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Ask JTF For August 5 Broadcast
True Kahanist:
Dear Chaim,
I havent been on the forum for a while - but im back. I dont have much internet access cause i made aliyah a few weeks ago. Anyway its great here. Also, I have kept Shabbat now for 3 weeks running and quit smoking. Im learning hebrew regularly, so time is scarce - my question is it worth me to get a Rebbe to teach me once a week Judaism in order to become more religious?
Toda Achi,
See you in Israel
True Kahanist
Vito:
Shalom Chaim, ma nishma?
I missed the forum too! I forgot how fun it was and all the great people on here. But I'm back and don't plan on drifting away from it anymore.
You're right about being a pack rat, it is a real dilemma for me. It runs down my mother's entire family, and caught my brother and I without remorse. But I am fighting it and have gotten a lot better over the past year. Bezrat Hashem I will overcome it soon.
You asked a question a while back about whether the Loyalist Party has a presidential candidate or not, the answer is no. We are not that big yet, and do not plan on taking votes away from the Republican Party for 2008. But as I mentioned, I will be running for the state assembly in my district (26).
My question (if you have enough time) - You mentioned that Finland was aligned with Germany during WWII, which they were. But the only reason why they were aligned with them is because they were invaded twice by the Russians, and could not afford to have a third invasion. Hitler wanted the Finnish Jews, but Finland protected them and refused to give them up. Would you still consider Finns Nazis because of their alignment with Germany rather than their actions towards Finnish Jewry?
Toda raba,
Vito
Shoshana:
Dear Chaim,
First of all, I want to thank you for the warm welcome on the program last week. My question this week is on Newt Gingrich. What do you think of him as a presidential candidate? He has yet to announce however he has hinted that he may run. Would he be a good choice in terms of both Israel and the USA?
RationalThought110:
Dear Chaim,
I would like to know if you thought the Gulf War was a good or bad idea.
A result of it, the focus basically taken off of Iran and too much was put onto Iraq. Before the Gulf War, didn't the US still consider Iran to be a major threat from the hostage crisis that occurred during Jimmy Carter's administration?
Was the Gulf War really worth taking the focus away from Iran and putting too much onto Iraq?
It turned out to be a lie that Saddam's government had ordered for babies in Kuwait to be murdered. Kuwait's government hired a public relations company to represent a group called "Citizens for a Free Kuwait"
By the time the hostage crisis occurred in Iran, the US should have realized that it would be necessary to become energy independent from "Middle Eastern Oil." If not then, it should have been realized by the end of the Gulf War.
If the US became energy independent then, who controlled oil in the "Middle East" wouldn't have been a concern.
I think that the Gulf War was primarily to defend Arabia from losing any control of its oil to Iraq.
The US thought it would be undesirable for Iraq to dominate a large proportion of "Middle Eastern oil." However, why was it seen as any better for Saudia Arabia to dominate a large proportion of it?
If Iraq invaded Saudia Arabia, I think it would have resulted in a long war (like the Iraq-Iran war) between the two countries and the US could have stayed out of that.
Just like the US government wants to claim that Saudia Arabia is an ally in dealing with Iran, wasn't the same true with Iraq in that they were considered allies in the 80's?
Why is Saudia Arabia seen as any more moderate as Saddam's government? If the latter then become considered as part of an "axis of evil", then why wasn't Saudia Arabia's government also considered part of an "axis of evil"? Doesn't Saudia Arabia help finance the Taliban and Al Qaeda?
It seems like the bias of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Texas Oil Companies with OPEC, had a clear bias in favor of Saudi Arabia and James Baker III supports CFR and Big Oil.
So in summary, do you think the US should have got involved in a potential war between Iraq and Saudia Arabia rather than defending Saudia Arabia from Iraq? Do you think one of the consequences of that war was that focus was taken away from Iran and onto Iraq? Was Saddam's government really a threat right before the Gulf War started?
If the Clinton's were truly concerned about energy independence, like Hillary Clinton wants people to think, her husband's administration would have took action to make the US independent of foreign oil, because it should have been concluded after the Gulf War that the US military should not have to get involved in a war to defend oil for a foreign country.
kahaneloyalist:
Dear Chaim,
Will you break up the multi-national corporations if you came to power in Israel? Or would you co-opt them into helping you?
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