Posted on 12/31/2023 11:24:00 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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It was not the first time that Carlson, the 53 year old heir to the Swanson TV dinner fortune, had challenged American support for Ukraine’s wartime leader. On the first episode of his online program following his firing from Fox News, Carlson described Zelensky, who is Jewish, as “sweaty and rat-like, a comedian turned oligarch, a persecutor of Christians, a friend of Blackrock.”
He also referred to him as “shifty,” “dead-eyed,” and as “a person who would enjoy flooding villages or starting a famine.”
“It’s painful to even quote that,” said Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia group, in a response to Carlson’s statements. “These are all antisemitic dog-whistles, with a sprinkling of blood libel, plain and simple.”
The Anti-Defamation League also denounced Carlson’s comments about Zelensky as antisemitic: “This is exactly the type of dangerous, hateful content that has no place in mainstream public squares,” the group said.
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I really dislike this sort of "can't touch this" approach. Zelenksy is Jewish? Well then, you cannot criticize the man. In fact, there are billions of reasons to criticize Zelensky and it is not antisemitic to do so.
Similarly, I have made comments about the globalization of the economy, and problems I have with Central Banking, and NGOs spreading huge amounts of money around for bad purposes -- in short: I dislike International Banking. And the response I have often received is: "Oh? You hate the Jews? Is that it??" No. I just don't like International Banking.
It's OK to criticize things. Fear of being called antisemitic (or, in other cases, Islamophobic) is no reason to stop criticizing things that are bad.
The U.S. gives Israel so much military aid in order to pressure Israel not to utterly destroy the Hamas-supporting Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. If the U.S. were to cut back the aid to Israel, it likely that Israel would be forced to quickly eliminate the current and future threats from Hamas and Hezbollah and their supporters.
Cut me a freaking break. Suddenly anti-semitism is trotted out to slime a conservative.
Hamas protestors in our streets celebrating slaughter of Jews? Crickets.
I didn’t even know Zelensky was Jewish. But where is Tucker going wrong other than being over the top? Zelensky at one point mentioned assassinated Congress members who didn’t pass an aid package.
Ben Shapiro is to conservative thought, what rock candy is to Halloween.
Sounds like Ian Bremmer’s panties are too tight.
Anyone that thinks refugees from Gaza should be allowed into the US doesn’t care about the country. Duh!
Tucker-showin’ off.
Did Tucker say Zelenskyy is “sweaty and rat-like, a comedian turned oligarch, a persecutor of Christians, a friend of Blackrock” and “shifty,” “dead-eyed,” and “a person who would enjoy flooding villages or starting a famine” BECAUSE Zelenskyy is Jewish? Or did he say those things about Zelenskyy without regard to the little dictator’s religious beliefs or heritage?
It’s like criticizing George Soros. Sure, criticism of Soros COULD be because he is Jewish, or COULD be because Soros is a western-hating, socialist jerk.
It’s no different than cries of *racism* any time someone who is not white is criticized for wrong doing which has NOTHING to do with their skin color and everything to do with their actions.
Tucker has a point, all one has to do is look at vast number of Jewish politicians, celebrities and millionaires who maintain duel citizenship with Israel . You can bet little Ben Shapiro is one of thousands.
A classically antisemitic slander that is so patently false as to require no mind other than to condemn its source as an exceptionally evil liar who should be removed from the public square.
Shapiro said he is, and he said that he’s a commited American because he knows if America turns against the Jews he can go to Israel. Having a plan B to me doesn’t sound very committed at all.
“The Anti-Defamation League also denounced Carlson’s comments about Zelensky as antisemitic:”
Sounds like some folks have adopted the backs “civil rights gurus” proclaiming that any criticism of blacks is racist to their: any criticism of a Jew for whatever reason is anti-Semitic.
Israeli media on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for plans to implement "voluntary migration" on the Palestinians in Gaza to other countries.
If these people are dangerious why should any other nation take them?
Carlson is unhinged. US aid to Israel helps the US*, while you do not put Zelensky (who is envious of Israel) and Shapiro together in one boat unless the target is being Jewish.
