Could, perhaps, might. And given the Jewish diaspora. possibly will? Moreover, given that as an outcome, send the same diaspora right back to, the night of glass, in pre-war Germany?

As they then become the convenient scapegoat for inhumanity to another reviled latino diaspora?

And a perfect storm that serves the KKK, white supremacists and neo-nazis everywhere?

Except for those recently "winning" power in Brazil? where the police can now, shoot to kill once again, with complete impunity?
Alan B.

President Trump made promises only Emporer Trump can deliver. And given his alleged connections with Russian interests and their alleged involvement in the most recent Presidential elections?

Emporer Trump may find his tenure truncated by an impeachment? Along with plans for a border fence. Not really a bad idea, given the amount of steel that would require.

Personally, I believe the best model would be the Berlin wall complemented by double rows of razor wire with guard towers and guards equipped with searchlights plus machine guns. Not to keep the Latinos out, but rather the KKK, white supremacists, red neck neo-nazis in. All the rotten eggs in one basket, so to speak? And welcome!
Alan B.

There's another list, I need you in particular David, to draw your attention to! And that list was Schindler's List. A list that was arguably the biggest scam in history?

And saved Hundreds of Jewish families from the Nazi gas chambers. The consequences, thousands of descendants, who just would have never ever been born, but for that magnificent and most ethical scam!

Today, there is another ethical list that seeks by various means to whisk completely innocent Latinos to more healthy climes, preferably through the front door as legal migrants of exemplary character.

Some former serving soldiers and border guards, seen as fine as cannon fodder and in harm's way, or as the illegal wet backs harvesting the salad crops etc for America. And as their servants, nannies and table waiters for a draft dodging red neck community?

And any other job just too dirty for "native" Americans?

This legal movement of Dreamers opposed by various cohorts, who just want to send them back to where they came from or use them against their wishes as fodder for the politics of a most malicious cohort of militant feminists.

Not above a whole range of dirty tricks, some of which include the deprivation of liberty or privacy, as they achieve their ends via computer hacking and the imposition of false flags that make this or that perfectly legal transaction into a nightmare scenario that can take months to sort!

Read my Facebook page.

If the red neck community want them out? Why not make it easier for those of good character and more than welcome in various other English speaking communities, to leave? Via a new modern version of Schindler's list. Albeit, with many thousands of modern variants.
Alan B.

I was surprised to see $2166m to Russia on that list, so I followed the link to find out why. Turns out most of that is spent on Nuclear Smuggling Detection & Deterrence. That's very strongly in America's interest - far more so than the border wall.

And that raises an important issue: Much of America's aid spending is in the interests of the USA rather than the recipient countries. If the spending is stopped, it's America that could suffer most.

Also included in the Russia figure is a $2.1m Contribution to Fund Certain Activities Related to Processing Individuals Requesting Refugee Status and Resettlement in the United States.

And that highlights a second flaw in David's strategy: some of the spending is against the interests of the recalcitrant governments. Cutting it would be doing what they want, while disadvantaging innocent people.

Still throwing a tantrum like in your last article David?

"These 21 states were major players in humiliating Trump - when an American sponsored resolution in the United Nations General Assembly seeking to condemn Hamas and other militant groups for indiscriminately targeting Israel's predominantly Jewish civilian population since 2007 failed to secure the required two-third's majority earlier determined as necessary for its passage."

So you want the US to impose collective punishment on the citizens of those 21 countries for failing to support a US-led Pro-Israel agenda?
You wish to use the full force of the United States to punish any state that didn't stand with Israel?

"Trump has warned on many occasions that those who receive money from America – yet do not support America diplomatically – stand to lose financially as a result."

That's not supporting US interests, it's supporting Israeli interests.

"Trump has already ominously warned those countries that humiliated him on the Hamas Resolution that they could be in the firing line for reductions in their annual foreign aid as a result of not voting with America."

Well Sheldon Adelson funded his campaign and was with Trump at the opening of the illegal US embassy in Jerusalem, what do you expect? You don't fund a Presidential campaign and get nothing in return right?

"This threat becomes increasingly more likely as the Democrats dig in their heels and refuse to give the President the $5 billion he needs to build the border wall – one of the President's cardinal promises made in the 2016 election campaign that has been frustrated by the Democrats from the day Trump became President."

