McJihad Returns! (DCC19)
Added 2024-01-19 19:44:47 +0000 UTCWe cover some Unreported News about Martin Luther King identifying the US government as “the world’s greatest purveyor of violence.” Aaron Good, Bryce Greene, and David Talbot discuss a number of topics related to the politics of US Empire—including the reappearance of the strange McJihad outfit known as ISIS!
Special thanks to:
- Four Died Trying
- Dana Chavarria, production
- Casey Moore, graphics
- Michelle Boley, animated intro
- Mock Orange, music
Comments
It's still pretty weird that they pulled in Schmuley rather than a slightly more reputable Zionist. My impression is that Schmuley doesn't have a great reputation even amongst American Zionists. It feels like a shit-coating operation by at least a component of the deep state to eventually sink RFKJr's campaign somehow. Still can't make up my mind whether the Zionist deep state is crazy incompetent (telling transparent lies everywhere) or crazy like a fox ("empires make their own reality, suck it").
JB
2024-01-22 15:29:12 +0000 UTCWell done guys - enjoyed this. My take about why RFK is taking this position has three speculative theories: 1. Compromised, blackmailed, and utilized (Mossad/Intelligence) 2. He's on board w/ Zionism (Using Obama marketing strategies around empire, CoVid, & militarism) feckless action w/ candidate rhetoric 3. Family safety - he has a plan which involves supporting Israel for now - but not into perpetuity *** three events which clearly help elucidate these theories are a) Dennis Kucinich being replace by CIA daughter-in-law b) RFK's interview on Rubin Report - why Israel is so important c) The break-ins, security detail, Gavin deBecker drama and the Rabbi Schumely relationship
John McElroy
2024-01-22 03:21:26 +0000 UTCI found this discussion on the (power principle?) dynamics of the Israeli political scene to be interesting. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/update-on-palestine-idf-claims-gaza
JB
2024-01-19 21:31:55 +0000 UTCGood discussions as always. However, I think Putin's Russia would be totally fine with this podcast. They actually tolerate a far broader spectrum of discussion and ideas than the Western system. For example, its possible to hold a range of opinions on Stalin and the Holodomor, whereas nobody is allowed to say anything nice about Stalin in the West. There are definitely no-go topics in Russia and China these days, but they're pretty clearly defined and makes sense (heavy handed against any sort of separatism and social disharmony) given their past history (Westoids critical of how harsh Russian and Chinese drug laws are have no idea how much harm narcotics have inflicted on Russia in the 1990s or China pre-1949). There is good documentation of collaboration between Zionists and the Nazis in the 1930s. So I don't buy the narrative that the current Israel is a betrayal of some previous iteration of Israel. Political Zionism was founded in the 19th century as a settler colonial project and was always profoundly racist and antisemitic in its assumptions (that Jews couldn't integrate into mainstream European society and have to emigrate to live in their "homeland" under protection of a Western Power). It just seems that after 75 years of coddling, the Israelis got really bad at PR and fighting, while the Axis of Resistance got very good at PR and fighting with limited resources on hand.
JB
2024-01-19 20:43:28 +0000 UTC
