* Hysterically, YES, she really DID call the #Donjjal's Secretary of Homeland Insecurity "Markwayne Muslim" in her Islamophobic rant. 🤣
Republicans in Kentucky are in a key fight next week to strike back against the idolatry of the unholy alliance of AIPAC and the #Donjjal.
Nobody wants to be stuck on the inside when the #PyriteCurtain descends, and anybody who won't bow before the #Donjjal starts getting shipped off to the camps....
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
As I mention occasionally, I'm NOT a liberal; I'm a Neocon. In three decades of U.S. Army and Intelligence service, I never met a U.S. war I didn't like (I retired in 2013)--though there also hasn't been one I didn't have some pointed critiques for. As a military ETHICIST, I strongly believe that a professional must be able to hold both these perspectives at the same time.
I'm also a Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., and I taught Critical Thinking for the Strategic Leader at the U.S. Naval War College for a decade. I'm painfully aware that human beings are hardwired to form biases: no individual can ever perfectly check themselves (though some are obviously better at it than others, who may not even be able TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE biases!).
With these things in mind, while I have often--OFTEN!--disagreed with the four Popes of my adult lifetime on matters of war, I have also always respected them greatly for their moral perspective. Sometimes MOST OF ALL when it challenged my own thinking. Even if I emerged with my confidence in U.S. policy intact, my argument would be stronger for having confronted it forthrightly. And perhaps I would even recognize moral weaknesses or vulnerabilities in our policy or strategy, and could reflect on ways we might mitigate them, while still achieving our objectives. This was especially critical during the Bush 43 Administration, when I had direct input at the White House level for a time: they didn't always agree with MY moral perspectives either, but they always respected me--or at least never THREATENED me for honestly presenting them!
Finally, as I've also discussed here, I'm a Believer--like the Pope, someone who tries to live his life in submission to the religion of Abraham. MY Scripture, the Qur'an, tells me that, on the Last Day, I am going to be called to account before God for EVERY life my actions caused to be taken unjustly--no matter what the (human) Law of Armed Conflict said about it at the time; no matter how unintentionally--and warns me that
"That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity. ˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs, many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land." (Qur'an 5:32)
To MY eye, a wise leader--anticipating that accountability--wants as much moral counsel from those trusted with that duty AS POSSIBLE, and wants to pay it careful and frank attention, so that the Judge who is watching will know the sincerity of their effort and, while admonishing them with full justice, have mercy on them for their failures.
But I suppose maybe if you're the #Donjjal, you're already pretty sure that's not gonna happen....
It's time for them to decide if they follow the Messiah...or the #Donjjal.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tzy4hibtkautrntsz5f3ns37/post/3mjduyfgqys2a
Now the REST of us, across Europe and in the U.S., need to step up and follow their lead, to send the fascists packing, in sha' Allah. 🤲
#DefendDemocracy. Defeat the #Donjjal -- Cancel the #TurdReich.
https://apnews.com/article/hungary-election-orban-magyar-trump-1a4eb0ba6b94e0c80c3cd18bd36254ab
Hungarian voters have ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions. It was a stunning blow for Orbán — a close ally of both U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin — who quickly conceded defeat after what he called a ″painful″ election result on Sunday night. Election victor Péter Magyar, a former Orbán loyalist who campaigned against corruption and on everyday issues like health care and public transport, has pledged to rebuild Hungary’s relationships with the European Union and NATO — ties that frayed under Orbán.
@xankarn Hes definitely not the devil--and as both an aspiring Islamic scholar AND AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, I dont believe hes the literal dajjal (basically the antichrist), either; i think we have a few more generations until the LITERAL end times, but im reasonably convinced they will kick off in earnest with a nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran.
Back on Xitter, though, I did once post a tongue-in-cheek "mathematical proof" that Donald Trump is the antichrist, based on being able to predict his moves by asking "What Would Jesus Do" and then forecasting THE OPPOSITE. 😅 And the #Donjjal just made too obvious a nickname for me to pass up!
RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116369868783852342
This is the seductive whisper of the devil, via the #Donjjal. Forget justice. Forget repentance, atonement, and reconciliation. Forget striving back toward God's path. Embrace your sinfulness.
It's how he's lived HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/116365193083422127
Sadly, I think with the #Donjjal at the helm, the answer may be "apoc-ellipses"...
@JorisBohnsonPM There's AN ELEMENT of that to it, to be sure. But it's more than that. There's also the 'wag the dog' piece that's about saving the congressional midterms for #Trumpublicans so he can continue his fascist project (although for him personally, the Epstein connection is intertwined there in the same way the fear of ending his life in prison is there for Netanyahu). And both of those played a dominant role in getting the war STARTED.
But this bit here that we've been seeing recently--the escalating, unhinged RAGE--is almost entirely his malignant narcissism talking: he is simply LIVID that no amount of force, from the most powerful nation on the planet, has been sufficient to make Iran bend the knee to the #Donjjal. To Donald J. Trump, THAT is the ultimate offense, worthy of wiping them off the planet--and why its entirely plausible that he may be considering ordering a nuclear strike.
Ironically, in the moment--because we ARE dealing with a deeply disordered personality here--that is likely overriding even rational consideration of his own self-preservation, and COULD finally provoke his removal from office, whether by constitutional or extraconstitutional means.
Dr. Jim Ellsworth
