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Thousands of Americans are trapped in Afghanistan and the Taliban are crowing about their victory over the world’s lone superpower, but far-Left “journalist” David Rothkopf wants to make sure we keep our head and focus on the really dangerous threat out there. Rothkopf tweeted Friday: “The Taliban, all of them together, plus every Al Qaeda fighter in the world, do not pose the threat to the United States that Trump or Trumpist extremists do. Let’s maintain our perspective.”
Moral myopia this severe borders on the psychotic. Yet Rothkopf is not some antifa meth head scrawling ACAB on a post office in Portland. Instead, David Rothkopf is one of the cosseted elites, and a respected member of the foreign policy establishment: He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has taught at Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, as well as at Columbia and Georgetown. He is a regular on MSNBC and at the Daily Beast.
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nicholas tesdorf says
Trump and His Supporters are certainly the greatest threat that there is to the evil schemes of the Left and the Democrats.
mike says
glad we can live free in their heads
mortimer says
Agree with NT. Truly, the greatest threat to the conspiracy to suppress freedom of thought is the exposure of the plotters to the sunshine. David Rothkopf is nothing but the minion of power men like Jeff Zucker, Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg who build their own empires without any concern for the toiling masses. Rothkopf is the propaganda developer for globalist fascism.
mortimer says
David Rothkopf reminds me of Lavrentiy Beria who said, “Let our enemies know that anyone who attempts to raise a hand against the will of our people, against the will of the party of Lenin and Stalin, will be mercilessly crushed and destroyed.”
Globalists ‘Leftist’ Fascists like David Rothkopf are trying to limit the freedom of expression to doctrinaire party apparatchiks like himself. According to David Rothkopf, conservatives do not have a right to speak in public, teach in colleges, use social media or protest in the streets. Only the globalist left is allowed to use those venues. The globalist left ‘OWNS’ those venues … or so they believe.
David Rothkopf is indignant that anyone but his group of globalist fascists are getting their message out, so he DEMONIZES them.
David Rothkopf believes in the infallibility of his own ideas and his intolerance and arrogance allow no one to disagree..
mortimer says
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” – Lavrentiy Beria
“Show me the Trump supporter and I’ll demonize him.” – David Rothkopf
fadeye@yahoo.com says
…and should definitely be executed for treason to the USA! #SickOfTheseHatefulTraitors!
J D S says
3 Threats
Islam
Democrats (and some Republicans)
Viruses. Human and computer
CogitoErgoSum says
What we are seeing happening today is the result of about a century or so of trying to break the law of survival of the fittest and the smartest. Now that the least fit and the most dumb have been able to multiply to numbers so great that they are in the highest positions of authority, we are beginning to see that there is no longer left enough of the most fit and the smartest in the numbers necessary to keep the law from coming back into effect.
CogitoErgoSum says
Additionally, I think any nation based around a democracy that will tolerate any and all ideologies will always commit suicide. After a while all the tolerant people will have allowed enough intolerant people to exist within their country that the intolerant people will use their votes (or just sheer numbers) to end the democracy of the tolerant people. Then the process of throwing off tyranny and replacing it with democracy will have to be started all over again. Unfortunately for us, the U.S. seems to be at the point where its supporters of democracy have just about completed the process of committing suicide. To stop it from happening something extraordinary is going to have to occur.
gravenimage says
CogitoErgoSum, what are you advocating if you hate democracy?
And if you think that dealing with clueless democratically-elected forces is bad, try opposing totalitarian ones. Along with everything else, Hitler greatly admired Islam.
CogitoErgoSum says
Graven, I did not say I hate democracy – well, maybe I do when it comes to pure democracy (which is mob rule). I just said democracy will always lead to the suicide of the nation that practices it … or least practices it without some limits to it. The founders of the U.S. knew this so they made it harder for the mob to have its way completely … but I think they should have done more to keep people who hate democracy from being able to vote democracy away …. if that makes sense. Maybe not since my mind is not what it once was.
CogitoErgoSum says
You know, since I am aware that my brain is not what it once was maybe I’m not completely gone yet. When my brain goes completely I won’t know it. I don’t think Joe Biden knows it, or Nancy Pelosi, or Chuck Schumer. That is another problem for a country that makes living to be old more common – it starts to get too many old leaders who won’t admit they don’t think as well as they once did. Not having a leader under 35 is a good idea. Not having one over 70 is probably a good idea also.
gravenimage says
CogitoErgoSum, I do agree that mob rule is always a bad idea. And our inviting in hordes of people–Muslims especially–who hate democracy is suicidal.
This is not actually an indictment of democracy itself, though.
mortimer says
Further to CES … the globalist leftists use freedom to DENOUNCE and DEMONIZE the defenders of freedom, so that the globalist leftists may give themselves the right to remove the freedom of anyone who dissents.
