larry johnson and a couple of videos;

I started the day off interviewing Professor Mehran Kamrava, who teaches at Georgetown University’s Qatar campus. In contrast to Professor Marandi — who was born in the USA — Professor Kamrava was born in Iran but lived most of his life in Los Angeles. That video is being edited and will be posted on Wednesday or Thursday at my Counter Currents channel. If you’re interested in an informed discussion on Iran and where things are headed in the Middle East, you will want to watch our conversation.

I did a live stream with my Brazilian buddy, Marcelo, who lives and works in Italy. I spent some time during our chat trying to persuade Marcelo to stop thinking rationally and logically when it comes to Israel and its policy towards the Palestinians. The Zionists are in full control in Jerusalem and have ZERO interest in working out a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians. The Zionists want to purge Gaza and the West Bank of every living Palestinian. We often hear the Zionists talk about facing an existential threat, but the truth is that the Palestinians are the ones facing extermination and exile.

There was a time when the United States was able to exert some control over the Zionist desire to commit suicide, but those days are over. Netanyahu and his settler buddies are making decisions based on eschatological beliefs about creating conditions for the appearance of the Messiah. And they are being cheered on by many evangelical Christians who believe we are living in the prophesied “last days.”

I find the “waiting-for-God-to-save-us” troubling. The following vignette illustrates my point........more.......