry. When it's not, it's a baseline question that every US citizen has a right to an answer on. What the hell was this? And by the way, if it turns out that it was nothing at all, that somehow Jeffrey Epstein really did earn $165,000,000 giving tax advice to somebody, which is, for the record, a lot more than most people pay their accountants. And that none of this was actually a foreign intel operation and that there was no blackmail involved, that actually Bill Gates was just hanging on the island because the weather was especially good. No one was videotaped doing anything immoral or illegal and then that was used against them to get them to obey. If all of that is false, then just tell me how it's false. But don't call me a lunatic. And when Fox News runs a piece as they did yesterday by Hugh Hewitt saying that anybody who's got even more questions about Epstein is some kind of nutcase with an unhappy personal life who's spending too much time on Twitter in the fervent fever swamps of conspiracies. You know, up yours, buddy. The one who answered the question then. Don't let anybody insult you, anybody, and I mean anybody ever get away with insulting you instead of answering a legitimate question. K? Ever. And by the way, you will hear certain people say, well, you know, that means you hate the per No. It doesn't. I I've got a bunch of kids. I would never let them get away with that. If I caught one of my kids, you know, smoking weed in the bathroom at my house, and was I like, are you smoking weed in the bathroom? Shut up, racist. You hate me. No. You're my child. I don't hate you. Answer the freaking question. Were you smoking weed in the bathroom or not? I'm not the criminal here. You seem to be.

@MLiamMcCollum — Liam McCollum

Posted - June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Saved - June 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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I confronted Ted Cruz about his accusation that I'm obsessed with Israel. I pointed out that he himself stated defending Israel was a key goal when he ran for Congress. I believe a lawmaker's role shouldn't be to defend a foreign government, and I reject any suggestion that this makes me antisemitic.

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TUCKER CARLSON TO TED CRUZ: “You asked me why I am obsessed with Israel three minutes after telling me that when you first ran for Congress you elucidated one of your main goals which was to defend Israel, and I am the one who is obsessed with Israel—I don't see a lawmaker’s job as defending the interest of a foreign government. Period . . . . that does not make me an antisemite, and shame on you for suggesting otherwise.”

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Speaker 0 questions Speaker 1's focus on defending Israel, suggesting it represents foreign influence in US politics. Speaker 1 accuses Speaker 0 of singling out Israel and implying Jewish control over foreign policy, labeling it an antisemitic trope. Speaker 0 denies antisemitism, stating the concern is about a foreign government's influence, not Jews or Judaism. Speaker 1 challenges Speaker 0 to provide another reason for focusing on Israel. Speaker 0 cites the potential for war with Iran and Speaker 1's stated goal of defending Israel upon entering Congress. Speaker 0 asserts that a lawmaker's job isn't to defend any foreign government's interests, regardless of ancestry, and condemns the antisemitism accusation.

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Speaker 0: Do you think that it's just interesting because what you're now describing in a very defensive way, I will say, is foreign influence over our politics. No. And you began and it's so transparently obvious to everybody. I don't know why you would be embarrassed of it. You've said that you are sincerely for Israel. I believe you. I don't think you have some weird agenda. You seem to be sincere. Speaker 1: By the Tucker, it's a very weird thing. The obsession with Israel when we're talking about foreign Speaker 0: countries hardly an obsession. Speaker 1: You're not talking about Chinese. You're not talking about Japanese. You're not talking about the Brits. You're not talking about the French. The question, what about the Jews? What about the Jews? Speaker 0: Oh, I'm an anti Semite now. Senator, you're Speaker 1: asking the question, Tucker. Me. You're why are the Jews controlling our foreign policy? That's what you just asked. Speaker 0: Hardly saying that. And I have That Speaker 1: is exactly what you just said. Speaker 0: Well, actually, I can speak for myself and tell Speaker 1: you what I am saying. Speaker 0: Good. On behalf not simply of myself, but on my many Jewish friends who would have the same questions, which is to what extent and I interesting you're trying to derail my questions by calling me an anti Semite, which you are. Speaker 1: I did not. Of course, you are. Speaker 0: And and rather than be honorable enough to say it right to my face, I am sitting in squeezy feline way implying it or just asking questions about the Jews. I'm not asking questions about the Jews. I have there's nothing to do with Jews or Judaism. It has Speaker 1: to do Speaker 0: with a foreign government. Speaker 1: Isn't Israel controlling our foreign policy? That's not about the Jews. You said I'm asking By the way, you're the one that just called me, I think, as sleazy feline. So let's be clear. Speaker 0: It's sleazy to imply that I'm an anti Semite, which you just did. Speaker 1: I just said, why is that the only question you're asking? You answer it. Give me another reason. If you're not an anti Semite, give me another reason. I will. The obsession is Israel. Speaker 0: I am in no sense obsessed with Israel. We are on the brink of war with Iran. And so these are valid questions. Speaker 1: But you're not just about Iran. I can Speaker 0: finish, you asked me why I'm obsessed with Israel. Yep. Three minutes after telling me that when you first ran for Congress, you elucidated one of your main goals, which is to defend Israel. Yes. And I'm the one who's obsessed with Israel. I don't see a lawmaker's job as defending the interests of a foreign government, period. Any government, including the ones that my ancestors come from. So that's my position. That does not make me an antisemite, and shame on you for suggesting otherwise, and I mean that.

@MLiamMcCollum — Liam McCollum

Posted - June 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Saved - June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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@elonmusk Trump blamed Hillary for a $20 trillion national debt in 2016. It’s now approaching $37 trillion.

