Peloni: To preempt the Iranian strike or not to preempt the Iranian strike.  That really is the only question at hand currently.   Or is this simply a blind bluff to get Iran to stand down its multi-layered attack for some form of response which is more deflectable.  Given Israel’s recent demonstration of its real time intelligence capabilities, I would suspect that this is no ruse, particularly in light of the likely political fallout which would accompany the failure to follow thru on such a public threat of an Israeli preemptive response.  Hence, I think the preemptive strike is more than likely if Iran does not step back from their own threats.

If you combine the official readout and the unofficial readout, it's pretty easy to glean Biden's true message to Netanyahu: 1) We will help protect you with missile defense; 2) We will not support offensive operations against Iran. 3) If you conduct offensive operations, we may… pic.twitter.com/EGST6hYNag

— Mike (@Doranimated) August 3, 2024

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by Behnam Ben Taleblu | August 4, 2024

Bloodlust” is a term cascading across the Iranian media space this week:

“Bloodlust is commanded,” declared Jam-e Jam newspaper, connected to Iran’s state-sanctioned broadcaster.

“All of Iran seeks your bloodlust,” touted the Tehran daily Hamshahri.

“Iran with one voice seeks the bloodlust of [our] dear guest,” Khorasan newspaper proclaimed.

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By Andrea Widburg | August 4, 2024

Sparked by British people daring to stand up to the government’s unlimited Third World (and deeply pro-Islamic) immigration policies, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant riots are raging across the UK. This post will provide context for what’s happening, along with videos of the riots.

England has had a few mass immigration experiences: In the first half of the first millennium, the Romans slaughtered and subjugated the Celtic population or sent them to the Isle’s geographic fringes. The remaining Romano-British population was replaced in the second half of that millennium by waves of Nordic invaders. In 1066, the Normans overran the Anglo-Saxons, who became subordinate in their own land. Until recently, that was the last conquest of that small collection of islands in the Atlantic.

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?? ELECTION FRAUD ? ?

?? President Trump has released summaries of 2020 election fraud in Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. ?? pic.twitter.com/LSv3UgaiTI

— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) August 4, 2024

Peloni:  It is impossible to believe that the first press conference on the live, on-air assassination attempt of a former president and current candidate for president took three weeks to assemble.  Furthermore, even after three weeks, the obvious outrages and incoherent excuses being offered by the Secret Service are so glaring that no one with the slightest critical thinking skills would be swayed by them to believe that there was no ill intent against President Trump motivating the entire situation.

Sundance | August 4, 2024

I’m just catching up on some events that I have missed. The first press conference by the U.S. Secret Service about the Trump assassination attempt was alarming. This is the first time the media had to question USSS since the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Peloni:  Trump correctly focuses his attention on the inflation which has been killing the US economy, which can directly be traced back to the Green New Deal and its needless spending, job killing, energy shortening consequences.

Peloni:  Bryen presents a very important analysis of the effort to solve US dependence on foreign chip producers which he argues will only serve to produce more expensive, less quality chips at the hands of foreigners.  The fundamentals in the US need to be addressed to address this problem, and that begins with the catastrophic crisis in US education.  Without first addressing this sizeably related problem, any attempt to solve the US dependence on foreign sources of chips will struggle with the consequences of not having done so.

The Intel Debacle Proves the Commerce Department handed out money uncritically

Stephen Bryen | Weapons and Strategy | August 4, 2024

Grants and Loans Under Chips Act to Intel (not including $3.9 billion for Secure Enclaves)

While all the focus in the past week has been on a significant crisis for America’s once premier semiconductor company, Intel, hidden from view is another blunder –a $3.9 billion project to build a “secure enclave” semiconductor manufacturing facility.  Intel will probably locate this facility in Arizona, where it already has a semiconductor FAB.

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Peloni: An important analysis by Gen. Avivi on how the war in Gaza must proceed from here.

Analysis: Israel plans to dismantle Hamas’ military and governmental capabilities in Gaza, establish a provisional administration to prevent terrorism’s return, free hostages, control aid and maintain a military presence for lasting security

Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi | August 3, 2024

IDF forces operating in Gaza (Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

Israel has got to move on to the next level in the Gaza arena and strive decisively to obtain the war’s objectives, namely: collapsing Hamas’ military and governmental capabilities, targeting its leaders, bringing back all the hostages and ushering in the conditions for the “Day After” in Gaza.