Trump should build the wall;
But maybe he should use the money the US citizens give to Israel instead?

"Trump can also look at defunding:"

Before I turn the page let me guess;
- Punish more contries than did not bend the knee to Israel?

David's articles are becoming more and more on the nose.
I'd rather spend my time with something worthwhile other than this skewed rot.

Spies, Treachery and Selling Out Palestine to Zionist Israel
http://youtu.be/WRQB7nzaqE4

“If the President does not secure the border wall funding from Congress – then those countries that humiliated Trump could well see their foreign aid in 2019 slashed from their 2017 levels.&

There is absolutely no reason why the U.S should be funding any of those basket case, anti-American cesspools at all. Same applies to any Western country.

“Trump is determined to protect Americans against illegal immigration – and no one will be allowed to stand in his way of making America great again”.

And that's why Americans voted for Trump - not because he is a saint, but because they like what he offered. He has kept his promises (how unlike a politician) wherever he has not been blocked by childish, vengeful Democrats. The Wall is one of those blocked promises.

Hey Aiden;

"Nuclear Smuggling Detection & Deterrence"

Yes and No.

- That's so members of US Deep State can smuggle their own HEU and Yellow Cake with the infrastructure to track it everywhere so that THEY don't get caught; and with taxpayers footing the bill for the infrastructure.

You need to find out about Megatones to Megawatts and the missing 14 tonnes of HEU Hillary stole, not to mention that they did not down-blend it all, it was resold to run nuclear naval reactors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatons_to_Megawatts_Program

http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/04/clinton-foundation-becoming-radioactive/

It's in here - read it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/TruthLeaks/comments/7tawgh/transcript_of_george_webb_video_series_part_253/
http://www.reddit.com/r/TruthLeaks/comments/7sudmc/transcript_of_george_webb_video_series_part_252/

George Webb - related video playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ffD3hbNMo&list=PLqQQFOVUZBLj8Xv_aeGITxmuQb5AhVPRe

- You wouldn't know any of this because you think the sun shines from Hillary's a-hole -

Megatons To Megawatts In Ukraine Came Before Uranium One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbwsCduViog

Hard US cash doesn't necessarily demand pro Israel votes by independent countries at the UN.

I am somewhat suspicious why US military aid and loans to Israel, amounting to more than US$38 Billion over ten years, has been excluded by the author. Much of that money to Israel could fund Trump's new-age Berlin-Gaza-like Border Wall.

Does the fact that Israel is in political lockstep with the rightwing Trump Administration remove the issue of generous, and un-ending US arms and other aid to Israel.

If the author had included the following his arguments might be more convincing http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf

"At a signing ceremony at the State Department on September 14, 2016, representatives of the

U.S. and Israeli governments signed a new 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on

military aid covering FY2019 to FY2028. Under the terms of the MOU, the United States pledges

to provide $38 billion in military aid ($33 billion in Foreign Military Financing grants plus

$5 billion in missile defense appropriations) to Israel. This MOU replaces a previous $30 billion

10-year agreement, which runs through FY2018."

Hear, and well said Pete. Happy new year to one and all!
Alan B.

I am a fan of The Donald. By previous standards he is at times "unpresidential" but there has been so much crap sent to the world with an impeccable "presidential" style that he has been needed to get people thinking again. Sadly too many people are over reacting to him, not thinking about the things we all need to think about.

I wrote this in praise of President Trump last June: https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2018/06/15/open-letter-to-the-leader-of-the-free-world-our-common-heritage-defending-freedom-today/

Thanks Alan B.

Happy New Year to you to.

Pete

David Singer - Simple question for you why did trump not get the funding when the republicans had the majority in both houses?

One could be forgiven to think that United Nations is english for Mafia.

"David Singer - Simple question for you why did trump not get the funding when the republicans had the majority in both houses?"

Simple answer. They didn't have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and the Democrats promised they'd filibuster any and all wall funding. Hence the shutdown.

When Trump previously demanded $25billion for his "Wall" the Democrats allocated funds for border security it included $1.6billion for "the Wall".

Strangely, Trump only spent 6% of those funds and polls in the USA indicate that 59% don't want money wasted on the wall anyway.

Part of the current shut-down even includes border security staff so it's apparently not such a big issue to Trump after all.

This debate is more about politics and posturing than border security and Trump is using it to see if the Democrats will cave in.