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In 2016, Donald Trump raised alarms about the $20 trillion national debt and said it was squandered on Hillary Clinton’s ideas and the wars in the Middle East. Nearly 10 years later, the debt is on track to surpass $37 trillion. He should live up to his campaign promises and partner with @RepThomasMassie, @RandPaul, and @elonmusk to cut spending instead of threatening Massie and Paul with primaries.

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I have a great company and tremendous income, and this country needs someone running it who understands money, given our $20 trillion in debt. It's bad enough to have that debt, but our infrastructure is crumbling; our airports resemble those of a third-world country. We owe $20 trillion and are a mess. We've spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, enough to rebuild our country twice. Politicians like Secretary Clinton caused this. We're a debtor nation needing new roads, tunnels, bridges, airports, schools, and hospitals, but we lack the funds due to squandered resources. You're responsible because you haven't paid federal income tax for years. It would be squandered too.

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Speaker 0: Rich, I have a great company. I have a tremendous income. And the reason I say that is not in a braggadocious way. It's because it's about time that this country had somebody running it that has an idea about money. Where we have $20,000,000,000,000 in debt and our country's a mess. You know, it's one thing to have 20,000,000,000,000 in debt and our roads are good and our bridges are good and everything's in great shape. Our airports our airports are like from a third world country. You land at LaGuardia. You land at Kennedy. You land at LAX. You land at Newark. And you come in from Dubai and Qatar, and you see these incredible you come in from China. You see these incredible airports. And you land. We've become a third world country. So the worst of all things has happened. We owe $20,000,000,000,000, and we're a mess. We haven't even started. And we've spent $6,000,000,000,000 in The Middle East according to a report that I just saw, whether it's six or five, but it looks like it's $66,000,000,000,000 in The Middle East. We could have rebuilt our country twice, and it's really a shame. And it's politicians like secretary Clinton that have caused this problem. Our country has tremendous problems. We're a debtor nation. We're a serious debtor nation, and we have a country that needs new roads, new tunnels, new bridges, new airports, new schools, new hospitals. And we don't have the money because it's been squandered on so many of your ideas. But you're responsible Because you haven't paid any federal income tax for a lot of years. The other thing I think is important It would be squandered too. Believe me.

@MLiamMcCollum — Liam McCollum

Posted - March 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Saved - March 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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The new JFK files reveal CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton's unredacted comments regarding allegations of his involvement in providing atomic technology to Israel. Angleton denies telling Tad Szulc that the CIA supplied nuclear scientists to Israel. However, Szulc claims Angleton confirmed that a scientist was indeed provided. Szulc also noted that Angleton warned him the story could be damaging to the Middle East and might lead to tragic consequences. When questioned, Angleton emphasized the potential implications of the story, but the committee remarked that his words could be interpreted in multiple ways.

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The new JFK files include CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton’s unredacted comments to the Church Committee about allegations made by Seymour Hersh and Tad Szulc that Angleton was responsible for handing over atomic technology to Israel https://t.co/l8dOCyCwpu

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Angleton denies telling Szulc that the CIA made available nuclear scientists to Israel https://t.co/AKgMb2S8ht

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Tad Szulc, in a previously unclassified document, told the committee that Angleton confirmed to him that a scientist was provided to Israel https://t.co/5UyIaMW2Wd

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Szulc told the committee that Angleton warned him the story could be enormously damaging to the Middle East and might cause the scientist to commit suicide (in the left document) When Angleton was asked by the committee about his comments to Szulc (in the right document), Angleton said, “My chief words to him was, I said, do you realize what a thing like this implies, and what it would do, depending on how the media picks it up, in destroying all the efforts in the Middle East?” The committee responds, “But words like that are as consistent with being true as being false”

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Posted - September 16, 2024 at 3:50 AM

Saved - September 16, 2024 at 2:51 PM

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I wrote a book titled “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” which my wife edited. It reflects on the brutal realities of war, including the atrocities I've witnessed and the moral dilemmas surrounding killing. I argue that while Ukraine cannot win alone, it is crucial for the world to support them. My experience in Ukraine, including leading a failed drone project, has shown me the complexities of this conflict. I believe we must unite globally to stop Russia and address Ukraine's internal corruption. The prolonged conflict has hindered Ukraine's chances for unity and victory.

