Comments by "Perry Howell" (@user-ue4rd1mf1v) on "Richard Nixon Foundation" channel.

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  7. 1:35. This is where we increasngly are at. It was a smart gambit by Nixon and Kissinger at the time, but is failing. I also dont suspect Nixon or anyone could have predicted the counterculture would grow into something so wildly corrosive and destructive to Western security and national interests. In my opinion Soviets/Russia have been stoking and directing it with that intention for a long time, with all the tools at their disposal. Much like similar campaigns theyre known to have been carrying out globally. (Notice the Marxist underpinning of all the campus topics that have brought about the many suicidal ideas the west now needs to somehow (start!) grapple with. They now extend to the media, courts, tops of corporations, heads of beaurocracy and government, childrens education, even the military. Meanwhile Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and all satellites and proxies globally (IE Syria) are lining up across and over the table. They do not suffer the same internal fractures nor are nearly as beholden to them; we cant even yet talk about most of ours. Its my concern the west wont recover itself to fend it all off. Imo removing the Ayetollahs and ensuring Ukraines victory would be massive steps in the right direction, and additionally to the human rights relief in so many affected places, beginning with their own, it would yield major strategic security benefits that would keep paying out over time, to the benefit of the globe. This would also give the west breathing space to deal with its internal issues. Would restore security to europe, reclaim western deterrent over the axis leaders AND Jihadists worldwide, and allow the mid east peace to continue spreading and pulling toward the west. The best moves we could make by far imo.
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  22.  @takkarwenja5982  first: do you ask this about any other ally? If not, what's going on with you? Second, many documents are available from independent analysts who assess exactly that. They conclude that the relationship with Israel is an exceptionally good deal for the USA. Among the benefits- A western ally and placeholder in the hostile and Russia and Iran centric middle east. A stable, thriving first world western democracy in a sea of repressive, authoritarian 7th century theocratic dictatorships. Israel offers the US access to it's first class intelligence from the region. It allows large amounts of American munitions to be stored safely- it's the safest place in the mid east by far. It offers first class development on us weapons in theatre, and provides the US access to all its findings and improvements. (Israel is barred from producing some weapons through non compete clauses in the aid packages it gets. It is forced to spend 75% of its aid on us weapons, which is a subsidy to us weapons manufacturers. And Israel is removed from producing competing weapons in some cases. However it is heavily invested in developing and improving these systems and offers the US access to all improvements. It offers the US first world medical, IT, cyber, AI, Agriculture and water technology - industry leading in all cases. It offers the US direct Intel on its world leading counter terrorism methods and technologies. It can be seen (it is seen this way, problematicallly for Israel and not entirely accurately) as a regional us hegemon. It does offer the US access to it's regional security capacity, so the US saves on having a carrier strike group in the area 24/7/365. These are some of the benefits offered by the relationship with Israel. Finally, it's a partner in values- democracy, human rights, transparent justice, capitalism, freedom. No other nation in the region is even close on these fronts...
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