As for countries allegedly "humilating" Trump, he's doing quite well on his own and linking this domestic matter with Zionism is another sleazy example of self-interest. The truth is that most of the world doesn't give a rats about Hamas or corrupt Middle Eastern political matters.

Threats, blackmail, lies, deliberate harm, all standard operating procedure for the likes of singer and trump.
Didnt uncie donald say that "mexico would pay for the wall"??
Slipped your mind did it singer? Forget that little promise did you? How convenient. hahahaha
The seppos are far more likely to increase aid to these countries lest the chinese boogeymen step in and replace them.
Youre not fooling anyone singer. You will support anything, no matter how vile, as long as it benefits the failing, apartheid state.
As see through as a broken window.

I had no idea that Anti-Semitism was so strong in Oz.

Quite shocked really.

Sorry criticizing Israel and it,s apartheid state is not anti Semitic in spite of the protestations of Dave & various Israeli Right wing Groups
They deserve it thieving Land,Water & IDF snipers shooting unarmed civilians mainly young kids & teenagers, jailing girls for giving IDF troops a hard time. The IDF bending over backwards to protect the settlers stealing more Arab land & cutting down trees to expand the illegal settlements, but Dave always finds an excuse anything Israel does is OK according to Dave

Well Israel is a democratic country that many Australians live in or visit. Israel is also pivotal in proving counter-terrorist information to Australia.

Compared to Islamic terrorism in Australia, how much Jewish terrorism is in Australia?

Of the countries surrounding Israel in the Middle East and related Islamic Afghanistan. Those surrounding countries are dangerous, tribal, authoritaian dictatorships, intolerant (even of differing Muslim denominations) where most Australians AND MUSLIMS risk a greater danger of being shot, executed or blown up.

"Diggers confirmed dead in 'green on blue' attack" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-30/three-nato-troops-killed-in-afghanistan/4232058

Educated, erudite andd well argued Pete.

An ancester, Robbie Burns would have put it this way? Facts are chiels tha' dinna whinge.
Alan B.

Thanks Alan B.

Have I told you I'm about 1/3rd Scottish with Captain William Begg being first ancestor in Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Begg :

"Begg [born 1821] in Montrose, Scotland, was apprenticed as ship's carpenter and served as a seaman for several years before around 1840 being put in charge of a cargo boat shipping timber from the Baltic.

In 1855 he was appointed captain of the Sebastian (426 tons) on the India route, calling in at Adelaide
and Mauritius on the return voyage.

His next appointment was as captain of the Orient Line clipper Coonatto trading between England and Adelaide

from 1863 to 1866, when he was put in charge of The Murray, on which he served until 1872, making very good voyages, and impressing his passengers with his urbanity and sailor-like qualities, an asset to the reputation and no doubt profitability of the Orient Line.

He settled in Adelaide

and was made manager of the Tug Company, then was appointed ship's surveyor for Lloyd's of London. In 1877 he and John Legoe had a part in formation of the Port Stevedoring Company,[1] and he served with that company until a few weeks before his death [in 1889"]"

His top sailing tune being Burns 1789 "Anthem" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#Lyrics

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne*?

For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne..."

Cheers

Pete

Dear Pete when did Israel turn into a Democratic state Democratic state my foot

While Trump is in the process of pulling out of Syiria he should pull out of israel too to save even more mayhem & money.

Dear John Ryan

Thanks for your question "Dear Pete when did Israel turn into a Democratic state"

I draw your attention to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Israel

Politics in Israel is dominated by Zionist parties. They traditionally fall into three camps, the first two being the largest: Labor Zionism (social democrat), Revisionist Zionism (conservative) and Religious Zionism. There are also several non-Zionist Orthodox religious parties, non-Zionist left-wing groups as well as non-Zionist and anti-Zionist Israeli Arab parties.

Knesset http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset#Role_in_Israeli_government
As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the president, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government through its committees.

and the FOLLOWING is VERY IMPORTANT:

LIST OF ARAB MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET which includes some Sunni Muslims

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset

NOW compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset

to Jewish members allowed to stand in Arab Parliaments, Royal Courts or other Dictatorships? Are their any?

Or were Jews who had lived in Arab-Persian lands (eg. Egypt, Iran, Syria etc) for centuries forced to flee in the mid 20th century?

