Yves Engler is the author of 13 books. His latest book, available now, is "Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy”.
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What’s so bad about the book/author?
What is the title of his newest book?
Are you trying to be funny? I’m asking a genuine question.
and I’m using the Socratic method to answer it.
Just say you haven’t read the book and don’t know what you’re talking about.
I wouldn’t waste my time reading a book written by an uneducated criminal. In this case, the title makes it clear their agenda.
The heck are you on about?
If you haven’t read the book, you’re not in a position to talk about it. I am also not in a position to talk about it as I also have not read the book, but I am not judging it by its cover.
Also nice strawman.
Oookeeeh then.
I’ve had enough of this crap. Filtering anything to do with Middle East conflicts for good. I have no vested interest in the area at all.
The Middle East is strategically important, so the West can’t just ignore it. But it doesn’t make sense to get emotionally involved in what happens there. The protests against Israel do not make sense to me given the wider context in the region.
I know it isn’t a popular position right now, but I believe the Israelis are correct in their assessment that Hamas needs to be thoroughly crushed. True, it is only a short-term remedy because Iran will simply fund another generation of jihadis, but it may give Israel another decade or two of relative peace. Hamas only wants one thing and that is to destroy Israel. Hezbollah is similar and also needs to be crushed and Lebanon liberated, but that is a more difficult job that’ll have to wait. Both Hezbollah and Hamas are so thoroughly entrenched in their ideology and, more importantly, in a black market economy, that they will never become legitimate state actors.
So, how does the situation with Iran and their proxies get resolved? Peace processes have been tried for decades only to be scuttled by extremists. The West has sanctioned the hell out of Iran and yet they are still able to supply their proxies with tens of thousands of rockets. Protesters say that Israel needs to give the Palestinians their own state and then the hostilities will end. Yes, that’s a nice goal, but I don’t believe for a second that Iran will stop fomenting violence against Israel no matter how many concessions the Israelis make to the Palestinians. Does anyone, in their heart of hearts, truly believe that Iran will ever stop funding terrorism against Israel and the West as long as the Ayatollahs are in charge? Will any amount of justice for Palslestine appease the Ayatollahs? I don’t think so.
I hate to say it because war is the worst way to solve conflicts, but I suspect that the Middle East will remain a violent stalemate until the Ayatollahs are removed from power.
I guess I wasn’t clear. You’re blocked now.