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BREAKING: Ryan Routh wrote a book called “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War.” His wife is the editor. Here is the description on Amazon: “Roosters’ crow and here I sit at 5am; I shot a white rooster yesterday and they normally run off screaming, but this one was paralyzed and could no longer walk and was dragging itself along with its wings. . A short time later one of the Afghan soldier escapees sends me a video of a Taliban man who has stabbed a civilian and grabs him by the hair and proceeds to cut his neck sawing the knife back and forth with great effort to remove his head while the man’s arm is flailing back and forth in a weak attempt to defend himself. I did not have the stomach to even watch and fumbled as I tried to make it stop. My Afghan soldiers longing to escape being murdered send me countless videos and photos of the barbaric cruelty that I cannot even fathom. What value do we each put on the lives of life around us, and what atrocities can we justify? The Canadian sniper is hunkered down at his post and his two Ukrainian spotters insist on cigarette outside so the smoke does not bother the Canadian, against his advisement, and the brilliant glow of cigarettes finds the crosshairs of the Russian tanks cannon and body parts fly. Russians bum cigarettes from two Ukrainian civilians whose town they now own and shot them in the back as they walk away. How do we justify killing in any form? . I would think that the more civilized and progressive we get the more respect for life we would have. I would probably fall in the category of barbaric killer as I laugh about her and kill chickens in the same day. When is it acceptable to kill another human-being? I think that the vast majority of advanced civilized society would land on the side that killing a human is generally unacceptable. If we all are opposed to the unjust random killings of civilians how can we go about our daily lives and not act when thousands of our innocent neighbors or getting murdered by a terrorist like Putin, and how can we sit idle as genocide occurs in Afghanistan and Myanmar and other places around the globe. As the Taliban is committing genocide and killing the majority of the Afghan population; we have 5900 Afghan soldiers ready to deploy to Ukraine and we have 10,000 of the Syrian free army(less 67 killed in the earthquake last week) that Ukraine and the US refuses to allow and coordinate them to go and fight in Ukraine. After spending five months in Ukraine I began to realize that it was impossible for Ukraine to win this war and that the world should not have grand thoughts that it is possible. I presume that I must be clear, that while on the current path Ukraine will not win, it is imperative for the world that they do win, and that is why this book is so important, for us all to recognize that losing is not an option and what we must do to win. I obviously did not write this to make any money, as that is totally unimportant; the extremely important issue is that we openly discuss daily the major issues that face Ukraine and what we each must try to do to fix them. This is a conflict of global importance and the outcome will affect us each and every one for the rest of the world. It is tragic that we are too immature as leaders to be modest and humble and bend over backwards to forge relationships. If we are the world’s leader we must be able to set the example of how of unselfishness and kindness and caring and be able to sit in the dirt floor with the most common struggling souls among us and share their pain and try to make their lives better. There would be little need for any world news or any news outside of our own community if we all intend to do nothing. What is the point of even covering the story? They take the picture of the mother and child decapitate on the kitchen floor with the kids head on the kitchen table because it is not normal or acceptable and if we are not moved to act we must be heartless shells of humans.”

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Here are all the chapters of his book. Notably, “Why not Nuclear War” and “Ukraine cannot win- So the world must win the war!” https://t.co/UB1B74Z5Pa

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He believes the Ukraine war “should be a world war because it is not feasible for Ukraine to win this, nor is obligated.” https://t.co/D9F1iplNB7

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He explains briefly how he ended up in Ukraine, saying, “I have been instructed that some sort of background and backstory is required.” https://t.co/OTx81YQ4fP

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He claims to have been the “unofficial project manager” of a team if engineers from England, Azerbaijan, Iran, Ukraine, the US responsible for building drones for the Ukrainian army. https://t.co/bDQoKYbQkr

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Rouch’s drone project ultimately failed https://t.co/KBGpFQ8Dsc

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He believes the world invited Putin to invade Ukraine and is making the same mistake with Taiwan. https://t.co/f5rv7DfhFn

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He believes “we must, as a global military unit” stop Russia and also notes Ukraine’s corruption problems and concerns about the lack of accounting on international funds https://t.co/8t0Rv7YAfj

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He says, “Ukraine’s biggest blunder was to allow this conflict to last eight years” and that “it is inconceivable they will have the unity to ever win” https://t.co/KtN5cVOH5N

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He claims he did it all for free. Many Ukrainians asked him, “Who is paying you?” https://t.co/otMZJOR7kL

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Posted - November 20, 2023 at 2:45 AM

Saved - November 20, 2023 at 11:01 PM

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In a critique of Keynes and Krugman, Argentina's new libertarian president highlights the flawed notion of generating wealth through destruction. He recommends reading Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson to understand the fallacy. The article questions the credibility of Nobel Prize-winning economists who suggest welcoming an alien invasion to stimulate spending during a great depression.

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“Keynes said that when you have an earthquake, you should jump for joy because you will generate such a huge boost in demand that you will be much richer, which is obviously nonsense … The stupid Krugman says similar things, and he has a Nobel Prize in Economics. He says that he doesn’t believe in aliens, but that if there is going to be a great depression, he is going to beg them to come and invade us so that we can spend.” — @JMilei, Argentina’s new libertarian president, explains “the broken window fallacy” and recommends Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson

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The speaker discusses the misconception that a natural disaster like an earthquake would make people richer due to increased demand. They mention an economist who doesn't believe in extraterrestrials but would welcome their help during a great depression. The speaker also shares a story about receiving messages from students in Argentina who are taught biased views on economics. They mention a student who was humiliated by a teacher for challenging Keynesianism and offer a suggestion for rebuttal using a book. The speaker concludes by sarcastically proposing breaking the teacher's car to stimulate various industries and create economic growth.

