Vance's mask is off

#NeverVance

The vile lies coming out of JD Vance’s mouth regarding Israel, a proxy for Jews, have been refuted by abler pens than mine. In particular, I recommend Bob Goldberg’s column from yesterday.

JD Vance Should Thank Israel Instead of Trash Talking the Jewish State

Bob’s column is the rational response, the point-by-point refutation. Danny Zaken, writing in Israel Hayom, sees a bigger picture, in a column entitled “You could have been the greatest president of all, but you failed”.

There is so much wrong with this MOU (memorandum of understanding), which is less than a treaty (and even the latter is subject to hudna, as I discussed earlier). I am interested, however, in the implications for the direction of our politics and our culture, as well as America’s international reputation.

Let’s be brutally honest. America has abandoned allies for decades. Foreigners whose ideals are shaped by the Bible, US Declaration of Independence, and US Constitution imagine that American society functions in accordance with those ideals. “A man’s word is his bond”, and all that.

What happens to Trump’s reputation in the Middle East, a society shaped by ancient concepts of honor and loyalty? Countries like the United Arab Emirates would be foolish to trust Trump promises when his family’s business development enterprises are at stake. All countries will need to hedge their bets with America under its mercurial leadership. Xi and Putin must be gloating.

JD Vance is willing to tell lies about Israel, using dog-whistles to the kook right. This is combined with open hostility and violence from most of the left. In both parties, the silence of the moderates is deafening. I did not vote for a Tucker Carlson - Nick Fuentes - Candace Owens puppet, but it looks like that is what I got.

Trump is crazy to be led astray by the caterwauling of the kook right, whose noise makes up for their small numbers. He has had the steadfast support of mainstream conservatives throughout this war, until he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The leader of the free world could not stomach more than 3 months of gasoline above $4 per gallon.

The comment sections on the blogs and on X are hijacked by Chinese bots trying, successfully, to disrupt American unity. They do so posing as “America first”, even lecturing me how Israel needs to get along with its “neighbours”. America first - really? Our British cousins may know that we Americans altered the spelling of words like color, favor, flavor, honor, labor, neighbor, and so on, so I do not worry about “America first” people scolding me about my “neighbours”.

Trump backed down. Yes, he chickened out. He cancelled some military operations, because of the risk of casualties. In contrast to the Carlson-Fuentes-Jones-Owens-Peters-Vance lies, it was actually Israel that took on military risks to protect American lives and interests; it was Israel that avenged the Hezbollah killings of American soldiers, not America itself.

This is a long war, one that will drag out for centuries. This war is not just against the Jews. It is against all non-Muslims.

If Vance’s isolationist coup is successful, many mainstream Republicans may well sit out the 2026 and 2028 elections. If Vance is the 2028 Republican presidential nominee, I am certain that I will never vote for him, no matter who his opponent may be. The resulting Republican losses will then be blamed on the Jews.

But God will not be deceived; God has made the rules clear in Genesis 12:3 and elsewhere throughout the Bible. Persecute the Jews at your own risk. Just ask the Roman Empire, the Spanish Empire, the Nazis, and the Soviet Union.

I am holding out hope for the true MAGA executive, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as the Republican presidential nominee in 2028. That year is also an opportunity for the Democrats to win a landslide if they nominated their only sane politician, Senator John Fetterman.

If both major parties nominate their wingnuts (Vance and Harris presumably), there might be hope for a DeSantis-Fetterman independent ticket. Senator Joe Lieberman was able to win election as an independent, so why not at the presidential level as well?