Strange, how upside down it feels to be an American these days. Surreal and sad. So much promise appears to have been wasted these last few decades on greed and endless war. Life seems inscrutable as GAZA continues to be ethnically cleansed by Israel and the US. Countless children shot in the head, so the Israelis can now have some new beach front property. I'm sure it's worth a lot of money to someone. Isn't that what life is about? Money? Making money?
Yes, the American dream wasn't supposed to be just about making money but to have decent family life and freedom of speech. It's ironic that the US supported the incarceration, mental torture and plot to assassinate the true journalist of conscience Julian Assange for doing his job by reporting the inconvenient truth about war crimes.
awesome straightforward and accurate thank you guys and I appreciate Dr. Mearsheimer dry sense of humor. "they must've flunked strategy 101". haha I look forward to this every week. It's really the most serious and intellectual dialogue available. God bless you, both Judge and Professor
Prof. Most sincere thanks and respect from Germany. I always watch y
Ou and the Judge and it’s my favorite combination! And it’s not that easy if I consider the other guests Col. MacGregor, Scott Ritter, Prof. Sachs, Larry Johnson, Ray MacGovern and Alastair Crooke. Much love and all the best
The Judge has assembled one of the most interesting and varied groups of individuals in media today. Among those, yours is a powerful and important voice, as the balance is shifting rapidly away from the old order. I try whenever possible to smuggle a link to your programs into venues like the NYTimes, but their vigilance in guarding the ignorance of their readers is formidable.
Mr. Mearsheimer, although you recognize Israel is implementing a genocide this is the second time that I am aware you refer to what is going on in Gaza as a war, a long war. They are implementing a genocide which has gone on for more then a year, and I don't think it should be referenced as a war ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From the beginning they have used the attack by Hamas as an opportunity to get rid of a people, and are guilty of ignoring the warnings provided by a number of sources that an attack was going to take place and were conveniently absent for much that day giving Hamas more time to kill, not to mention implementing the Hannibal elective killing their own people.
John Mearsheimer, I came to your lectures and interviews via 84 years of living through the US-incited wars and coups (many, maybe most, of which I did not know about when they were being waged,) Herman and Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent," Chalmers Johnson's "Blowback," and a little book by I.F. Stone, his follow-up to "Underground to Palestine," which I discovered on the shelves of our local public library in the aftermath of 9/11, when I was browsing for information on the Middle East. Frankly, I find the 'realist' position to be an uncomfortable one, running contrary to the views of almost all of my family, friends, and neighbors. But, I yam what I yam. And I thank you and the Judge (I can't believe I listen regularly to an ex-Fox Newscaster!) for being willing to state these views loudly, publicly and with increasing regularity.
I look forward to your conversations with Judge Nap. Thank you for your insight. You were both great speakers at the Ron Paul Institute’s Liberty Platform conference in Dulles this past August.
Agree. The Judge really is a work horse! Airs 3-5 interviews every day, and all very high quality. I love how each interview is only around 30 minutes. Very digestible. His lineup of regulars, including you, Professor Mearsheimer, is top rate!
I’m not happy about the fact that Trump won the election. But I’m not unhappy about the fact that Kamala Harris lost.
This is because when given the chance to move toward being on the right side of history, not only with the situation in Ukraine but also, more obviously, with the situation in Israel, Kamala failed miserably.
& Thank-You to you, as well, John Mearsheimer for your great contributions!! We are fortunate to have you, the Judge and an assortment of other academics and independent news journalists that keep us informed!!! 🙏🏽♥️
Speaking of mainstream media which has failed the country, it feels like deja vu all over again. In my last post, I quote Walter Lippmann's 1920 study examining the objectivity and neutrality of press coverage, specifically The New York Times' portrayal of the Russian Revolution. Very relevant to the war in Ukraine today, here's the quote:
"In the large, the news about Russia is a case of seeing not what was, but what men wished to see. (...) The chief censor and the chief propagandist were hope and fear in the minds of reporters and editors. They wanted to win the war; they wanted to ward off bolshevism. (...) For subjective reasons they accepted and believed most of what they were told by the State Department, (...) reports of governmentally controlled news services abroad, and of correspondents who were unduly intimate with the various secret services and with members of the old Russian nobility. From the point of view of professional journalism the reporting of the Russian Revolution is nothing short of a disaster. On the essential questions the net effect was almost always misleading, and misleading news is worse than none at all. (...) They were performing the supreme duty in a democracy of supplying the information on which public opinion feeds, and they were derelict in that duty. Their motives may have been excellent. They wanted to win the war; they wanted to save the world. They were nervously excited by exciting events. They were baffled by the complexity of affairs, and the obstacles created by war. But whatever the excuses, the apologies, and the extenuation, the fact remains that a great people in a supreme crisis could not secure the minimum of necessary information on a supremely important event." https://triangulation.substack.com/p/the-inside-outside-view-asymmetry
I watched this on Wednesday when it aired. Two great gentlemen. Im extremely thankful to you both.
Common sense is such a hard thing to find these days. Thank you for being the voice of reason in an ocean of lost minds.
Strange, how upside down it feels to be an American these days. Surreal and sad. So much promise appears to have been wasted these last few decades on greed and endless war. Life seems inscrutable as GAZA continues to be ethnically cleansed by Israel and the US. Countless children shot in the head, so the Israelis can now have some new beach front property. I'm sure it's worth a lot of money to someone. Isn't that what life is about? Money? Making money?
