Congratulations to Tommy and his wife. What happy news!

3:25 Israel doesn't lack an endgame for Gaza. Their endgame is that Gaza is part of Israel and there aren't any Palestinians in it.

@matricci2256

16 күн бұрын

BS

@TheHauntedKiwi

16 күн бұрын

​@@matricci2256They've said it themselves hundreds of times.

@arcticgoddess

16 күн бұрын

That is Netanyahu and his right wing freaks want, NOT the Israeli people. The Jews that were raped and murdered, and raped while being murdered and the festival kids were the most pro-Palestinian Liberals in Israel. Now the country is afraid. Hamas screwed everyone over, Netanyahu is making it worse. Palestinians and Israelis are paying the price.

@arcticgoddess

16 күн бұрын

Netanyahu and the 'Trumpists' of Israel have, not all Israelis

@mvonwalter6927

16 күн бұрын

@@TheHauntedKiwi Pretty much from the beginning. "we must do everything to insure the Palestinians never do return. The old will die and the young will forget" - David Ben Gurion

@32:50 The US would be in a much more credible position to make these proclamations about the rules based international order if it weren't currently taking a sledgehammer to that order in Gaza.

@jacobcastle5925

16 күн бұрын

Amen

@WhataMensch

16 күн бұрын

Sledgehammers are slow. I would say it is dropping 2klb high explosive ordinance on the "rules based international order".

@Bvi9169

16 күн бұрын

Equally not supporting dictators around the world just because they do what they want.

@matricci2256

16 күн бұрын

And the alternative is to let Hamas stay in power?

@emceeunderdogrising

16 күн бұрын

In the last 25 years less than 3500 Israelis have been killed in attacks. Israel has killed over 35,000 in just the last year. Including 1000s of babies and children. It's a sick perverted slaughter of families. Hamas just isn't effective or organized enough to be a valid threat. The leadership in Israel also allowed Hamas to gain power on purpose so they could maintain a militaristic apartheid state with a far right conservative government. ​@@matricci2256

Ben's doing a bang up job while Tommy is away (congrats to the Vietors), keep up the great work PSTW team. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

How very DARE Tommy take time off to be with his family and wonderful new child! Seriously, fantastic news. Best wishes to the entire Vietor family!

1:21:49 As an Australian, I saw this ABC Australia report/doc that got the reporter kicked out of the country. It was a well done report that seemed to be based purely on the facts and the fact she was kicked out of the country is evidence that democracy is disappearing in India.

Congratulazioni Tommy !!!

Am I the only person who thinks “maybe politics shouldn’t matter here. Maybe we should do the MORAL thing and demand that Israel grant the Palestinians a state.” People will say “but what about the political consequences with our relationship with Israel and the world!?” But, what is necessary for us to decide to that these consequences don’t matter anymore? After WWII, we aided the coalition who gave Israel statehood. We did that because of the horrors that group of people had faced. I want us to do the same thing again now. Obviously, what the Jews went through during the Holocaust is worse (at least at a scale level, but I am not confident that there is as much of a difference on the individual level), but it is close enough for me to say that IF it was the right choice in the past, THEN it’s the right choice now. Damn the consequences on the political realm. Help these people and be the moral nation we have falsely claimed to be for centuries. Please. My generation needs a reason to love our country, this is an opportunity for us to develop that love.

@Gato4u991

16 күн бұрын

Yes your the only one no one has ever thought or said that. You may be mad and and want to get your mental health checked.

@user36112

16 күн бұрын

​@@Gato4u991said the Zionist Neo con.

@Bvi9169

16 күн бұрын

​@@Gato4u991Ditto

@lunaci1103

16 күн бұрын

You're not the only person thinking this, but there are too many voices thirsting for Palestinian blood getting in the way.

@jmhorange

16 күн бұрын

The creation of Israel was a horrible idea, having European Jews move to Israel and European governments not pay the price for what they did. We should not do anything like that again. As far as politics, it should absolutely matter. Israel is humiliating the US and defying everything we say, that has political consequences, including whether our allies and adversaries see us as a declining power. So Israel should be forced to move toward a 1 or 2 state solution as long as they want American weapons, or American diplomacy in the UN. If they are fine to get no American weapons, and diplomacy, and if they are fine to have American sanctions placed on them, Israel is free to deal with their situation however they want. But currently Israel relies heavily on the US and therefore, we have a right to demand what they do. No country should be able to geopolitically weaken the US.