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Speaker 0: Día que ustedes tuvieron el terremoto tendrían que estar saltando de felices, porque eso iba a generar un impulso tan grande en la demanda, que iban a ser muchísimo más ricos, ¿no? Lo cual, obviamente, es un disparate, ¿sí? Pero vos decís, no, bueno, es un disparate, uno tiene que entender, eso se escribió en mil nueve treinta y seis. A ver, el estúpido Kroupman dice cosas tiene Premio Nobel de Economía. Cuando él dice, digamos, que que que él no cree en dios, pero, digamos, o sea, que, no, que él no cree en los extraterrestres, pero que si llega a haber una gran depresión va a rogar que vengan y nos invalan gastemos, ¿no? Y, si quieren, les puedo contar un una cosa, ustedes les pueden resultar muy divertida. Yo recibo por Instagram muchos mensajes directos, mensajes privados, De muchos chicos, donde, desafortunadamente, la educación en Argentina es un es un centro de adoctrinamiento. O sea, te enseñan Marx y Keynes, o sea, y si te hablan de Friedman, te dicen que es un asesino que asesoraba a Pinochet, por ejemplo, cosas así, te dicen, o sea, cosas verdaderamente que, además, están reñidas con la realidad. Entonces, un un chico estaba en clases, una clase de literatura, no estoy hablando, digo, que le estaban dando clases de economía, una clase de literatura. Entonces, el el el docente, digamos, estaba bajando línea política y hablando maravillas del keynesianismo. Entonces, el chico le rebate utilizando algunos de los argumentos que yo uso por por por televisión. Entonces, Luis Sultó lo maltrató, tuvo un un trato bastante de Humillante. Humillante, y le dijo que al otro día le iba a enseñar el multiplicador, y que le iba a hablar de Keynes y le iba a explicar el multiplicador y todo eso. Entonces, el chico me dice, bueno, ¿cómo puedo rebatir esto? Entonces, yo le sugerí que lea el de Jastrid y la Economía en una elección, que lee el primer capítulo, la lección, que lee el segundo, que es la falacia, la la se llama la falacia de la bandera rota, que se llama los beneficios y la destrucción del capítulo. Le digo, mira, cuando termina de de decir eso, vos les contás esto. Y decile, mira, ¿usted cree efectivamente en el multiplicador? Bueno, qué bueno, mire, vamos a hacer lo siguiente. Vamos con todos mis compañeritos al a su auto, vamos a ir todos con piedras y lo vamos a romper a piedrazos. Entonces, según usted, digamos, vamos a Estimular la industria del vidrio, vamos a estimular la industria del acero, vamos a estimular la industria del caucho, vamos a, digamos, a estimular la industria del cuero. Digo, cuanto más rompamos su auto, vamos a seguir reestimulando la economía, y eso va a generar tanta impulso en la demanda agregada que va a hacer crecer tanto el empleo y tantos los salarios que usted se va a poder comprar tres nuevos. El chico terminó la dirección.

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Posted - November 16, 2023 at 5:14 PM

Saved - November 16, 2023 at 10:00 PM

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The Guardian removed Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' from their website. Bin Laden justifies attacks based on perceived injustices, such as the Israeli occupation of Palestine and US military presence in Muslim countries. He calls for adherence to Islam and criticizes American policies, including support for Israel. Bin Laden warns of consequences if the US does not change its actions. The article aims to provide insight into his reasoning, not endorse it.