For example, see the Jewish population in Egypt, forced out in 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt#After_the_foundation_of_Israel_in_1948

Cheers

Pete

Hasbeen,

Criticising Zionism is not Anti-Semetic in the same way that criticisng Naziism is not anti-German or criticising apartheid is not anti-South African. Neither does having a stance against previous slavery in the pre-civil war USA somehow imply it's not OK to be white.

What other state gets away with committing the same offences while claiming itself to be the victim?

Here's a LIST of ARAB MEMBERS in Israel's Parliament "Knesset". Membership includes some Sunni Muslims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset

NOW compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset to any Jewish members allowed to stand in Arab Parliaments, Royal Courts or other Dictatorships? Are there any?

Jews who had lived in Arab-Persian lands (eg. Egypt, Iran, Syria etc) for centuries forced to flee in the mid 20th century?

For example, see the Jewish population in Egypt, forced out in 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt#After_the_foundation_of_Israel_in_1948

Dear Pete
Israel is built on stolen land,they are intent on stealing the rest while killing as many Palestinians as they can doing it.
They are practicing apartheid more like the old South Africa than a democratic state,& since when does (apart from the US)oppress the people who are not Israelis & send the army & settlers to destroy them so the can steal more land
Democratic state my foot, they are as bad as the non democratic Arabs the Saudis for instance or Syrias rulers,the Israeli PM is like Trump a criminal people in glass houses springs to mind Singer & Runner are the propaganda crew

Israel is built on stolen land
John Ryan,
And what is everything in Palestine from ?

Gidday John Ryan

Why is Israel the only country carrying the stolen land tag?

Being an Aussie need I point out Australia is built on land STOLEN from the often slaughtered Aborigines.

Russia is built on largely on land STOLEN by Vikings (the Russ) from slavs. European Russians also STOLE much Muslim land 2 - 3 hundred years ago.

The US is built on land STOLEN by whites from Native Americans.

Britain is built on on land STOLEN by Vikings and Normans from Celts and Saxons.

Therefore why is Israel the only country carrying the stolen land tag? It is basically from your European prejudice that Jews should never own land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_antisemitism#Disabilities_and_restrictions

"The number of Jews permitted to reside in different places was limited; they were concentrated in ghettos, and were not allowed to own land"

Stolen from people slaughtred. This a much misused term to exploit emotions & makes the accusers no better than those whom they accuse.
There were many instances where innocent invaders suffered & died at the point of spears.
In most records it shows that these clashes occurred when the occupiers of land at that time, mounted attacks & retalliation resulted in fatalities. There are also records where the occupiers did not attack & friendly intercourse was the result. But that kind of history is not sexy enough for the feigned indignation crowd. This crowd would not exist today were it not for the invaders.
They all sarted out as explores but invariably beacame invaders & all people alive today owe a better existence to those events.
The descendants of the then victims in many cases then turned out to become the ultimate hypocrites.

- This thread should've been called -
'Jewish hit list can bypass Congress and fund Trump border wall'

John Ryan
There’s a reason Israel occupied that buffer zone around Israel. Deceptively called the occupied territory. It was in response to continuing attacks by the Arabs.
During the 6 day war, Four Arab countries placed their armies and tanks in a blockade around Israel. Israel defeated and pushed them back in 6days.

In the earlier times Israel was very tolerant of Palestinians coming in and out of Israel, to do business, shopping, use the hospitals.

But true to form, the bombs started going off in terrorist attacks in Israel’s cafes and public places. One of the last horrific attacks was to blow up an Israelie school bus full of little school children.In all there were about 120 terrorist attacks inside Israel. In order to police the entry into Israel of potential terrorists, the wall was built so that Israel could police any Potential terrorists entering Israel.

Then hamas would preach hate to the Palestinians and tell them to attack the Israelie border guards. People began attacking the guards and some died, a couple of women even pulled knives out from under their robes and lunged at guards. So the guards have become wary and more likely to shoot a Palestinian that runs at them or pulls a weapon.

You can see all the way along the line, that the so called occupied lands and shoot first attitude of the guards has come about because of the Palestinians own relentless attacks on Israel.
Newspapers don’t print these details in case they offend their Muslim readers. So because this has been going on for decades, There are now people in their 20’s and 30’s who have never heard the other side of the story and believe the Muslim version of things.

Israel is not a democracy.

