The most strinking part of this FT article is the note about Aliyah which literally is “ascent”, and means moving into the country: emigrants were often called "yordim", so those who descend...
I don't write more, I don't know words that are not Shibboleths anymore. When not talking about all this, make sure you do/do-not pronounce the "Shhhh" right.
PS. The Financial Times did a:
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[sigh/] While I'm sure this ugly mess inspires undiluted joy in a whole lotta very malicious people, I suspect that most brighter Jews understand that it is just one more in a whole series of self-inflicted strategic defeats.
(Not that I'd expect 99.9% of them to paint targets on their backs by saying that publicly.)
The Taliban-caused humanitarian crisis affects, and will kill, more children than the total number of Palestinians in existence. It will easily affect 10x more adults, and has a disproportionate effect on women.
And Sudan is way worse.
But yeah, I get it, Afghanistan and Sudan won't sway elections in the west ...
No. But from Isolationist and "America First" points of view - one can see Afghanistan as a place we poured vastly more money into (vs. Israel), and have vastly worse results (vs. Israel) to show for it.
Obvious Lesson: No more foreign aid, no more foreign wars, and bring our boys home.
Unintended, but not unexpected, 2nd order effect: https://www.ft.com/content/7a833951-9700-46e1-bc08-d47716504...
The most strinking part of this FT article is the note about Aliyah which literally is “ascent”, and means moving into the country: emigrants were often called "yordim", so those who descend...
I don't write more, I don't know words that are not Shibboleths anymore. When not talking about all this, make sure you do/do-not pronounce the "Shhhh" right.
PS. The Financial Times did a: `Comments have not been enabled for this article.`
Even Mike Huckabee condemned this which has to be the first negative thing he's ever said about Israel
I'm pleased this hasn't been flagged for 4 whole hours. Normally this gets censored.
[sigh/] While I'm sure this ugly mess inspires undiluted joy in a whole lotta very malicious people, I suspect that most brighter Jews understand that it is just one more in a whole series of self-inflicted strategic defeats.
(Not that I'd expect 99.9% of them to paint targets on their backs by saying that publicly.)
Meanwhile there's also https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cmeqezyrvr7dt?post=asset%3A957...
The Taliban-caused humanitarian crisis affects, and will kill, more children than the total number of Palestinians in existence. It will easily affect 10x more adults, and has a disproportionate effect on women.
And Sudan is way worse.
But yeah, I get it, Afghanistan and Sudan won't sway elections in the west ...
> But yeah, I get it, Afghanistan and Sudan won't sway elections in the west ...
Not sure if you’ve been in the coma for the last two decades, but we tried that whole quagmire in Afghanistan for years in vain.
How about you make a separate thread for this and discuss it there?
Is the Taliban a recognized government trying to maintain legitimacy on the international stage that the US pays billions to?
No. But from Isolationist and "America First" points of view - one can see Afghanistan as a place we poured vastly more money into (vs. Israel), and have vastly worse results (vs. Israel) to show for it.
Obvious Lesson: No more foreign aid, no more foreign wars, and bring our boys home.
No, it's just people, mostly women and children, dying in large numbers.
Nobody thinks the pride of their religion depends on these children so just let's just let them die ... Nothing to see here, please move on.