The globalist left feels that no one should speak unless they support their current party line … this week’s party line, not LAST week’s party line.
gravenimage says
CogitoErgoSum, surely this is not some sort of demand for eugenics? Not murdering those who are less unfit is hardly the same as electing them to leadership positions. And the Fascists did just that–obviously this did not prevent self-destructive policies.
The problem is philosophical–not that there are not enough sane people to elect.
CogitoErgoSum says
No, it’s just the way the world works. I am not for killing the unfit … nature does that. Also in that regard, the nature of the philosophy that prevails over all the others depends upon the human brain’s capacity to formulate that philosophy and then get others to understand and accept it. The number of people who can’t understand a complicated philosophy has become too overwhelming for those who can. The the numbers will need to go back to being more in balance. I see it as an endless cycle which can’t be changed or broken.
gravenimage says
CogitoErgoSum wrote:
No, it’s just the way the world works. I am not for killing the unfit … nature does that.
……………….
I suppose if you mean preventing anyone from giving these individuals care then that is the case. (…)
But your idea that everyone born with a physical ailment is also developmentally disabled is mistaken.
And, your idea that all those who embrace harmful philosophies do so because they are developmentally disabled is also incorrect. In fact, many clueless leftists actually have quite high IQs. Intelligence and common sense are not always the same thing. And certainly, the sad state of our education system–particularly the infiltration of “wokeness”–is a real problem.
CogitoErgoSum says
I think my greatest weakness is my inability to express myself so that people understand me. Perhaps I am incapable of understanding myself. I think my time of commenting here is nearing an end.
somehistory says
CogitoErgoSum ,
Some of us understand you just fine. And I believe I know how you feel as I am frequently misunderstood. Online and sometimes in person, face to face.
I had a friend tell me once that part of my problem was that I was of higher intelligence than some others who took what I said the wrong way, or just “didn’t like” me.
Your contribution will be missed if you discontinue, but I’m approaching that time myself. Enough stress as it is with this life.
CogitoErgoSum says
I thought I was just describing the world the way it is. I don’t think people embrace evil philosophies because they are mentally disabled, I think it’s because it’s just easy for people to do that – and it’s wrong to assist people in embracing evil yet we are doing it more and more and calling it good. I don’t think we should kill the weak and disabled either but we are extending their lives and increasing their numbers to a point where it will eventually be unsustainable. My sense of decency tells me we must keep trying to save and extend every life we can so I feel terrible for thinking that way but still I sometimes wonder if it’s really the best thing to do. Oh, I hope I’m wrong even to allow myself such a thought as that and I’m just in a dark mood right now which will pass come tomorrow. The wheel goes round and sometimes you win and sometimes you lose but still overall it seems like a rigged game to me with the nature of this world always winning in the end no matter what we do. Again, maybe that’s nonsense and lately I’ve been telling myself at least once a day I will never give up – but I’m too tired right now to think more about it and so I am turning in for the night. I hope for a better tomorrow.
I hope you both, Gravenimage and Somehistory, have a better tomorrow too.
James Lincoln says
C.E.S.,
Please continue to post here at Jihad Watch.
Although posters may not always agree, your input is valuable.
gravenimage says
CogitoErgoSum, you express yourself very well, and I always look for your posts.
A disagreement on a couple of points here *does not* mean I don’t want you to continue to post. Besides, I often think that debate helps us to work through and clarify our positions.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
There is no form of perfect government. If a dictatorship happens to be fair, just, worked for the people, free from corruption, were knowledgeable in what they were doing, I could live with that.
If the media had been infiltrated by them to sway public opinion, used to slander their opponents or frame them in order to destroy their credibility. If that dictatorship comprised of corrupt officials, who lied or enriched themselves by voting or opposing laws or using insider information in order to enrich themselves. I would do what any reasonable person would do… oppose them.
That would go for a democracy, or representative governments.
CogitoErgoSum, you are a good person, carry on doing what you do, speak your own mind, you are a free person and God Bless you. The reason why we do not have perfect government is because we are imperfect.
gravenimage says
Malcolm, with all respect, I have never seen such a dictatorship–I think the “enlightened despot” is pretty much a myth, although some are of course worse than others.
And even if this unicorn *did* come along, the fact that there would be no mechanism to curb any injustice from his successor would still be an issue.
