charles halaby

The whole concept of "processed food" seems to be fake. I always assumed excitement over this issue was based on the nature fallacy, pushed by the same types who believe vaccines are bad and big corporations are hiding the cure for cancer.

The Europeans are not dealing with “a man.” They are dealing with the United States of America. The United States needed the most innocuous kind of cooperation from them. They denied the United States that cooperation. The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. “Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.” Nope. We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. I’m indifferent to their excuses or their rationalizations. The United States of America needed their help and not very much help. They turned us down. That changes everything. And they aren’t going to like how it changes everything.

Robert Pattinson critica a sus colegas por su falta de interés en el cine: “Creo que soy muy snob con respecto a esas cosas. Hubo un largo periodo en el que te reunías con cualquier actor y ninguno había visto ninguna película. Y pensabas: "¿Por qué no han visto nada?". Es muy raro. Muchos actores nunca han visto ninguna película y no les interesa.”

If China invaded Taiwan, Europeans would say it wasn't their fight, shut down our overflights, and try to cut a deal with the PRC.

At the peak of the Arab-Israeli conflict after the Six-Day War, Israel had completely unsustainable defense spending, probably exceeding even the level in the Soviet Union as a share of GDP and resulting in a very high deficit despite massive amounts of US aid. It was ultimately able to solve the problem only through peace with Egypt, without which no viable Arab coalition was possible, but Carter still had to beg, cajole and threaten Begin to convince him to make a deal with Sadat and he only agreed by effectively separating the Palestinian question from the wider conflict in the treaty. It's hard to overstate how much Israel owes to Carter for his efforts to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, but the only thing he got for his trouble was a massive campaign by the Israel lobby to smear him as an antisemite because he had the audacity to use the phrase "Palestinian homeland" in 1977.

What is striking today is Europe’s blindness. While the United States confronts a regime that is not driven by ordinary strategic calculations, Europe hesitates, equivocates, and hides behind a façade of prudence. This is not a Cold War–style ideological rivalry. We are dealing with a regime whose worldview is deeply shaped by a theological and eschatological dimension, where political decisions are intertwined with a belief in a quasi-divine mission. Treating such an actor as if it were a purely rational state is a fundamental mistake. History shows that inaction in the face of regimes driven by absolute conviction does not prevent conflict, it only postpones it and makes it worse. Refusing to support the United States today is choosing short-term comfort over long-term security.

Welp it was certainly tough from 1948-58, when all -ALL these conditions held but Israel thrived.

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump

BREAKING: President Trump says the US will leave Iran in “2 to 3 weeks.”