I really enjoy this podcast. It is so enlightening to hear people who know what the f*** they are talking about, as opposed to watch Linsey sob and squeal on Faux News. Keep 'em coming!

Congrats Vietor family! 💙

Congrats to Tommy and his family. So happy to hear this!

Someone please give Ben more slack on the headphones wire. He was visibly uncomfortable trying to not pull it too hard 😂

Of course they won't see a post-war plan. it would be embarrassing for Israel to explain that the next steps are to remove the ruins and start building colonies (in North American lingo: condos). This whole revenge thing is also a government-funded eviction.

@DennisMoore664

16 күн бұрын

Guess I'll post this again since it's relevant -- “Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable,” [Jared Kushner] said, lamenting that Palestinians had diverted resources away from economic development and toward weapons and tunnels. “It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up.”

@m.a.b.4104

16 күн бұрын

​@@DennisMoore664Jared Kushner being so blatant with pro ethnic cleansing rhetoric is so wild that you definitely are in the right to repeat it. The fact he was the President's Senior Advisor and son-in-law and Trump is very close in polling to become President again, makes it even more scary. There's a lot to critique Biden over his actions during this war, but Trump's second term is going to be staffed by a lot of Pro-Netanyahu/Pro-Israeli right wing people.

Young Israelis want peace. Netanyahu doesn’t rep them. Look into that.

@mvonwalter6927

16 күн бұрын

Doesn't poling show that young Israelis are more right wing than ever?

@m.a.b.4104

16 күн бұрын

​​@@mvonwalter6927unfortunately you're bang on. A 2023 poll from before October 7th had 73% of 18-24 yr olds identifying as right wing, compared to 46% of over 65s. It's said this support from the youth vote is what enabled Netanyahu to form a right wing coalition government. Right or wrong, the fact the Israeli youth grew up while the peace process failed and violence and horror seemed to escalate, resulting in a hardening of their politics. From its founding, Israel had a strong left leaning element to its politics. But in more recent times, I have seen plenty of reporting on the collapse of the left in Israeli politics as the right has become more dominant. And as shown in many of the polls, the movement to the right in the youth vote does not inspire hope for change.

@LaSmoocherina

15 күн бұрын

@@mvonwalter6927 - there’s a crack since Oct. it’s complex. More are speaking up. Young people usually take on parental ideology until challenged then they decide.

@catherinebirch8263

12 күн бұрын

@@m.a.b.4104 OK I've never fully understood the left-right thing. So I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I were wrong. But surely, joining a post-WW2 overwhelmingly Euro-American colonization of land that was cleared for settlement by burning Palestinians out of their houses isn't "strong left leaning".

@oitoitoi1

5 күн бұрын

​@@m.a.b.4104 they are a radicalised population, and as they are demonstrating, capable of terrible things.

The US position towards Ukraine has been to get weapons to them as fast as we can? ... Seems more like to trickle arms to them to weaken Russia until Ukraine cedes the Donbas. Without the UK giving them Challenger and Storm Shadow they never would have had tanks and missiles, Germany had to have their arm twisted to give them Leopard, and the US armor contribution has been less than 50 (last generation) Abrahms.

@oohhboy-funhouse

16 күн бұрын

I think part of the trickle is not getting congress to authorise greater amounts of funding early. It takes time to spin up production and without placing the orders the investments can't be made as few companies take on that kind of risk. Basic short-sightedness. The Abrahams issue was mostly Germany's doing. There is only so much money, by making US send Abrahams it took away from things US could only provide. There are plenty of Leopards, but EU can't make GIMLARS or have tons of Bradley which have been far more useful than Abrahams or GPICM or air defence missiles in bulk. Had US 60 billion a year over the last two years, we would have more than 50 Abrahams. Which generation of Abrahams doesn't matter too much since ODS Bradley's have proven themselves and the threat isn't tank on tank.

Why is it that this is the first time I have heard someone reference the fact that it is in the US interest to maintain Israel as a buffer between the Arab states. Thank you Rana. It would have been nice if Tommy had taken up this line of thought and elaborated on it.

@Bvi9169

13 күн бұрын

That might have been the case when US didn't have good relationships with Arab states. But that is no longer applicable. And has been that way for many decades now. If anything Isreal has been a strategic liability for US for 30+:years now. Most people in the blob know this. Thats why no one expanded that point.