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The Guardian deleted the full text of Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' from their website, so here is the full text below. I don't share this because I agree with Osama bin Laden, but rather to show you his perverted logic in defending collective punishment. And to show you that it breeds more violence when we use the same exact faulty logic. As @RonPaul has always argued, if we refuse to look at what the attackers said about why they attacked us, we do so at our own peril. “I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.” - Thucydides “When dealing with an enemy it is not only his actions but his intentions that have to be watched.” - Athenagoras in History of the Peloponnesian War “If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” - Sun Tzu FULL TEXT: OSAMA BIN LADEN'S 'LETTER TO AMERICA' November 24, 2002 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, "Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory" [Quran 22:39] "Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Taghut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g. Satan). So fight you against the friends of Satan; ever feeble is indeed the plot of Satan."[Quran 4:76] Some American writers have published articles under the title 'On what basis are we fighting?" These articles have generated a number of responses, some of which adhered to the truth and were based on Islamic Law, and others which have not. Here we wanted to outline the truth - as an explanation and warning - hoping for Allah's reward, seeking success and support from Him. While seeking Allah's help, we form our reply based on two questions directed at the Americans: (Q1) Why are we fighting and opposing you? Q2)What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? As for the first question: Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple: (1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us. a) You attacked us in Palestine: (i) Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erasedEach and every person whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime must pay its price, and pay for it heavily. (ii) It brings us both laughter and tears to see that you have not yet tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as it was promised to them in the Torah. Anyone who disputes with them on this alleged fact is accused of anti-semitism. This is one of the most fallacious, widely-circulated fabrications in history. The people of Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semites. It is the Muslims who are the inheritors of Moses (peace be upon him) and the inheritors of the real Torah that has not been changed. Muslims believe in all of the Prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. If the followers of Moses have been promised a right to Palestine in the Torah, then the Muslims are the most worthy nation of this. When the Muslims conquered Palestine and drove out the Romans, Palestine and Jerusalem returned to Islaam, the religion of all the Prophets peace be upon them. Therefore, the call to a historical right to Palestine cannot be raised against the Islamic Ummah that believes in all the Prophets of Allah (peace and blessings be upon them) - and we make no distinction between them. (iii) The blood pouring out of Palestine must be equally revenged. You must know that the Palestinians do not cry alone; their women are not widowed alone; their sons are not orphaned alone. (b) You attacked us in Somalia; you supported the Russian atrocities against us in Chechnya, the Indian oppression against us in Kashmir, and the Jewish aggression against us in Lebanon. (c) Under your supervision, consent and orders, the governments of our countries which act as your agents, attack us on a daily basis; (i) These governments prevent our people from establishing the Islamic Shariah, using violence and lies to do so. (ii) These governments give us a taste of humiliation, and places us in a large prison of fear and subdual. (iii) These governments steal our Ummah's wealth and sell them to you at a paltry price. (iv) These governments have surrendered to the Jews, and handed them most of Palestine, acknowledging the existence of their state over the dismembered limbs of their own people. (v) The removal of these governments is an obligation upon us, and a necessary step to free the Ummah, to make the Shariah the supreme law and to regain Palestine. And our fight against these governments is not separate from out fight against you. (d) You steal our wealth and oil at paltry prices because of you international influence and military threats. This theft is indeed the biggest theft ever witnessed by mankind in the history of the world. (e) Your forces occupy our countries; you spread your military bases throughout them; you corrupt our lands, and you besiege our sanctities, to protect the security of the Jews and to ensure the continuity of your pillage of our treasures. (f) You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day. It is a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of your sanctions, and you did not show concern. Yet when 3000 of your people died, the entire world rises and has not yet sat down. (g) You have supported the Jews in their idea that Jerusalem is their eternal capital, and agreed to move your embassy there. With your help and under your protection, the Israelis are planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque Under the protection of your weapons, Sharon entered the Al- Aqsa mosque, to pollute it as a preparation to capture and destroy it. (2) These tragedies and calamities are only a few examples of your oppression and aggression against us. It is commanded by our religion and intellect that the oppressed have a right to return the aggression. Do not await anything from us but Jihad, resistance and revenge. Is it in any way rational to expect that after America has attacked us for more than half a century, that we will then leave her to live in security and peace?!! (3) You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they did not partake: (a) This argument contradicts your continuous repetition that America is the land of freedom, and its leaders in this world. Therefore, the American people are the ones who choose their government by way of their own free will; a choice which stems from their agreement to its policiesThus the American people have chosen, consented to, and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of their land, and its continuous killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of the Palestinians. The American people have the ability and choice to refuse the policies of their Government and even to change it if they want. (b) The American people are the ones who pay the taxes which fund the planes that bomb us in Afghanistan, the tanks that strike and destroy our homes in Palestine, the armies which occupy our lands in the Arabian Gulf, and the fleets which ensure the blockade of Iraq. These tax dollars are given to Israel for it to continue to attack us and penetrate our lands. So the American people are the ones who fund the attacks against us, and they are the ones who oversee the expenditure of these monies in the way they wish, through their elected candidates. (c) Also the American army is part of the American peopleIt is this very same people who are shamelessly helping the Jews fight against us. (d) The American people are the ones who employ both their men and their women in the American Forces which attack us. (e) This is why the American people cannot be not innocent of all the crimes committed by the Americans and Jews against us. (f) Allah, the Almighty, legislated the permission and the option to take revengeThus, if we are attacked, then we have the right to attack back. Whoever has destroyed our villages and towns, then we have the right to destroy their villages and towns. Whoever has stolen our wealth, then we have the right to destroy their economy. And whoever has killed our civilians, then we have the right to kill theirs. The American Government and press still refuses to answer the question: Why did they attack us in New York and Washington? If Sharon is a man of peace in the eyes of Bush, then we are also men of peace!!! America does not understand the language of manners and principles, so we are addressing it using the language it understands. Q2) As for the second question that we want to answer: What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? (1) The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam. (a) The religion of the Unification of God; of freedom from associating partners with Him, and rejection of this; of complete love of Him, the Exalted; of complete submission to His Laws; and of the discarding of all the opinions, orders, theories and religions which contradict with the religion He sent down to His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Islam is the religion of all the prophets, and makes no distinction between them - peace be upon them all. It is to this religion that we call you; the seal of all the previous religions. It is the religion of Unification of God, sincerity, the best of manners, righteousness, mercy, honour, purity, and piety. It is the religion of showing kindness to others, establishing justice between them, granting them their rights, and defending the oppressed and the persecuted. It is the religion of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil with the hand, tongue and heart. It is the religion of Jihad in the way of Allah so that Allah's Word and religion reign Supreme. And it is the religion of unity and agreement on the obedience to Allah, and total equality between all people, without regarding their colour, sex, or language. (b) It is the religion whose book - the Quran - will remained preserved and unchanged, after the other Divine books and messages have been changed. The Quran is the miracle until the Day of Judgment. Allah has challenged anyone to bring a book like the Quran or even ten verses like it. (2) The second thing we call you to, is to stop your oppression, lies, immorality and debauchery that has spread among you (a) We call you to be a people of manners, principles, honour, and purity; to reject the immoral acts of fornication, homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling's, and trading with interest. We call you to all of this that you may be freed from that which you have become caught up in; that you may be freed from the deceptive lies that you are a great nation, that your leaders spread amongst you to conceal from you the despicable state to which you have reached. (b) It is saddening to tell you that you are the worst civilization witnessed by the history of mankind: (i) You are the nation who, rather than ruling by the Shariah of Allah in its Constitution and Laws, choose to invent your own laws as