Of course Team Biden lied about Chinese aggression against the U.S. & of course they tried to blame it on the Trump admin.
It's the exact same playbook as what happened with the Chinese spy balloon that they allowed to repeatedly fly over U.S. territory.
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Fiction vs fact?
This show valorizes Soleimani as an Iranian martyr killed because of unwarranted US aggression. In reality he was an arch-terrorist responsible for killing 100s of Americans. The Senate passed language praising POTUS and US armed forces for ending him.
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This clown duet (LAF/UNIFIL) costs the American taxpayer ~ $400 million a year. At a minimum.
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تنفيذ تمرين الرماية المشتركة "العاصفة الفولاذية" STEEL STORM بمشاركة وحدات من الجيش اللبناني وقوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان. تخلل التمرين رماية بالذخيرة الحيّة باتجاه البحر في حقل الرماية المؤقت في الناقورة.
#الجيش_اللبناني #LebaneseArmy
What trash.
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Robert Ford, the #US ambassador to #Syria under #Obama, gives a detailed behind-the-scenes account of the run-up and aftermath of the former US president’s infamous red line over chemical weapons attacks in Syria in #AlMajalla
Design: Eduardo Ramon
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One more great appreciation of Purdie on his birthday— Bernard "Pretty" Purdie and Me... — Vinyl Magic
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They lie casually. About everything.
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After initially crying ‘inaccurate,’ Biden admin confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 trib.al/7zBy4jC
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Look at this US-funded clown show. Team Obama-Biden is using our tax dollars to pay these clowns' salaries -- in cash. It's not really legal and it's financing terrorism, but then again, at this point, lol. tabletmag.com/sections/israe
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الجيش ينفذ انتشارًا في المنطقة الحدودية في كفرشوبا بمواجهة العدو الإسرائيلي.
#الجيش_اللبناني #LebaneseArmy
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Hahahahaha! "Captagon," the new "ISIS".
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While Gulf Arab states won’t be able to directly inject cash into Assad’s government bc of sanctions, they could funnel money thru UN-led projects in government-held #Syria to get action against Captagon, the little white pill @karam_shaar to @chehayebk apnews.com/article/captag
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Exciting to be back in the Journal, this time on the risky transformation of the relationship between mosque and state in the birthplace of Islam, and why it's gone so smoothly—so far, at least
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The use of U.S. funding, training, and equipment to target Israel and secure Hezbollah’s interests is not an accidental byproduct of U.S. Lebanon policy; rather, it is the policy.
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How an arrogant, anti-democratic elite weaponized race to halt Likud's democratic reform. My latest in Tablet.
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Of course, they're just saying the quiet part out loud, on account that the "Lebanese government" itself, along with its "institutions," are all cutouts of Hezbollah, which runs the political order. What matters is the address, not the addressee. Lebanon=Hezbollah.
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Hence, Team Obama-Biden's envoy, Amos Hochstein, as he pushes Israel to sign a pro-Hezbollah deal, has been meeting with Abbas Ibrahim. Why? He's Hezbollah's emissary--who is also an official of the "Lebanese gov." Because the US is negotiating and dealing with Hezbollah. 4/
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In her testimony, Team Obama-Biden's nominee for ambo to Leb wouldn't rule out dealing with Leb ministries controlled by Hezbollah or its allies, answering only that it “complicates our diplomacy.” Actually, admin routinely engages with Hezbollah cutouts.
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Fifteen years of U.S. aid to ‘state security’ arms like the LAF and ISF have cost American taxpayers billions while harming Israel and strengthening Hezbollah, writes
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“ is practicing a different kind of politics, and—like it or hate it—it’s an interesting departure from the modus vivendi that got us into this gridlock.”
Liel Leibovitz profiles the Texas senator.
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Enhancing Hezbollah’s internal security and its operations against Israel has been a feature of the U.S. assistance program since its inception all the way to the present.
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Tal Farlow born on this day 1921 I loved his swinging style of guitar playing, was also a very talented sign writer
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For U.S. policymakers, synergy between the LAF/ISF and Hezbollah is baked into their policy.
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Remembering the great Tina Brooks who was born on this day in 1932.
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#Jazz
Tina Brooks - Back to the Tracks
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Tina Brooks – ts
Jackie McLean – as
Blue Mitchell – tp
Kenny Drew – p
Paul Chambers – bs
Art Taylor – ds
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The concurrence of the growth of ISF capabilities, thanks to U.S. support, and the intensification of counterintelligence operations against Israel was no coincidence. Nor was it an anomaly. Rather, it has been a feature of the program since its inception.
