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I recognize it has become acceptable because of its prevalence (similar to the acceptance of irregardless), but please, PLEASE, stop using the term geopolitical to refer to international relations. It has a specific meaning (please google it from a source that doesn't recognize its slang usage). It has become reporter/pundit shorthand for anything involving international interactions and it has subsumed an actual term in the process.

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The UN should long ago been disbanded. It is a metaphorical portal to hell, the East River- The River Styx.The only thing missing are wrought iron gates embellished with “ Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter” instead of Arbeit Macht Frei”.

If I could be granted a single wish, the UN Assembly , WEF DAVOS, WHO annual meeting, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission, the Mullahs celebrating Eid would all fall on the same day, at the same time, would have full attendance and a meteor shower would strike them all simultaneously

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If only the FP editors took this story to it's logical conclusion. Biden/Harris is doing nothing to stop Iranian plots in the US. They are doing nothing to stop Iranian direct and proxy attacks on Israel. Voting for them means you support their abandonment of Israel. But of course, dumping Biden/Harris and their ilk would mean not going to the trendy dinner parties.

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This is the kind of story that needs to appear in MSM. They all read TFP for ledes and outright story theft, but wouldn’t dare report meaningful stories like this.

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How is gods name do people justify this , these people are murders butchers and beyond justice at this point . How can any US administration justify this , of course Biden / Harris can , but how can our university's justify this support of these murders and yes they do . But lets all vote for Harris she will protect us ?

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Great article. There is no question that the regime in Iran is the worst in the world. They are insidious terrorists trying to build a world empire and killing anyone that gets in their way. President Trump never put up with them and it's one of many reasons we desperately need his leadership.

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Because the US (and Israel and the UK) continue to be part of (and fund!) the UN - an organisation that is morally bankrupt and diametrically opposed to our interests. Countries like Iran, China, Russia, North Korea gain enormous legitimacy from us being members of the same organisation. We are - literally - funding an organisation that is seeking to destroy us.

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The American people will soon make the enemy of our enemy our President again.

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To answer your headline question; because Biden/Harris fear their hamas wing more than they fear their Jewish wing. They know most American Jews hate Trump more than they love Israel and will support Harris knowing she will restrict arms to Israel as the Britts have.

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"They know most American Jews hate Trump" .... an unsubstantiated claim that seems to be colored by your own hate. Urbanites that are Catholic, Jews or Protestant tend to be Dem supporters and the evidence is by the fact that almost all cities are in the Red column, including Jackson Mississippi.

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Is making an unsubstantiated claim about unsubstantiated claim a double negative?

I don't understand your other points.

Hate is an emotional feeling. Supporting an administration and a candidate that are openly hostile to the nation of Israel and her people is using emotions instead reason to guide a rational selection.

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We should boot the entire antisemitic, America-hating enterprise that is the so-called "UN" the hell out of our country and withdraw our support for it.

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The larger cautionary lesson from Iran is how the “people” rose up in 1979 against the “repression “ of the Shah and ended up with a government that has set a new standard worldwide for coercive rule, corruption and the destruction of freedom. Clearly, the “people” (especially the women), didn’t get the freedom or change they were seeking in 1979. Americans would do well to pay attention to the current Biden-Harris administration which kowtows to and funds these Iranian thugs. Could it be because they hope to impose their own repressive regime, borrowing Iranian tactics such as censorship and the targeting political rivals, stoking fear and pitting citizens against each other with false claims of racism, white supremacy and the “death of democracy”? I think Iranians would agree: be careful what you vote for.

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“Iran sounds like a lovely inclusive open minded place to raise my daughters, I think I will move there”.

Said no progressive, ever.

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"That’s why, as some told me in recent days, they believe the U.S. has little choice but to test Pezeshkian’s rhetoric and see if his new government can really take steps to de-escalate tensions".

RFLMBO

biden and blinken test the Iranians? This administration has tested them and the Iranians have spent all the money we have sent them for evil purposes.

What does it take for progressives to understand, the Islamic terrorists are playing you for fools.

The irony, there could be no worse time for the Dems to be in charge. The Dems in charge are the reason, this time has come to be.

The Dems are the most fuc*ing stupid people that have ever walked this earth. I can find no other words to express the truth about Dems. From Clinton bombing aspirin factories, to Obama's red line crossed with chemical warfare, JCPOA, the ISIS JV, to biden the idiot who flies felons, murders, rapist and child sex abusers, into our country from other third world sh*tholes. . And no, eliminating Bin Laden does not even come close to showing you have any international smarts or backbones. I will pray we get saved from the Dems via the old fashioned Old Testament way.

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But Eli Lake likes to have the UN headquarters in New York! Listen to him - it brings great revenues to the city! Until it is completely destroyed...

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More reasons to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US. We have to protect Iranian thugs/diplomats when they're on our soil. The US pays $18 billion a year for the UN while we are $35 trillion in debt and counting. Not a big amount but a place to start. The current administration lies to itself and the American people about the necessity and effectiveness of the UN.

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"Netanyahu’s speech came before a largely empty U.N. chamber, after dozens of diplomats walked out when it was announced that Netanyahu was next to speak." (WSJ)

Well now we know where to NOT send US dollars for any type of aid. Support our friends and those against terrorists that rape, torture, and kill women and children. Support those that are against hiding killers underneath and among civilians and purposefully use those civilians as shields.

It's pretty simple. If the purpose of a group's existence is to "kill everyone of you" then that is a call for war. The side that calls the civilian shields before dropping bombs is civilized. The side that invades and FILMS the rape, torture, and killing of women, children, and other civilians so that there supporters can cheer them on are not civilized. What's to discuss?

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Common sense, no? And Kamala Harris hasn’t explained why she avoided Bibi’s speech to Congress.

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I watched Netanyahu's speech, and heard the boos and watched them walk out. Disgusting and maddening. His speech was the most statesmanlike thing I've seen in years. Agreed with Bob Darr; support Israel, full sanctions on Iran, cut back on or eliminate all money for the UN.

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