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by Eric R. Mandel | August 2, 2024

When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met recently with President Biden, former President Trump, and Vice President Harris, all of them were reported to have told Israel to “end” its war with Hamas. A Wall Street Journal headline summed it up this way, “Netanyahu Receives Clear Message on Gaza War: Wrap It Up.”

What does it mean when Trump says Israel must end the war in Gaza “and get it done quickly.” Does that mean do nothing about the inevitable return of the thousands of determined Hamas terrorists still hiding in the hundreds of miles of tunnels not yet uncovered?

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See Translation Below Tweet

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Peloni:  It is remarkable that the world has yet to fully appreciate the role being played by a single county clerk in revealing the election fraud which took place in 2020 to cancel the consent of the governed across the entire US.

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Tina Peters vs, Your overthrown government

Tina Peters, is now facing 10 counts and 20 years in prison for preserving the finger print, the DNA, the blood type of how Dominion Rigging Systems got to the totals of the 2020 election.

“And when they compared the… https://t.co/nNZviVm8Jb pic.twitter.com/0ZSAwLbRR6

— ??RealRobert?? (@Real_RobN) August 3, 2024

Peloni:  There was a time in which killing terrorists was heralded as a mark of stability.  Yet in an age in which the leader of the free world is itself financing terrorists, such assassinations are characterized as destabilizing an entire region, when in truth, the action which is destabilizing the region is the by the international community’s mimicking US support of terrorism rather than condemning such illicit actions.  When such support for barbarity finally evaporates, the Middle East will have a chance to return to some fraction of its former stability, but til then, we will have terrorists feeling empowered to threaten the entire world, as is taking place currently at this very moment.

There are those who now insist that the elimination of arch-terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Fuad Shukr will only escalate regional tensions.

To them we ask, @SpencerGuard and I ask in this @Newsweek column: Where have you been the last 10 months?

"If anyone has… pic.twitter.com/XEsVf3OT7n

— Arsen Ostrovsky ?? (@Ostrov_A) August 3, 2024

by Rafael Bardaji | Voz | July 31, 2024

Since 1967, Israel’s strategic and military orientation gradually marginalized the option of preemptive strikes, and anticipation gave way to a defensive concept that essentially relied on the ability to discover what the enemy was up to, rely on warning signs and be able to react in time.

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Peloni:  After demonstrating himself as being out of step with reality with his still stated strong support for the TSS, Gov. Shapiro demonstrates himself as being out of step with reality in stating that Biden is still capable of doing the job of president.  The frank disconnect which are tied to making these statements are only matched by Shapiro’s sincere expression of support for these inexplicable positions while maintaining a serious composure.

Peloni:  Mike Doran provides key insights into the Haniyeh assassination, why it took place when it did, and what we might expect going forward.

By Amil Imani | August 3, 2024

As the dust settles from the deceased top leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, the world’s political stage has transformed into a theatre of varied reactions that a master of satire might well script.

From fiery condemnation to ice-cold neutrality and occasional cheer, it’s as if the global community was playing an intricate game of diplomatic charades, each actor vying for the best performance.

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Peloni:  This is a very sharp conversation between Jonathan Tobin and Batya Ungar-Sargon relating the various campaign topics of the 2024 election, including the more Jewish related topics on Israel, antisemitism, and Jews voting for the Dems per rote.  Regarding the 2024 election, Batya expresses some concerns about Trump running against Harris.  She expresses the point that while Trump is acting on behalf of the working man and woman, it is easy to forget that many of the working class men and women might be easily insulted  by some of the campaign rhetoric being used to fairly characterize Harris.  Batya warns that Harris will use these attacks on herself to mobilize anger against Trump from the very working class base which he has grown in support of his MAGA agenda.  

The Islamic Republic’s succession games are just getting started.

Masoud Pezeshkian’s election to Iran’s presidency remains a sideshow to the true contest for power in the Islamic Republic. Who will succeed to the leadership of the regime upon the death of eighty-five-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has ruled Iran with an iron fist for the past thirty-five years? Until his death in a helicopter crash, Ebrahim Raisi was a favorite. He had the right credentials, serving not only in the presidency but also within the judiciary and managing a major religious shrine.

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