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Last Oct, the US ambo in Beirut celebrated 15 years of taxpayer $ to Lebanon's ISF--which had just completed for and with Hezbollah the largest counterintelligence op since 2009, bookending the program. The admin's new nominee wants to continue to fund counterintel for Hezbollah.
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Team Biden Mainstreams Terror Financing in Lebanon: Fifteen years of U.S. aid to ‘state security’ arms like the LAF and ISF have cost American taxpayers billions while harming Israel and strengthening Hezbollah, from @AcrossTheBay.
tabletmag.com/sections/israe
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Team Biden Mainstreams Terror Financing in Lebanon: Fifteen years of U.S. aid to ‘state security’ arms like the LAF and ISF have cost American taxpayers billions while harming Israel and strengthening Hezbollah, from .
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Had to read this a couple times.
At a glance, reads like WH told Israel there's there's no link between Iran deal & Saudi-Iran normalization, ie breaking Iran out of diplomatic isolation.
Of course there's a direct link which is why Team Biden has been pushing both since day 1. twitter.com/Yonatan_Touval…
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Critics have been saying that Team Biden's antisemitism strategy papers over hatred of Jews. This article makes a compelling case that the document actually insulates and boosts antisemitism. Brutal and absolutely devestating.
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The National Antisemitism Strategy Has No Clothes: Eradicating the world’s oldest hatred requires more than nice words and wishful thinking.
tabletmag.com/sections/news/
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ICYMI, my recent piece The New Herodians is now available in Hebrew thanks to .
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כיצד מחלוקת פנימית בישראל הפכה לסוגיה שנידונה בוושינגטון, מי מעודד את ההתערבות הזרה ומדוע? טוני בדראן מציע לזכור כמה לקחים היסטוריים כואבים >>
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Saudi Aramco met with an army of Turkish contractors this week to discuss $50 billion of potential projects in the Gulf kingdom
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Yes. It's an explicit thing they talk about all the time. They call it "Regional Integration."
tabletmag.com/sections/israe
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As did the Biden administration and Biden officials. They say - and this is their explicit, public position - they say they were working from day 1 to end the Arab world's isolation of Iran and its proxies. That was always their policy, they say. twitter.com/Doranimated/st…
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Dems and GOP use foreign policy to redistribute US wealth to their domestic and foreign clients. That's how 9/11 made DC metro area rich and turned it into world capital of "moderate Islam," gilding the path for global fraud
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These people simply traffic in word salads and just outright lies to fleece the American taxpayer to finance their pet projects abroad.
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These people simply traffic in word salads and just outright lies to fleece the American taxpayer to finance their pet projects abroad.
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Standing ovation today for #mcbridesworld on his birthday. He's the new generation with a swinging trio and he's also a fabulous radio host. #planetelegance #roncarter #jazz
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Hey, the great Albert "Tootie" Heath is 88 today
"That’s Tootie daring you to NOT pat your foot to `My Baby Just Cares for Me' with Nina Simone. That’s Tootie levitating with John Coltrane on `I Hear A Rhapsody.'”
My 2021 Q&A with the NEA Jazz Master:
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“Playing the drum, I realized that it was the most important instrument in most cultures around the world and the drum was very expressive, and without the drums, a lot of the music around the world wouldn’t have had its punch.”
Philadelphia's Albert Tootie Heath turns 88 today!
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כיצד מחלוקת פנימית בישראל הפכה לסוגיה שנידונה בוושינגטון, מי מעודד את ההתערבות הזרה ומדוע? טוני בדראן מציע לזכור כמה לקחים היסטוריים כואבים >>
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In my piece on Saudi policy I noted that their shift will open them up to blackmail, especially in Lebanon, and that the extortion would be amplified by Team Obama-Biden, who have been pressing KSA to pay up. Let's see if this isn't the opening salvo. tabletmag.com/sections/israe
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معلومات mtv: المواطن السعودي المخطوف "م.م." شوهد للمرة الأخيرة قرب "البيال" وهو مقيم في لبنان ويعمل في الخطوط الجويّة السعوديّة وتشير المعلومات الى أنّه خُطف فجراً مع سيّارته أثناء توجّهه الى منزله في عرمون بعد مراقبته
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Iranian channels are having a blast reminding us all that Bashar al-Assad, thanks to Iran (and Russia), defied all the Western politicians who said that he must go and is going to go. What the Iranians don’t show us is that Obama, his words notwithstanding, worked to save Assad.
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