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READ: Trump’s 20-point proposal for peace in Gaza Strip, ending Israel-Hamas war
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5527504-read-gaza-strip-ceasefire-trump-israel/
Russia-NATO Confrontation – Drones over Poland & MiGs over the Baltic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7sVKNP-yo
“The two Trump administrations have launched as many airstrikes at overseas targets as any other administration. Although childish and superficial, his renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War doesn’t telegraph a love of peace. Nor does his authorized strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean. His policies in the Middle East have amounted to little more than giving Israel the greenlight to do as it pleases. Then there were his attacks on nuclear sites in Iran and his constant threats to send troops to root out cartels in Mexico.
Whether or not you agree with these policies, they don’t adhere to any principled non-interventionist philosophy. And that takes us back to Russia and Ukraine. The problem with appeasement is that it emboldens the aggressor rather than secures lasting and just peace. No serious person is calling for American troops in Ukraine, but Trump’s insistence on blaming Ukraine and not pushing Russia for serious concessions has escalated the conflict.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/19/donald-trump-is-not-a-peace-president/
“At the beginning of the war, the Taliban were almost completely routed, and the U.S. military could have left from a position of strength. The new Afghan republic announced that it had an offer from the Taliban to surrender in exchange for amnesty and a chance to participate in politics. But the Bush administration turned down that offer, settling for nothing less than total, unconditional victory.”
This “peace deal” is a demand for Hamas’s surrender. Hamas surrendering may bring peace, but I generally wouldn’t call a demand for surrender a ‘peace deal’.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/29/trump-touts-peace-plan-for-israel-hamas-has-not-agreed-00584857?cid=Connatix&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nname=illinois-playbook&nrid=00000164-8481-d4a7-a5fc-9ecfc4730000
Sometimes, for wars to end, leaders on the losing side have to decide that they love their kids more than they hate their enemy. Hamas hates Israel more than they care about the lives of Palestinians, so Hamas refuses to surrender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br3FD3Rt5-Q
In interviews, some Israelis reveal that they support the war, and their concern for Gazan civilian deaths are not a high priority.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp8mM1YiOEo
Trump defines him ending a war as a war or conflict ending or having a cease fire if the U.S. was involved in some way, even if Trump’s involvement had no impact on the outcome or if the participants say that Trump’s involvement wasn’t important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otQ1hXjKRxs
Ukraine’s F-16s are helping it shoot down missiles that ground-based defenses and Ukraine’s Soviet aircraft have trouble with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ-IA0GLvqY
“Washington’s proposal to link Israeli withdrawals with Hezbollah’s surrender ignores decades of political entrenchment and risks fueling wider conflict.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/12/u-s-plan-to-disarm-hezbollah-is-a-diplomatic-dead-end/