Im so Happy truly amazing that positivity is forwarded over valid thought on YT and by PStW Im so Happy

@WhataMensch

16 күн бұрын

Only comment I can see on "top comments" is this one because it manipulates AI sentiment analysis. This insane level of speech manipulation will lead to violence

@WhataMensch

16 күн бұрын

This is visable because the person is happy enough. If your comment is (logical + critical) it will be removed. If you appear (critical + unhinged) it will stay up. what a beautiful world AI curation and totalitarian corporate policy is making for us.

@m.a.b.4104

16 күн бұрын

​​@@WhataMenschI see there are plenty of logical and critical comments that stay up. Although this doesn't disprove your point of haphazard and imperfect AI curation, and a YT creator I follow and trust has brought up the same point.

absolutely love the show. thank you to everyone at crooked media

first time I've heard of how india and israel are bonding over their hatred of Islam.

Ben, I just finished reading After the Fall. Wonderful read. Great anecdotes. Powerful call to action. 🙏

Mabrouk, Tommy and Hannah.

Congrats Tommy🎉🎉

India plays the Israeli role? Hindus need their own state too? OK by me if these states shrink to a size proportional to their new, much diminished population and allow those who don’t want to live in a theocracy to leave. Most inspiring statement I’ve heard lately was a Ukrainian answering a reporter who asked if he was a Ukrainian or Russian speaker that Ukraine is a legislative state, not based on ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups.

RANNA AYYUB ❤❤❤❤♥️concerned for her safety

I'll be curious how the increased tarrifs on Chinese solar would impact the adoption of home solar systems.

@annkat100

16 күн бұрын

Not to mention the nearly catastrophic issues surrounding the disposal/recycling of panels. California is very challenged & disposal leaks pollutants into ground/water…

Cheers, always, Ben! And, thanks for an informative show! Love to Tommy & Family!

Dang, I didn't know things were that bad and headed to worse places in India. How much longer will it be a secular democracy?

I think people should actually listen to RFK snd not the media hype. I thought he was nuts too but on some things he actually makes sence.

That is just great

I really like the perspectives that your show brings to the conversation! I Just have one minor quibble : could you do something to improve the quality of the captioning?

Could you guys cover the creation of Israel after WWII? I know the French and English carved up the remains of the Ottoman Empire after WWI. What exactly happened to the Holy Land then (post WWI) and how was the creation of the state of Israel in the late 40s related to it.

Oh man I'll tune back in when Tommy's back. J/K Congrats to the Vietors

25:00 - If the worry is about data then IoT will have to be heavily regulated, because all this data is currently purchaseable on the open market. The American version of the GDPR may get through the Senate eventually as the House passed its version overwhelmingly a few weeks ago. However, as far I know, it didn't include the strategic information that is being discussed here

HOW DO I GET MY FIAT DOLLARS into GOLD BRICS?!

Please talk about the floods going on in the south of Brazil!!! It's katrina level stuff going on in terms of entire cities under water.

13:05. Ben’s “Existential Question” is about how one combines foreign policy with politics. In regards to the politics of Israel and Palestine, I think it is not about how you keep the balance between bodies, and the real solution is to choose the side that benefits Your goals and side with them for as long as you can. Compromise means both sides have to stand up for themselves vehemently, and even as a mediator, it is impossible to advocate for two different entities. Therefore, if one side is weak but you want to support them, you have to support them with everything you got until they can match their opposition and form a compromise. Counter-argument: This approach means casting off some, if not all, the political alliances you already have. Choosing a side in politics suggests one’s position on the issues to the public, and changing positions makes one less predictable and reliable; a political pariah. The real problem with politics is not the fact everyone takes a side and sticks to that side to the bitter end, it is the fact that politics is a system like any other; everyone involved games it, manipulates it, breaks the rules without shame. The law is no different, business is no different, yet politics is so fluid and complex that anyone can be fooled into thinking that it is black and white. Changing one’s positions on politics is how all politicians make gains in their work, and those that don’t get pushed to the side by “fluid and complex” politics.

Guys any update on Iran situation? And links to Isreal?? The war that would benefit Netanyahu only.

Next episode could you discuss the imprisonment of Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride?