you will and desire. You separate religion from your policies, contradicting the pure nature which affirms Absolute Authority to the Lord and your Creator. You flee from the embarrassing question posed to you: How is it possible for Allah the Almighty to create His creation, grant them power over all the creatures and land, grant them all the amenities of life, and then deny them that which they are most in need of: knowledge of the laws which govern their lives? (ii) You are the nation that permits Usury, which has been forbidden by all the religionsYet you build your economy and investments on Usury. As a result of this, in all its different forms and guises, the Jews have taken control of your economy, through which they have then taken control of your media, and now control all aspects of your life making you their servants and achieving their aims at your expense; precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against. You are a nation that permits the production, trading and usage of intoxicants. You also permit drugs, and only forbid the trade of them, even though your nation is the largest consumer of them. (iv) You are a nation that permits acts of immorality, and you consider them to be pillars of personal freedom. You have continued to sink down this abyss from level to level until incest has spread amongst you, in the face of which neither your sense of honour nor your laws object. Who can forget your President Clinton's immoral acts committed in the official Oval office? After that you did not even bring him to account, other than that he 'made a mistake', after which everything passed with no punishment. Is there a worse kind of event for which your name will go down in history and remembered by nations? (v) You are a nation that permits gambling in its all forms. The companies practice this as well, resulting in the investments becoming active and the criminals becoming rich. (vi) You are a nation that exploits women like consumer products or advertising tools calling upon customers to purchase themYou use women to serve passengers, visitors, and strangers to increase your profit margins. You then rant that you support the liberation of women. (vii) You are a nation that practices the trade of sex in all its forms, directly and indirectly. Giant corporations and establishments are established on this, under the name of art, entertainment, tourism and freedom, and other deceptive names you attribute to it. (viii) And because of all this, you have been described in history as a nation that spreads diseases that were unknown to man in the past. Go ahead and boast to the nations of man, that you brought them AIDS as a Satanic American Invention. (xi) You have destroyed nature with your industrial waste and gases more than any other nation in history. Despite this, you refuse to sign the Kyoto agreement so that you can secure the profit of your greedy companies and industries. (x) Your law is the law of the rich and wealthy people, who hold sway in their political parties, and fund their election campaigns with their gifts. Behind them stand the Jews, who control your policies, media and economy. (xi) That which you are singled out for in the history of mankind, is that you have used your force to destroy mankind more than any other nation in history; not to defend principles and values, but to hasten to secure your interests and profitsYou who dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, even though Japan was ready to negotiate an end to the war. How many acts of oppression, tyranny and injustice have you carried out, O callers to freedom? (xii) Let us not forget one of your major characteristics: your duality in both manners and values; your hypocrisy in manners and principles. All manners, principles and values have two scales: one for you and one for the others. (a) The freedom and democracy that you call to is for yourselves and for white race only; as for the rest of the world, you impose upon them your monstrous, destructive policies and Governments, which you call the 'American friendsYet you prevent them from establishing democracies. When the Islamic party in Algeria wanted to practice democracy and they won the election, you unleashed your agents in the Algerian army onto them, and to attack them with tanks and guns, to imprison them and torture them - a new lesson from the 'American book of democracy'!!! (b) Your policy on prohibiting and forcibly removing weapons of mass destruction to ensure world peace: it only applies to those countries which you do not permit to possess such weapons. As for the countries you consent to, such as Israel, then they are allowed to keep and use such weapons to defend their security. Anyone else who you suspect might be manufacturing or keeping these kinds of weapons, you call them criminals and you take military action against them. (c) You are the last ones to respect the resolutions and policies of International Law, yet you claim to want to selectively punish anyone else who does the same. Israel has for more than 50 years been pushing UN resolutions and rules against the wall with the full support of America. (d) As for the war criminals which you censure and form criminal courts for - you shamelessly ask that your own are granted immunity!! However, history will not forget the war crimes that you committed against the Muslims and the rest of the world; those you have killed in Japan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon and Iraq will remain a shame that you will never be able to escape. It will suffice to remind you of your latest war crimes in Afghanistan, in which densely populated innocent civilian villages were destroyed, bombs were dropped on mosques causing the roof of the mosque to come crashing down on the heads of the Muslims praying inside. You are the ones who broke the agreement with the Mujahideen when they left Qunduz, bombing them in Jangi fort, and killing more than 1,000 of your prisoners through suffocation and thirst. Allah alone knows how many people have died by torture at the hands of you and your agents. Your planes remain in the Afghan skies, looking for anyone remotely suspicious. (e) You have claimed to be the vanguards of Human Rights, and your Ministry of Foreign affairs issues annual reports containing statistics of those countries that violate any Human Rights. However, all these things vanished when the Mujahideen hit you, and you then implemented the methods of the same documented governments that you used to curse. In America you captured thousands the Muslims and Arabs, took them into custody with neither reason, court trial, nor even disclosing their names. You issued newer, harsher laws. What happens in Guantanamo is a historical embarrassment to America and its values, and it screams into your faces - you hypocrites, "What is the value of your signature on any agreement or treaty?" (3) What we call you to thirdly is to take an honest stance with yourselves - and I doubt you will do so-to discover that you are a nation without principles or manners, and that the values and principles to you are something which you merely demand from others, not that which you yourself must adhere to. (4) We also advise you to stop supporting Israel, and to end your support of the Indians in Kashmir, the Russians against the Chechens and to also cease supporting the Manila Government against the Muslims in Southern Philippines. (5) We also advise you to pack your luggage and get out of our lands. We desire for your goodness, guidance, and righteousness, so do not force us to send you back as cargo in coffins. Sixthly, we call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of educationLeave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington. (7) We also call you to deal with us and interact with us on the basis of mutual interests and benefits, rather than the policies of sub dual, theft and occupation, and not to continue your policy of supporting the Jews because this will result in more disasters for you. If you fail to respond to all these conditions, then prepare for fight with the Islamic Nation. The Nation of Monotheism, that puts complete trust on Allah and fears none other than Him. The Nation which is addressed by its Quran with the words: "Do you fear them? Allah has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers. Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of believing people. And remove the anger of their (believers') hearts. Allah accepts the repentance of whom He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise." [Quran9:13-1] The Nation of honour and respect: "But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, and to His Messenger (Muhammad-peace be upon him) and to the believers." [Quran 63:8] "So do not become weak (against your enemy), nor be sad, and you will be superior (in victory )if you are indeed (true) believers" [Quran 3:139] The Nation of Martyrdom; the Nation that desires death more than you desire life: "Think not of those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive with their Lord, and they are being provided for. They rejoice in what Allah has bestowed upon them from His bounty and rejoice for the sake of those who have not yet joined them, but are left behind (not yet martyred) that on them no fear shall come, nor shall they grieve. They rejoice in a grace and a bounty from Allah, and that Allah will not waste the reward of the believers." [Quran 3:169-171] The Nation of victory and success that Allah has promised: "It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad peace be upon him) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), to make it victorious over all other religions even though the Polytheists hate it." [Quran 61:9] "Allah has decreed that 'Verily it is I and My Messengers who shall be victorious' Verily Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty" [Quran 58:21] The Islamic Nation that was able to dismiss and destroy the previous evil Empires like yourself; the Nation that rejects your attacks, wishes to remove your evils, and is prepared to fight you. You are well aware that the Islamic Nation, from the very core of its soul, despises your haughtiness and arrogance. If the Americans refuse to listen to our advice and the goodness, guidance and righteousness that we call them to, then be aware that you will lose this Crusade Bush began, just like the other previous Crusades in which you were humiliated by the hands of the Mujahideen, fleeing to your home in great silence and disgrace. If the Americans do not respond, then their fate will be that of the Soviets who fled from Afghanistan to deal with their military defeat, political breakup, ideological downfall, and economic bankruptcy. This is our message to the Americans, as an answer to theirs. Do they now know why we fight them and over which form of ignorance by the permission of Allah, we shall be victorious?

