Are We Living Through The Fall Of Western Civilization? Part II

At the beginning of Part I, I said I would address the lack of distinction between Islamists and Leftists, and the Democratic Party.  So, let's take a look.  Thomas Friedman, multiple Pulitzer Prize winning writer, and Democrat, at the New York Times, and the paper's preeminent Op-Ed writer, seemed to have a difficult time choosing sides.  In an interview with CNN's Michael Smerconish, Friedman said this:  "The problem is I really don't want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened by this war, because they are two awful human beings.  They are both engaged in anti-democratic projects in their own countries...And so I really find myself torn.  I want to see Iran militarily defeated, but I do not want to see these two terrible people stengthened."

Just incredible.  Trump and Netanyahu were democratically elected.  The war is being fought by American troops and Israeli troops, against a regime that has murdered tens of thousands of its own people.  But Friedman can't decide if he should take the side of the United States of America versus The Islamic Republic of Iran.  Wow.  But let's assume for one minute that all the horrible things Friedman believes about Trump and Netanyahu are true.  So what?  Many of us can visualize the picture of FDR sitting with Churchill and Stalin in Yalta.  FDR and Churchill, two Western leaders of democracies met with the brutal dictator Stalin, in order to coordinate strategies to defeat Hitler.  Would Friedman be torn because, for that limited purpose of defeating Hitler, two Western leaders sided with Stalin?  It is beyond difficult to comprehend that Friedman does not know if he should hope for the victory of the United States.

You know who else is conflicted about a victory of the United States and Israel over Iran.  Almost the entire Senate Democratic caucus.  40 out of the 47 Senate Democrats voted to block the sale of arms to Israel in the middle of the war.  Who is the lone country fighting alongside the United States?  Israel.  By voting to block the arms sales, they were voting against the United States.  Jake Sullivan, former National Security Adviser to Joe Biden, said that those 40 Democrats "did the right thing."  These are all mainstream Democrats opposing a United States victory.  Hakeem Jeffries is the Democrat's Minority Leader in the House.  He has repeatedly said that the attack on Iran was a "reckless war of choice."  It matters not that every President from Bill Clinton forward said that Iran must not be allowed to get nuclear weapons.  Jeffries is fine with it.  It matters not to Jeffries the Americans killed and kidnapped by Iran and its proxies.  It matters not how often the Iranian leaders say "Death to America."  Let them get nukes.   

But who do mainstream Democrats support?  We know they supported socialist and Islamist Zohran Mamdani.  Graham Platner is the Democrat candidate for Senate in Maine, running against Susan Collins.  What do we know about Platner?  He had a Nazi tattoo on his chest, until he recently had it covered up.  He said that all cops are "bastards."  Like many Democrats, he accuses Israel of genocide and "exterminating" the people of Gaza.  (See the growth of the Gazan population in Part I.)  When Hamas killed Israeli soldiers, whose side did he take?  Hamas, of course.  He said the killing of those troops was "damn fine looking."  Add him to the list of Democrats who cheer on an Iranian (and their proxies) victory.  But surely mainstream Democrats push back on a guy like Platner.  You really think so?  Not only is he supported by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.  He is also supported by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.  Got that?  Just another example of "mainstream" Democrats aligning with Leftists and Islamists.  Because there is no longer any difference!  

Do you know who Hasan Piker is?  You should.  He is a Turkish Muslim, who says he was influenced by Recep Erdogan, the Islamist leader of Turkey.  Piker is on a social media site called Twitch.  During the week of the 2020 election he was the most watched streamer on Twitch.  At the 2024 Democratic National Convention he was given press credentials, and his election coverage garnered 7.5 million views.  He has worked with Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  What are his views?  He has called white people "crackers."  He said that "America deserved 9/11."  He later claimed that he was being satirical.  Nearly 3000 people, mostly Americans, were killed that day.  Nothing funny or satirical about it.  

Not surprisingly, he has all sorts of false claims about Israel.  Says that Israel is "fascist."  Of course, he claims that Israel is an "apartheid" state, and a "settler colonial" state.  He said he would "vote for Hamas over Israel every single time," because Hamas is the "lesser evil."  In fact, he claims that Hamas is "a thousand times better" than Israel.  He has said that Zionism needs to be eliminated.  Zionism is nothing other than a belief in a Jewish homeland.  Not only did he say we deserved 9/11, he also said that the "American empire is going to inevitably fall."  He is certainly doing his best to make it so.  