In August 2018 the Knesset enacted a basic law, with constitutional status in Israel, making the right of national self-determination “unique to the Jewish people” and not applicable to all citizens. This law enshrined religiously based discrimination, and a clause which ensures priority for Jewish only communities by declaring “the development of Jewish settlement as a national value” and avowing “to encourage and promote its establishment and consolidation.”

In addition, and well documented by Dr Philip Giraldi, “Israel, if one is considering the entire population under its rule, is among the most undemocratic states that chooses to call itself democratic. Much of the population living in lands that Israel claims cannot vote, they have no freedom of movement in their homeland, and they have no right of return to homes that they were forced to abandon. Israeli army snipers blithely shoot unarmed demonstrators while Netanyahu’s government kills, beats and imprisons children. And the Jewish state does not even operate very democratically even inside Israel itself, with special rights for Jewish citizens and areas and whole towns where Muslims or Christians are not allowed to buy property or reside.”

And finally, Here is the Human Rights Watch’s assessment of Israel:
“Israel maintains entrenched discriminatory systems that treat Palestinians unequally. Its 50-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza involves systematic rights abuses, including collective punishment, routine use of excessive lethal force, and prolonged administrative detention without charge or trial for hundreds. It builds and supports illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, expropriating Palestinian land and imposing burdens on Palestinians but not on settlers, restricting their access to basic services and making it nearly impossible for them to build in much of the West Bank without risking demolition. Israel’s decade-long closure of Gaza, supported by Egypt, severely restricts the movement of people and goods, with devastating humanitarian impact.”

China is proof that walls do work.

Garbage individual. Walls do work for decades, or even centuries, helping protect for generations those that built the thing.

If the decendents of wall builders, grown soft in the greater safety the wall provides, are not prepared to vigorously defend themselves & their wall, nothing will protect them.

When a people have grown too soft to defend themselves from an invader, & start to worry more about the "rights" & welfare of the invader, nothing will save them.

Woe betide any invader or usurper of power who tries to take over from a people not grown too soft, particularly if those people have a symbol such as yellow jackets.

Just look at what happened to Germany when their wall came down.

Unlike ancient walls, and ultra-monitored Israeli walls, the US wall with Mexico has many flaws. The wall can be "breached" by:

- aircraft over the wall

- ships-boats around the wall

- tunnels under the wall

- over the long northern, largely OPEN, US border with CANADA

- people overstaying tourist, student and other US visas. By blending into the US population and working illegally for low wages with the quiet encouragement of US employers.

plantagenet,
I don't think anyone, including Trump really wants a wall. However, it is at this stage the only non-violent option available. If there is I for one would like someone to let us know what alternatives there are.
A non-violent method to counter non-violent invasion is as fair a deal as any.
As I said, offer alternatives.

"I don't think anyone, including Trump really wants a wall."

Looks like the mafioso Trump is concocting the Wall issue to wack the Democrats and put the US population in fear of typically peaceful illegal aliens.

particularly when Trump-Russia Inc + genuine Republicans are now suffering the embarrassment of a Democrat majority in the US House of Reps.

Individual, do you really not understand the difference between a wall, designed to keep a captive population in, & one to keep invading hordes out?

We have walls everywhere, many of them not made of concrete or steel. The most common materials used are ignorance & selfishness manufactured by opportunistic mentality.
We can't get funding for the walls we need but billions are squandered on the walls we don't need. People are simply becoming increasingly stupid with the help of low level higher education.
I have asked this before & I'll ask again; what is a non-violent alternative to stop the flow of people into the States ? We know now that the EU's open borders policy is a dreadful failure. It cost lives & is ruining economies. And now, Trump gets abused for trying to prevent the same from happening in his nation.

"what is a non-violent alternative to stop the flow of people into the [United] States ?"

This is a very complex intra-US matter for US law enforcement, Mexico and US Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/ It is not something us bunch of Australians, a world away from the US, can answer on OLO.

plantagenet,
Exactly, thank you ! And, seeing that we can't do anything about it we should stop putting our beaks into it.
Instead, we should work together, not against each other to prevent the same scenario from escalating here.
Some and, particularly those on the Left don't understand that their progressive dumbing-down
is fostering the dreadful trend of people running away instead of standing up against oppressors like western countries do.
Australia only has a tiny fraction of play before it is too late here too.