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Posted - August 9, 2023 at 4:52 PM

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Imran Khan's removal as PM was reportedly requested by the US due to his disagreement with their stance on Ukraine. Khan's criticism of US foreign policy and his interview with Julian Assange in 2012 on the US occupation of Pakistan and the war on terror may have contributed to this. Assange's arrest highlights the regime's aversion to genuine journalism, as demonstrated in this video. Both Hillary Clinton and Mike Pompeo's alleged desire to silence and even assassinate Assange further exemplify their opposition to decentralized media.

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BREAKING: The US asked for Imran Khan to be removed as PM because his lack of alignment with the US and NATO in Ukraine Khan is a critic of US foreign policy. In 2012, Julian Assange interviewed Khan about US occupation of Pakistan and the war on terror: https://t.co/EC9uCfcAiq

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Osama bin Laden's presence in Pakistan caused mixed reactions. Some believed that the ISI and CIA had trained him and other Al Qaeda members, making them assets of the Pakistan Army. However, after 9/11, the perception shifted, and convincing those who were indoctrinated to fight foreign occupation became challenging. The US raid that killed bin Laden was seen as a humiliation, as Pakistan had already suffered significant losses in the fight against terrorism. The incident raised questions about Pakistan's loyalty as an ally. The speaker emphasizes that the war on terror cannot be won through military means alone, and a political solution is necessary. Pakistan's role in facilitating a political dialogue and assisting the US in its exit strategy from Afghanistan is crucial.

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Speaker 0: But let's move on to the U. S. Tell me about this assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. What was the feeling in Pakistan? That the ISI was hiding Osama bin Laden, that they are incompetent? Why was Osama bin Laden in Pakistan? Speaker 1: Julian, what you must understand is that Osama bin Laden was trained by the ISI and CIA. All Al Qaeda were trained by the CIA and ISI about 20 years back. So These people were assets of the Pakistan Army. They were drained by the Pakistan Army and the ISI, Pakistan's secret agencies. Now suddenly comes 911 and you do a 180 degrees turn. I mean, Musharraf does a 180 degrees turn. But it didn't mean that all along the way people would have accepted this because here were people trained for jihad. Jihad in this case means fighting a foreign occupation. So how are you going to convince them having indoctrinating not only These militant groups but also your own agencies that they are fighting for an occupation As a religious duty. Right, some subset in Speaker 0: the ISI. Some people perhaps who had dealt with him in the past who were still loyal. Speaker 1: Of course, people who would have thought that fighting another foreign occupation, which is now the US, is also religious duty. Of course, it's possible. Speaker 0: Is there a feeling that the US is helping clean out militants in Pakistan? Or is there a feeling that it's a violation of Pakistani sovereignty? Speaker 1: This was the ultimate humiliation. Here is a country which at that time had lost about 35,000 people dead Fighting America's war. And as I said, the country had lost far more in terms of Material losses than the aid given to us, so and the government puts the figure to $70,000,000,000, 820,000,000. So therefore, here's a country that's supposed to be sacrificing for the US. And then our allies did not trust us And actually came and killed someone on our own soil. It was that the 2 factors combined, He is a sacrifice and secondly, he is an ally which are we a friend or an enemy? So Forget about what the government thought. I'm talking about the people of the country who didn't really know what was going on because Was the as the army was being accused, the army might have kept them all, either the wind they said either the wind profit or not in cahoots. But what about the people? So if anything, there was a very strong reaction born out of a feeling of humiliation. Speaker 0: And do you think that the US argued that, Osama bin Laden is a terrorist, responsible for the deaths of many Americans, So they have a right to go in and take him out. All I'm Speaker 1: saying is that war on terror is not, It's somehow the confusion is that you win a war on terror by bombs and killing people. Actually, war on terror is won when you win hearts and minds of people. If you lose that war, there is no way this is going to end. I mean, Pakistan is more radicalized today than it was 8 years back. Pakistan is more polarized today. It's a polarized society Then it was 8 years back. Whatever we do, military is not a solution. We have failed for 8 years. The Americans have failed for 11 years. What are we going to do now which is different? And as Einstein said, madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. It's not going to happen. There's no military solution. Only way is a political solution. Pakistan can play a part in the political solution. We do not have politicians who are capable or credible enough. So you need elections. A credible government We'll start a political dialogue, help the Americans in an exit strategy from Afghanistan. This is the only way out of this.

