Why the GERMANS (and Europeans) don’t understand the Arab-Israeli conflict

Why the GERMANS (and Europeans) don’t understand the Arab-Israeli conflict

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGDhBY4V_CI

Farewell to pacifism: Japan is rearming | DW Documentary

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine roused the Japanese people, making them fear more than they have previously and increase their support for militarization. If Russia invades Ukraine, China may likewise attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknEU38CDtE

Brooks and Marcus on political reaction to Trump officials using app to discuss Yemen plan

Brooks and Marcus on political reaction to Trump officials using app to discuss Yemen plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGZXP3k8Q_k

Five Questions for Stephen Kotkin: Advice for the New Administration (and the Rest of Us)

NATO was a defensive alliance of pacifists with small military budgets. It was not a threat to Russia and not Putin’s reason for invading Ukraine.

If Nixon really did make the comment about the madman theory referring to a part of his strategy in Vietnam…it didn’t work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8wTBy_tgKo

Vance & wife get UNWELCOME SURPRISE in Greenland

Trump is ruining our relationships with Canada and Greenland. Countries don’t like it when you say you’re gonna annex them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78LIqJG4wxE

Russia Launches Major Ground Assault in Kursk

Russian advancement in Kursk coincided with Trump removing intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N3q8-FdKHg

Don’t Bail Out Farmers Again

“the White House is reportedly confronting a very different reality: one in which Trump’s trade war leaves many Americans worse off, with farmers likely to be hit the hardest.”

“Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters last week that the White House has asked her to “have some programs in place that would potentially mitigate any economic catastrophes that could happen to some of our farmers” as a result of a trade war.”

“The time to work that out might be running short. Trump has promised to ramp up his trade war with Mexico and Canada in early April, and the administration also plans to start slapping so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on imports from other countries on April 2. As the various trade wars escalate, farmers are likely to be on the front lines—because American agricultural exports are an easy target for retaliatory tariffs from other countries.”

“That’s exactly what happened during Trump’s first term, when his trade war with China caused American farmers to lose a sizable chunk of one of their largest export markets. When farmers complained about it, the Trump administration provided a $28 billion bailout via a New Deal–era program at the Department of Agriculture.
Some of that is already happening. In response to tariffs imposed by Trump in February, China slapped new tariffs on a wide range of American farm exports, including beef, chicken, corn, cotton, dairy, fruits, pork, soybeans, and various vegetables. Both Canada and Mexico have indicated that they plan to retaliate against American tariffs with new levies targeting American agricultural goods.”

“That’s the nasty thing about trade wars. Not only do they harm manufacturers and consumers seeking to buy raw materials and finished goods from abroad, but they also harm domestic producers (like farmers) who lose access to foreign markets and therefore earn less money. Tariffs hurt Americans who want to eat avocados from Mexico, and Americans growing soybeans to sell there. There are a lot more losers than winners—and that’s before taxpayers get put on the hook for bailouts.

There should be no taxpayer-funded bailouts for American farmers who get burned by Trump’s trade wars. If the White House is concerned about the consequences that higher tariffs will have on American agriculture, there is an easy solution: Don’t impose them.”

https://reason.com/2025/03/25/dont-bail-out-farmers-again/

Trump workforce cuts could create a recruiting opening for adversaries

“The Trump administration’s rapid slashing of the government workforce creates fertile ground for foreign adversaries to recruit disgruntled staffers who know some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets, according to former intelligence officials and national security insiders.

Hundreds of intelligence and national security officials who had access to reams of classified information are among the tens of thousands of federal workers who lost their jobs since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/federal-workforce-cuts-foreign-spies-00003590