Yes, the American dream wasn't supposed to be just about making money but to have decent family life and freedom of speech. It's ironic that the US supported the incarceration, mental torture and plot to assassinate the true journalist of conscience Julian Assange for doing his job by reporting the inconvenient truth about war crimes.
Finally he is in his own country and free from harassment by the US. The threats against him by the US were truly shameful!
awesome straightforward and accurate thank you guys and I appreciate Dr. Mearsheimer dry sense of humor. "they must've flunked strategy 101". haha I look forward to this every week. It's really the most serious and intellectual dialogue available. God bless you, both Judge and Professor
Prof. Most sincere thanks and respect from Germany. I always watch y
Ou and the Judge and it’s my favorite combination! And it’s not that easy if I consider the other guests Col. MacGregor, Scott Ritter, Prof. Sachs, Larry Johnson, Ray MacGovern and Alastair Crooke. Much love and all the best
The Judge has assembled one of the most interesting and varied groups of individuals in media today. Among those, yours is a powerful and important voice, as the balance is shifting rapidly away from the old order. I try whenever possible to smuggle a link to your programs into venues like the NYTimes, but their vigilance in guarding the ignorance of their readers is formidable.
Thank you a thousand times, and happy holidays.
Mr. Mearsheimer, although you recognize Israel is implementing a genocide this is the second time that I am aware you refer to what is going on in Gaza as a war, a long war. They are implementing a genocide which has gone on for more then a year, and I don't think it should be referenced as a war ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From the beginning they have used the attack by Hamas as an opportunity to get rid of a people, and are guilty of ignoring the warnings provided by a number of sources that an attack was going to take place and were conveniently absent for much that day giving Hamas more time to kill, not to mention implementing the Hannibal elective killing their own people.
A war????????????????????
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/11/30/live-israeli-attacks-kill-nearly-100-in-gaza-as-hunger-grips-enclave
Thank you for wisdom and kindness in analyzing the lies we are being forced to accept.
John Mearsheimer, I came to your lectures and interviews via 84 years of living through the US-incited wars and coups (many, maybe most, of which I did not know about when they were being waged,) Herman and Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent," Chalmers Johnson's "Blowback," and a little book by I.F. Stone, his follow-up to "Underground to Palestine," which I discovered on the shelves of our local public library in the aftermath of 9/11, when I was browsing for information on the Middle East. Frankly, I find the 'realist' position to be an uncomfortable one, running contrary to the views of almost all of my family, friends, and neighbors. But, I yam what I yam. And I thank you and the Judge (I can't believe I listen regularly to an ex-Fox Newscaster!) for being willing to state these views loudly, publicly and with increasing regularity.
I look forward to your conversations with Judge Nap. Thank you for your insight. You were both great speakers at the Ron Paul Institute’s Liberty Platform conference in Dulles this past August.
Agree. The Judge really is a work horse! Airs 3-5 interviews every day, and all very high quality. I love how each interview is only around 30 minutes. Very digestible. His lineup of regulars, including you, Professor Mearsheimer, is top rate!
I’m not happy about the fact that Trump won the election. But I’m not unhappy about the fact that Kamala Harris lost.
This is because when given the chance to move toward being on the right side of history, not only with the situation in Ukraine but also, more obviously, with the situation in Israel, Kamala failed miserably.
Painfully true.
I am a sane “leftie” who watches the Judge as he is grounded with excellent guests. Watch other intelligent independent folks.
& Thank-You to you, as well, John Mearsheimer for your great contributions!! We are fortunate to have you, the Judge and an assortment of other academics and independent news journalists that keep us informed!!! 🙏🏽♥️
The reason we’re in so much trouble in places like Ukraine and Israel is because we didn’t follow John’s advice over the past few decades…
Speaking of mainstream media which has failed the country, it feels like deja vu all over again. In my last post, I quote Walter Lippmann's 1920 study examining the objectivity and neutrality of press coverage, specifically The New York Times' portrayal of the Russian Revolution. Very relevant to the war in Ukraine today, here's the quote:
"In the large, the news about Russia is a case of seeing not what was, but what men wished to see. (...) The chief censor and the chief propagandist were hope and fear in the minds of reporters and editors. They wanted to win the war; they wanted to ward off bolshevism. (...) For subjective reasons they accepted and believed most of what they were told by the State Department, (...) reports of governmentally controlled news services abroad, and of correspondents who were unduly intimate with the various secret services and with members of the old Russian nobility. From the point of view of professional journalism the reporting of the Russian Revolution is nothing short of a disaster. On the essential questions the net effect was almost always misleading, and misleading news is worse than none at all. (...) They were performing the supreme duty in a democracy of supplying the information on which public opinion feeds, and they were derelict in that duty. Their motives may have been excellent. They wanted to win the war; they wanted to save the world. They were nervously excited by exciting events. They were baffled by the complexity of affairs, and the obstacles created by war. But whatever the excuses, the apologies, and the extenuation, the fact remains that a great people in a supreme crisis could not secure the minimum of necessary information on a supremely important event." https://triangulation.substack.com/p/the-inside-outside-view-asymmetry