Piker called the fall of the Soviet Union "one of the greatest catastrophes of the twentieth century."  With regards to the events of October 7, 2023, Piker said "it doesn't matter if effing rapes happened," because the Israeli response was unjustified.  So, women being raped is not a problem for him.  And the illogic of his statement must have failed him.  What would he have said about the rapes before Israel fought back?  Probably the same thing, because it was just Jewish women being raped.  

Now, one might imagine, given all of his hate filled opinions about America and Israel, that he would be shunned by polite Democrat society.  One would be wrong.  He was invited to Oscar parties.  And was also invited to speak at Yale University.  There was a time when the elite universities were bastions of Western liberal (not Leftist) thought.  But having seen what has happened at Columbia and other "elite" universities, we know that they have become cesspools of anti-American and anti-Israel hate-filled propaganda.

So, just where is there a difference between radical Islamists, Leftists and Democrats?  You tell me.

Are We Living Through The Fall Of Western Civilization? Part I

I think a few generalities are in order.  It should be obvious to everyone that there are two main forces working against Western civilization - radical Islam and Leftism.  It should also be obvious that they usually work hand in hand against Western values.  And, while this next point is obvious to conservatives, I cannot say that it is for Democrats.  And that is - the Leftists and the Islamists have now taken over the Democrat party.  The most recent electoral example is Zohran Mamdani (a socialist and Islamist) becoming the Mayor of New York City, and gaining the support of many "mainstream" Democrats.  Because there is no distinction between mainstream Democrats and the Leftists and radical Islamists with whom they align themselves.  (I will address that further in Part II.)

First, however, I would like to make another obvious point, or one that should be obvious to everyone.  There are currently only two world leaders standing up and fighting for Western civilization:  Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.  I am well aware that those who hate Trump also hate Netanyahu.  Here are a few words from our European "allies."  British P.M. Keir Starmer:  "This is not our war.  We will not be drawn into the conflict."  Not your war?  Without nuclear weapons, Iran directly and through its proxies already destabilizes the Middle East.  What do you expect their pernicious capabilities will be with nukes?  

German P.M. Friedrich Merz agrees that Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons.  Yet, he publicly announced that Iran was "humiliating" the U.S.  Very helpful.  French President Emmanuel Macron, never one to be outdone, said our action against Iran was "unrealistic."  And that bombing alone will not work.  (I happen to agree that bombing alone will not work.)  But here is the interesting thing - Macron favors negotiations.  That is beyond hilarious.  Because the Europeans were the ones negotiating with Iran over Iran's nuclear program starting shortly after the turn of the century.  At that time the U.S. did not have direct contact with the Iranians.  Yet, through the years, and then the decades, Iran has feigned interest in negotiating, then stalled, then feigned interest again, and stalled again - all the while building up their nuclear facilities and centrifuges.  

So, we know that the Europeans do not care if the leading state sponsor of terrorism gets nuclear weapons.  They maybe think it would be a good thing if Israel was wiped off the map, and if New York and Washington were nuked.  I cannot leave Spain's P.M., Pedro Sanchez, out of this discussion.  "Spain, as you know, doesn't have nuclear bombs, aircraft carriers, or large oil reserves....we alone can't stop the Israeli offensive.  But that doesn't mean we won't stop trying."  Everyone get that?  If Spain had the capabilities, they would take up arms against the one Western style democracy in the Middle East in order to protect and defend the world's leading state sponsor of terror.  Would Spain also nuke Israel if they had nukes?  Maybe.  

And what does Sanchez mean by the Israeli "offensive?"  Israel fought back against the Hamas offensive of October 7, 2023.  But how dare they?  Isn't Israel committing genocide?  Honestly, I am so sick of hearing the word "genocide" tossed around so easily.  I believe I previously discussed all the things that the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) does to protect civilians.  I believe I previously discussed the tons of humanitarian aid (food and medical supplies) that Israel has allowed to enter Gaza during the current war.  When Israel vacated Gaza in 2005, the Gazan population was estimated at 1.35 to 1.4 million people.  In 2025, the estimate is 2,050,000 people.  That appears to be a reverse genocide.  Perhaps the Spanish P.M. is pining for the good old days of the Spanish Inquisition.    

Here is more from Spain's P.M.:  "China can do more...For example, by demanding as it is doing, that international law be respected and that the conflicts in Lebanon, Iran, Gaza and the West Bank and Ukraine cease."  China can do more?  China, which constantly does its best to undermine the West, and which does not adhere to the Western values of liberty and democracy and free speech.  That is who Spain looks to to lead the world.  And, clearly, Spain has no sense of fighting for Western values - values shared by Israel.  Those values are not shared by Iran, which has murdered tens of thousands of its own citizens because they were protesting for those Western values of freedom and liberty.  By all means, side with Iran.