From what I know Shapiro debates liberals who work to fundamentally "transition" America, and the younger favor Hamas, while if being Jewish means being protected from criticism from conservatives then he needs to tell Soros that. *
Hamas spends $100 million a year on military infrastructure.Khatib)... As the residents of the Gaza Strip endure daily hardships due to the dire economic situation in the enclave, their Hamas leaders spend over $100 million a year on the group’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, according to estimates by both Israeli and Palestinian sources. Spending on digging tunnels accounts for some $40 million of that annual sum. By way of comparison, the budget of the last Hamas government, which dissolved in April 2014, was $530 million. - https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-spends-100-million-a-year-on-military-infrastructure/And as for US aid, much of that is returned via purchases.
Israel ends up sacrificing far more value in return for the nearly $4 billion it annually receives from Washington. That’s because nearly all military aid to Israel—other than loan guarantees, which cost Washington nothing, the U.S. gives Israel no other kind of aid—consists of credits that go directly from the Pentagon to U.S. weapons manufacturers. In return, American payouts undermine Israel’s domestic defense industry, weaken its economy, and compromise the country’s autonomy—giving Washington veto power over everything from Israeli weapons sales to diplomatic and military strategy. When Washington meddles directly in Israel’s domestic affairs, as it does often these days, Israeli leaders who have lobbied for these payments—including current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—are simply reaping the rewards of their own penny-wise, pound-foolish efforts.
The Israeli military, often ranked as the fourth-most powerful in the world, has become an adjunct to American power in a crucial region in which the U.S. has lost the appetite for projecting military force. Israeli intelligence functions as America’s eyes and ears, not just in the Middle East but in other key strategic theaters like Russia and Central Asia and even parts of Latin America. Controlling access to the output of Israel’s powerful high-tech sector is a strategic advantage for the U.S. that alone is worth many multiples of the credits Israel receives. - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/end-american-aid-israel [and that source is actually opposing the amount of aid.]The only option here is to contend that the US should be an isolationist country.
Friends with Benefits: Why the U.S.-Israeli Alliance Is Good for America by Michael Eisenstadt, David Pollock .... The U.S.-Israeli alliance now contributes more than ever to American security, as bilateral cooperation to deal with both military and nonmilitary challenges has grown in recent years... it is a two-way partnership whose benefits to the United States have been substantial. The other, less tangible costs of the U.S.-Israeli alliance -- mainly, damage to Washington's reputation in Arab and Muslim countries, a problem also caused by American interventions and decades of U.S. support for autocratic leaders in the Middle East -- pale in comparison with the economic, military, and political gains it affords Washington.
Israel has also emerged as an important niche defense supplier to the U.S. military, with sales growing from $300 million per year before September 11 to $1.1 billion in 2006, due to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Israel's military research and development complex has pioneered many cutting-edge technologies that are transforming the face of modern war, including cyberweapons, unmanned vehicles (such as land robots and aerial drones), sensors and electronic warfare systems, and advanced defenses for military vehicles. - https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/friends-benefits-why-us-israeli-alliance-good-america
The U.S.-Israeli economic and commercial relationship now spans IT, bio-tech, life sciences, health care solutions, energy, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, defense industries, cyber-security, and aviation, to name just a few sectors.
Critical components of leading American high-tech products are invented and designed in Israel, making these American companies more competitive and more profitable globally. Cisco, Intel, Motorola, Applied Materials, and HP are just a few examples.
Israel is home to more than 2,500 U.S. firms employing some 72,000 Israelis, according to an estimate by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Thousands more jobs are supported indirectly by these employers.
The Massachusetts Example
The New England-Israel Business Council released a study that shows that Israeli-founded businesses have generated about 9,000 jobs in Massachusetts alone, and indirectly support an additional 18,000. These companies represent nearly four per
cent of the state’s GDP. And that is just one state. In Beersheva – less than an hour’s train ride from Tel Aviv –American and Israeli companies are working side-by-side at CyberSpark. It is a fast-growing, world-class, hi-tech office park, adjacent to a top academic institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and not far from where critical public-sector institutions, such as the IDF’s cyber and intelligence units, will soon be located. This unique eco-system is rapidly attracting more American companies to take part in developing the defenses that will protect the new economy. - https://il.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/fact-sheet-u-s-israel-economic-relationship/
“Dog whistles” aren’t real. It’s just in one’s imagination .
Shapiro and many other high profile Jewish conservatives discuss issues concerning America all the time. The fact that Ben has spent a lot of time on the Gaza War (an enormous story) since Oct. 7 isn’t in any war indicative of him not caring about America. It’s a ridiculous assertion.
Tucker Carlson still hasn’t condemned Hamas.
No surprise there.
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