As bad as things are now, the idea that we would be better off under a totalitarian dictatorship seems pretty iffy.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
@ gravenimage
Never said there was one. This is what I said: “There is no form of perfect government. If a dictatorship happens ……”
gravenimage says
“Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried”
–Winston Churchill
DrMorose says
I would love to see them live with the Taliban or Al-Qaeda. Lets see how fast they change that ignorant tune.
gravenimage says
Leftist Journo: Taliban and al-Qaeda Combined Aren’t as Big a Threat as Trump and His Supporters
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Trump Derangement Syndrome at its finest…
More stupidity from David Rothkopf here:
“Our Reaction to Terrorism Is More Dangerous Than the Terrorists”
The problem stems not from the terrorists directly but from the conflicts and instability that are being left in the wake of our responses to their attacks.
https://carnegieendowment.org/2015/11/25/our-reaction-to-terrorism-is-more-dangerous-than-terrorists-pub-62125
He considers any concern over terrorism “overstated”. He is also convinced–or is trying to convince us–that Jihad terror is caused by any defence against Jihad terror. Bad dhimmis!
Wellington says
Proving yet again that the Western Left is becoming dumber and more unhinged by the year.
Biggest problem here is that the Western Left has taken over the educational system almost entirely and so the West is now raising the most uninformed, actually stupidest, generation in all of Western history (but said younger generation sure know i-phones and the like—but to what profit if civilization’s soul is lost?).
Gotta’ change. Soon like. Better.
As for old stupid farts like Rothkopf, they will never learn and so the sooner they die a natural death the better—they have become worse than useless. Oh yeah, it’s that stupidest of decades, the 1960’s, coming to still haunt us once again.
If one prizes real liberty, common sense and a proper moral order, one must despise the 1960’s. The decade wasn’t all bad but it came mighty close to being so. Hate it. After all, it did so much damage and what’s left of the best of the West is still trying to reverse the enormous harm the 60’s caused.
Westman says
Call me a cynic, Wellington. I don’t think the dissolution can be reversed with anything less than an event that requires every American to work together for survival. We are too rich and personal life is too insular. No one is without food and clothing unless mentally impared, on drugs, or too stupid to sign their name. There is very little appreciation for what we already have, every new level becoming trite in the lust for more – as corporate interests dangle shiny new promises of fake Nirvana. And our national “leaders” – their corruption shines brightly, unable to be hidden, in a world of instant communication.
john smith says
Wellington I recognize your intelligence, but why do you believe one must despise the 1960’s? Was there not a movement of peace and love in the sixties, surely that had to be good thing. Such a movement could never develop in an islamic country as they all have a culture of war and hate. And so many beautiful songs came out of the sixties, a clear reflection as to the era in which they were written.
I am not trying to say that everything was hunky dory in the sixties, far from it. There was the Vietnam war to contend with, the arms race, and tensions were high with Russia. But at the same time I believe there was a lot of love going around in the sixties, and people really did want to change the world. Sadly they failed.
Westman says
The 1960s “revolution” failed tto change the world because it ignored reality about human nature – whose priority is competition(survival and comfort) above sharing or sacrifice for the unrelated. There are, or course, in the minority, numerous exceptions.
Communal living created a band of “equals” but was unable to create a comfort snd safety level equal to capitalism. The USSR failed for the same reasons.
I observed the love in Haight-Ashbury; also the begging in Golden Gate Park, sidewalks with a grease strip, and immature fathers who liked “free sex” yet would not “go the distance” for their families.
Many interesting changes came from the 1960s in music and culture, yet, in the end, that generation became the most capitalistic in history. The 1960s were a great ride for experiment and testing the limits of liberalism. The lasting society changes, however, came from young people who used their intelligence to create the semiconductor industry and put humans on the moon.
The 1960s are a great nostalgia, a time my children never knew, that appear, like the Islamic desire to return to the “Golden days of Islam”, to be real, yet is a mirage composed of only the most desirable elements.
john smith says
True Westman, all was explained perfectly in that first sentence of yours.
gravenimage says
John, a lot of the legacy of the 1960s was sadly *anything* but peace and love–Jim Jones and People’s Temple, the Black Panthers, out of control drug use, etc etc.
john smith says
Totally agree Gravenimage there was a load of shit going on in the sixties, but what I was trying to point out was- It wasn’t all negative, there was also a beautiful movement of peace and love.
gravenimage says
I agree it wasn’t *all* bad.
Wellington says
I refer to Westman’s response, john smith, respecting the 1960’s. As you yourself stated, Westman’s first sentence pretty much says it all. I would add that the 1960’s reveals a deeply ingrained narcissism often masquerading as altruism. It was a decade that failed to appreciate what had come before it. It was a time of self-absorption and we are still living with that legacy.
Diane Harvey says
“He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations”
That says it all. When your objective is to have world government, messy things like limited government based on a strict reading of the Constitution are an impediment. And people who espouse such sentiments are of course enemies.
jewdog says
This guy should be airdropped into Afghanistan and left there, along with the MSNBC crew. That should give them a little perspective.
somehistory says
This is just about too stupid to even be aired in public. What balderdash and what pigswill.
