By Cliff Kincaid
President Trump is caving to the Democrats over the federal shutdown and he is capitulating to Hamas over terms of their “withdrawal” from Gaza. I realize this may be news to you.
Let us take the “healthcare” issue first. The “debate” over “healthcare” is over and the Democrats have won. Trump now wants to accommodate the Senate Democrats over their demands for more federal money for Obamacare. This means more federal deficits and debt, and more federal interference in our health care decisions.
Regarding the Middle East, the Islamists and their backers in Qatar are winning once again. They are stringing Trump along, as they consolidate their power, ready to fight again. They have missed the president’s numerous deadlines for a “deal” and will always have a base of operations in Qatar.
At best, Israel has bought some time and may eventually get some of their hostages back, dead or alive, two years after the invasion of Israel began. I don’t think the Israelis regard this outcome as a victory. But they are being pressured by Trump to “make a deal.”
Trump seems anxious to please the oil-rich Arab/Muslim states, starting with Qatar, a despicable and corrupt monarchy.
Here at home, we constantly hear from the “conservatives” that the Democrats are losing the shutdown when they have already got Trump and the Republicans to concede that more federal spending is needed. Hence, the value of gold and crypto is skyrocketing, as anybody with a brain recognizes that the bipartisan consensus in favor of more federal spending is driving America to financial bankruptcy and ruin.
If any of this is news to you, consider yourself a victim of our polarized media. I suggest turning off CNN and Fox.
Consider the shutdown. We are debating how much more money to spend on Obamacare, not less. Hence, the Democrats have already won. The Republicans are in the position of defending Obamacare and federal workers losing a paycheck.
The Republicans during Trump’s first term had the opportunity to repeal Obamacare. They failed.
This is how Washington works. Federal spending on more federal programs goes up and up. There is no debate about repealing Obamacare, only spending more on it.
Getting back to the Middle East, Trump is pandering to the Arab/Muslim states, while elements of MAGA, such as Stephen K. Bannon, are badmouthing Israel.
I stand in Isael’s corner and make no apologies for it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a great leader but he is under pressure to accommodate the 2 billion Muslims, many of whom want to destroy Israel.
This is a disgrace. Israel has every right to pursue an “Israel First” foreign policy because the existence of the Jewish state is the issue. America should not be pressuring Israel to accommodate the demands of those who want to destroy Israel. We should be against another Holocaust.
In defense of Trump, his policy regarding communist Venezuela is correct, and an American invasion of that narco-state is necessary. If this is Trump’s goal, I understand why he is trying to settle Gaza and move on to other problems in the Western hemisphere. Venezuela is a big one.
But what is Trump’s policy?
We went to war over nearly 3,000 deaths on 9/11 while Venezuela and the Mexican drug cartels and Communist China are flooding the U.S. with deadly drugs. I favor American boots on the ground in Venezuela, to eliminate the Maduro communist regime. Blowing a few drug boats out of the water is not good enough.
Trump talks about drug deaths in America on a constant basis. So why not declare war on Venezuela and starting bombing the cartels in Mexico? Seriously.
Is America a serious country? So much of the “debate” on the cable channels is beside the point. If these drugs are killing tens of thousands of people, as Trump maintains, why aren’t we doing something about it? Closing the border is a temporary fix. What is worse, we are giving many of the illegal aliens a “free ride home,” in the words of Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
So we pay through their illegal entry, making a mockery of our laws, and then we send them back at the expense of the American taxpayer. This is a victory?
The real problem is a communist regime in Venezuela.
Our enemies, including Maduro, Hamas, and Qatar, are laughing at us. They are winning and we are whining and dickering over a “deal.”
The Fox News channel is talking constantly about a Democrat candidate who fantasized about killing a Republican opponent and his children. What about the real Americans who are dead or dying from the illegal drugs being poured into our country by our enemies? Why aren’t we prepared to deploy our troops to fight on the ground and eliminate this threat?
We fought decades in the “war on terror” and still the terrorists fight and die against us. It was a war without end and one that we are not winning.
Let us get serious about our predicament. We cannot make deals with our enemies, and that includes Communist China and Russia.
Wake up America!
- Cliff Kincaid is president of America’s Survival, Inc. www.usasurvival.org