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This video demonstrates exactly why the foreign policy regime had to silence Assange, why both Hillary Clinton and Mike Pompeo wanted to assassinate him, and why they hate decentralized media. The regime is opposed to real journalism, and Assange was arrested for doing just that

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In 1949, Senator Robert A Taft opposed the NATO pact, foreseeing its consequences. He believed in a Monroe Doctrine for Western Europe instead. Unlike the Monroe Doctrine, the Atlantic Pact obligated the US to go to war if any of the 12 nations were attacked. Taft argued that such an alliance could lead to war, causing immense destruction and jeopardizing our liberties. He also warned that arming nations around Russia might provoke conflict. Additionally, he questioned the affordability of foreign assistance, considering our existing deficit. Taft emphasized the importance of maintaining our financial stability as a defense against communism. He proposed an association of nations governed by a court of legal justice, enforced by an international force. While the United Nations could serve this purpose, it requires improvement. Ultimately, Taft advocated for the US to withdraw from NATO.

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On this day in 1949, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft of the “Old Right” gave a speech in opposition to the ratification of the NATO pact. He was one of only 13 to vote against it. The speech he gave was extraordinarily prescient. “Why did I vote against the Atlantic Pact? I wanted to vote for it—at least I wanted to vote to let Russia know that if she attacked western Europe, the United States would be in the war. I believe that would be a deterrent to war… We issued just this warning in the Monroe Doctrine, and though we were a much less powerful nation, it prevented aggression against Central and South America. That was only a President’s message to Congress, and there were no treaty obligations, and no arms for other nations. But it was one of the most effective peace measures in the history of the world. I would favor a Monroe Doctrine for western Europe. But the Atlantic Pact goes much further. It obligates us to go to war if at any time during the next 20 years anyone makes an armed attack on any of the 12 nations. Under the Monroe Doctrine we could change our policy at any time. We could judge whether perhaps one of the countries had given cause for the attack. Only Congress could declare a war in pursuance of the doctrine. Under the new pact the President can take us into war without Congress. But, above all the treaty is a part of a much larger program by which we arm all these nations against Russia… A joint military program has already been made… It thus becomes an offensive and defensive military alliance against Russia. I believe our foreign policy should be aimed primarily at security and peace, and I believe such an alliance is more likely to produce war than peace. A third world war would be the greatest tragedy the world has ever suffered. Even if we won the war, we this time would probably suffer tremendous destruction, our economic system would be crippled, and we would lose our liberties and free system just as the Second World War destroyed the free systems of Europe. It might easily destroy civilization on this earth… There is another consideration. If we undertake to arm all the nations around Russia from Norway on the north to Turkey on the south, and Russia sees itself ringed about gradually by so-called defensive arms from Norway and Denmark to Turkey and Greece, it may form a different opinion. It may decide that the arming of western Europe, regardless of its present purpose, looks to an attack upon Russia. Its view may be unreasonable, and I think it is. But from the Russian standpoint it may not seem unreasonable. They may well decide that if war is the certain result, that war might better occur now rather than after the arming of Europe is completed… How would we feel if Russia undertook to arm a country on our border; Mexico, for instance? Furthermore, can we afford this new project of foreign assistance? I think I am as much against Communist aggression as anyone, both at home and abroad; certainly more than a State Department which has let the Communists overrun all of China… But we can’t let them scare us into bankruptcy and the surrender of all liberty, or let them determine our foreign policies. We are already spending $15,000,000,000 on our armed forces and have the most powerful Air Force in the world and the only atomic bomb. That, and our determination to go to war if Europe is attacked, ought to be sufficient to deter an attack by armed force. We are spending $7,000,000,000 a year on economic aid to build up those countries to a condition of prosperity where communism cannot make internal progress. Shall we start another project whose cost is incalculable, at the very time when we have a deficit of 1,800,000,000 dollars and a prospective deficit of three to five billion? …

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“The one essential defense against communism is to keep this country financially and economically sound. If the President is unwilling to recommend more taxes for fear of creating a depression, then we must have reached the limit of our taxpaying ability and we ought not to start a new and unnecessary building project.. . But, finally, I believe there is only one real hope of peace in the world to come-an association of nations binding itself to abide by a law governing nations and administered by a court of legal justice. Such a judicial finding must not be subject to veto by any nation and there must be an international force to enforce the court’s decree. Such a plan can only succeed if the public opinion of the world is educated to insist on the enforcement of justice. The United Nations looks in this direction but it can be improved and should be. This pact might have set up such a system between the nations of western Europe. It unfortunately did not do so. We should undertake to make it a model to which the United Nations may later conform. But as set up, it is a step backward—a military alliance of the old type where we have to come to each others’ assistance no matter who is to blame, and with ourselves the judges of the law.” The US should leave NATO.