He probably…if he does any outside things at all…walks down the same streets, goes in the same grocery stores, etc. as those he is claiming are more to be feared than al queda and the taliban…combined.
Yes, of course, we all know that a person who voted for Mr. Trump, or even may now wish they had, is ready at any moment to jump out with long sword or machete and lop off heads because …or kill their wives over burned toast…or chase all those believing in a “Golden Rule” into the Smokies or Rockies…
Unhinged, per Wellington, above.
Is anyone sure he was ever “hinged”? Really, he’s wise in his own mind, what there seems to be of it. He must not be getting enough attention from the places where he is often seen.
The taliban has given biden…the U.S. essentially…till the end of the month to have everyone out “or else.”
Guessing that they have operatives now in the U.S. to carry out the threat here as well as kill any American they may find there.
Someone needs to ask this fool, “What is the “or else” that Mr. Trump’s supporters have given biden and company? And by what deadline?”
“not some antifa meth head”…..Can’t really be sure about that as they all wear complete masks and all dress the same. He could easily fit right in with those thinking as he speaks.
In my opinion of his mental capacity, he has crossed the “border” into the “psychotic.”
People such as he, with the platform he has, are a danger to everyone.
Jayell says
‘Taliban and Al-Qaeda aren’t as big a threat as Trump and his supporters’? Threat to what and whom, abd why, precisely? In the context of 70 years ago, isn”t that rather similar to asseritng that Hitler and Mussolini weren’t as big a threat as Churchill & Co.? How might that statement have been explained?
gravenimage says
Jayell, hard as it seems to believe, there actually were those who made this claim in the 1930s, praising Fascism as “modern” and castigating Churchill and others who warned about the Nazis as “hysterical”, or–even more grotesquely–as “warmongers”.
ConstantineXI says
Many liberals don’t understand Trump or conservatives. And these same liberals won’t lift a finger to help gays or women in Sharia dominated countries. Frankly, many of these people are simply brainwashed and out of it mentally.
JDow says
OK, genius, just what threat to the US do Trump supporters provide? What is the specific danger? Can you name ONE that cannot be refuted in seconds? Simple assertion is not proof.
{^_^}
wpm says
The main threat from Trump supporters is they want to vote Democrats out of office. Trump supporters want to have fair elections ,Trump supporters want to have voter rolls accurate and clean up. Trump supporters do not want massive mail in voting, voting harvesting, voting extending to months after election day. Trump supporters do not want people in jail voting, people who are dead and bury for years voting. Trump supporters do not want illegal aliens voting or non-citizens voting. All this is a threat to the current crop of Democrats in office, and you are labeled by the MSM as a racist ,Nazi ,and now an un-American “Terrorist” is you think this way .So shut up, mask up ,woke up and march along with the crowd or face unemployment, death threats, social isolation, get you vaccine passport your papers in order that we add latter on your political groups you belong to, track were you go who you meet what you spend money on a brave new social rating system we will decide (the government ) what freedoms you get like the do in China now.
Rooster says
LOL. he’s absolutely correct! If the free willed people of America decide to take charge of the stupidity in America then they can and no military can stop them.
OLD GUY says
What an IDIOT! Hate to tell him it wasn’t the Trump followers killing and burning cities in America or allowing criminal gangs to move anyone and everything across our southern border.
From a Trump supporter GOD BLESS AMERICA and the FREEDOM that America offers mankind.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
He’s right, the white nationalist racial supremacist is the “existential” threat to us. There are hundreds of thousands of armed cells of white supremacists seeking to overthrow the U.S. government. The FBI and the DHS have cited this, and are spending major resources to apprehend these miscreants.
The use of China, ANTIFA, BLM and even the Moslems as threats isn’t real, it’s a ploy by the conservative dominated media complex to throw attention off of the white supremacist revolutionaries who are actually killing innocents. Remember the insurrection on January 6. It’s all so obvious.
gravenimage says
Ha ha
Rarely says
There are “nut cases” at the extreme ends of just about any issue. Somewhat charitably they are called “extremists” and they give a bad name to otherwise legitimate movements. The result is often a backlash from the other side — knee-jerk reactions which become deeply entrenched — and polarization occurs. The conversation becomes that of the extremists. Whatever side one might take I believe it is a good idea to be open-minded enough to see what is beneficial on the other side and how those ideas can actually improve society and should be embraced.
The extremists must not be allowed to control the discussion. I believe there are enough sane moderates on both sides to make that happen.
A bit Utopian? Perhaps but it sure beats civil war.
gravenimage says
Rarely, if you are talking about Democrats I agree.
If you are talking about the Taliban, not so much…