dagblog - Comments for "Israeli-Arab Piece Program: joint fear of Iran, bye-bye Palestine"

"How the Gulf States Got in

artappraiser — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:53:35 +0000

In reply to Israeli-Arab Piece Program: joint fear of Iran, bye-bye Palestine

"How the Gulf States Got in Bed With Israel and Forgot About The Palestinian Cause"

Riyadh’s aspiration to reach a detente with Israel renders the Arab Peace Initiative it put forth almost two decades ago almost irrelevant. https://t.co/qdiYh2y0pC
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 29, 2019

Aaron, on your second point,

artappraiser — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:53:59 +0000

In reply to The imminent recognition of

Aaron, on your second point, that just strikes me as the ultimate classic in trolling. The goal was to get you to get you to the state of taking some Clonazepam, not to discuss I-P. Exact same "debates" happened all the time in the blogosphere several presidents ago to the point where proprietors decided to ban I-P threads. It's basically why "Godwin's Law" was invented. Try not to take the bait, and you'll be able to save your Clonazepam for meatspace anxiety attacks.

They need to occupy more

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:04:10 +0000

In reply to The imminent recognition of

They need to occupy more before recognition becomes useful.

But no, while ugly, this is far from the horrors of the Holocaust. People do like to talk some...

Rare and yet reminiscent of

NCD — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:41:39 +0000

In reply to From The Economist's Middle

Rare and yet reminiscent of how fascist demagogues foreign ministers behave, historical snapshot from Wiki:

In a protest note at Ribbentrop's (Pompeo's) behaviour, Poland's (Lebanon's) Foreign Minister reminded the (American) Foreign Minister that (Lebanon) was an independent country and not some sort of protectorate that (Pompeo) could bully at will.

The imminent recognition of

Aaron Carine — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:40:41 +0000

In reply to Israeli-Arab Piece Program: joint fear of Iran, bye-bye Palestine

The imminent recognition of the Golan as Israeli territory is very depressing. I'm not sure Trump won't soon be recognizing the West Bank and Gaza as Israeli territory.

Not very relevant, but I just had a very frustrating online debate with someone who said Israel's actions are as bad as the Holocaust. I ended up taking a Clonazepam.

On point of thread

artappraiser — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:30:47 +0000

In reply to “No formal U.S. process or

On point of thread

The timing was just right. "...when President Trump on Thursday called for the United States to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, the shift was met across much of the Arab world with a shrug."https://t.co/8RNInVXT6e
— Bill Roggio (@billroggio) March 23, 2019

From The Economist's Middle

artappraiser — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 06:22:21 +0000

In reply to Israeli-Arab Piece Program: joint fear of Iran, bye-bye Palestine

From The Economist's Middle East Correspondent, and author of "How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within.":

"[Pompeo's] express purpose for going to Lebanon was to denounce Hezbollah and its allies in the government. It is rare for a country’s top diplomat to publicly declare that a visit is aimed at berating a government or a party within it." https://t.co/ZuDwyJkjjm
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) March 23, 2019

For Trump, with any action,

NCD — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 02:55:27 +0000

In reply to “No formal U.S. process or

For Trump, with any action, his only question is, "What's in it for me, and can I get away with it?"

“No formal U.S. process or

artappraiser — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 02:29:50 +0000

In reply to Israeli-Arab Piece Program: joint fear of Iran, bye-bye Palestine

“No formal U.S. process or executive committees were initiated to review the policy before Trump’s decision, and the diplomats responsible for implementing the policy were left in the dark.”

Read more here: https://t.co/FM6FW0y32g https://t.co/rKDA764ff1
— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) March 22, 2019

I've run across other tweets that just outright call it a Trump campaign ad, not real policy.

Lots of news on the Mideast

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:31:37 +0000

In reply to Israeli-Arab Piece Program: joint fear of Iran, bye-bye Palestine

Lots of news on the Mideast geo-political front today after the big meeting between Syria, Iran, Iraq military chiefs. (And yeah, who gives a shit about Palestine anymore? Not anyone in the 'hood):

Stuff like this

Iraq, Iran, Syria agree on further anti-terror intelligence coordination

@ IraqiNews.com, Mar 19, 2019, 10:33 pm

US Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran
@ New York Times, Mar 19, 2019

IRAQ-SYRIA-IRAN HOLD 'TRIPARTITE' MEETING AGAINST U.S. IN SYRIA

@ The Jerusalem Post, Mar 19

“We have shown our unity in this war and fighting together against enemies,” Syrian President Bashar Assad said, according to Iran’s Tasnim news.

Then there's this related stuff going on too:

Turkey hopes Iran, Iraq and Syria will help it strangle the PKK

@ The Jerusalem Post-Mar 18, 2019

On Sunday, clashes broke out in northern Iraq between a group of Yazidi paramilitaries and members of the Iraqi army. The Iraqi army claims that a force of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attacked a checkpoint, resulting in deaths on both sides. The serious incident – in the Sinjar area where ISIS attempted genocide against members of the Yazidi minority – will raise concerns about instability but it is also part of a larger regional attempt to crackdown on groups connected to the PKK.

On March 6, Turkey and Iran said they were planning to work more closely to confront the PKK [....]