@Bvi9169

14 күн бұрын

yes, also journalist Jillian Assange.

So even though going into Rafah is bad for Israel it's good for Netanyahu, so it's going to happen. Yup, that sounds like "Bibi" alright.

@AM-fs1je

13 күн бұрын

Staying in power to stay out of jail.

I’m so very upset with Biden about his actions over Gaza that I’m tempted not to vote for him.

@annkat100

16 күн бұрын

I absolutely DO understand why you feel as you do. However, if you’ve been listening to/viewing this PSW series for a few years, the U.S. & its loss of influence in Israeli policies, has been diminishing for decades. Though U.S. support (💰, military support, & humanitarian aid) hasn’t been anything but steady/largest/w/ poor ROI. Unless maintaining (???/trust concerns abound) geopolitical location for U.S. military operations is somehow integral to the survival of our country… And WHO KNOWS the amounts of othr nation aid/💰 Israel now accepts? Seems fishy, smells fishy, & IF Israel is able to refuse U.S. assistance, in order to achieve only what Netanyahu/farrr right wants, let’s maybe force Israel to do without the U.S., UNTIL/UNLESS, a true democracy/non-criminal leadership majority returns. I’m definitely NOT anti-Israel, but am definitely ANTI-Bibi; his radical majority governance. On the djt side of the Gaza atrocities-we hear Jared Kushner discussing “sea-side” luxury development, & Bibi prays for djt… Bibi won’t gv Biden any stateside leverage re Gaza-& djt = Bibi in nearly every way. Read; flatten Gaza/ALL Israel, & Bibi/djt stay out of jail, & “mow Gaza to the earth.” I’m still of the mind that though I always hv issues w/ my party-I can temporarily overlook all of them, vote DEM on full tkt, & hopefully, completely eliminate djt. I mean fully. He’s best kept tucked away frm the real world-inside Mar-a-Lago. (Or… Guantanamo). IS this the POTUS election of my dreams? No. But; it’s what we have. 🇺🇸♥️🗳️‼️💙🩵

@JulieVanValkenburgh

16 күн бұрын

@@annkat100 , it sounds like you know far more than I do about this conflict but I totally agree. Of course I will vote for Biden. DJT and RFK Jr are both nuts and another Trump term would be disastrous.

@DennisMoore664

16 күн бұрын

When it comes to Gaza I'm reminded of the song from 2020 "Biden Sucks, Vote Biden". I'm usually tempted to not vote too, but in the end I feel like it's still better to do it than not. If nothing else it helps justify complaining about politics and politicians. And Biden has gotten a lot of really good things done during his term - more than I expected from him. If we can get a majority in both the House and the Senate _and_ keep Biden in office we might be able to get even more done over the next four years. If nothing else we need to keep Trump out of there. I'm hoping the election results are definitive enough to make Donald (or what's left of the Republican party) understand that he's a loser and needs to stop running. It's a shame the whole politics gig has been such a profitable grift for the guy.

Tariffs always end up having a negative effect on consumers as they just transfer those costs onto us. How long is it going to take to learn this

@jacobcastle5925

16 күн бұрын

But, would you support them if they had positive long term consequences? For example, global trade seems to be harming the global climate more than being self-sufficient. Building these factories here at home would be environmentally friendly (big picture). Also, if things like phones were made here at home, the torture conditions of workers elsewhere in the world would improve (not to mention we wouldn’t have to swallow our moral compass every time we buy one). Just a couple long term positive outcomes of a bad economy now… if these are the goals, I support any economic damage necessary, including tariffs

@catherinebirch8263

16 күн бұрын

The point is, what are the likely consequences in the 2024 US Elections.

@cenauge

16 күн бұрын

That’s not always true. For example: what Chinese EVs are for sale in the US? There aren’t any; it’s a tariff on no one. But what it does is both reassure domestic automakers that they can transition to EVs without fear of being undercut by future cheaper Chinese imports, and it serves as the carrot to the stick of regulations. The message is “On the one hand, we’re mandating that you move away from ICE vehicles, but on the other hand we are presenting you an opportunity of protected access to the US market.”

@nolanwoods4173

16 күн бұрын

@@cenauge It may bring more money to US CEO's. But by restricting the market, you allow US automakers to set the price, which ends up being higher for consumers. It would be great if any additional money going to the CEO's actually translated to higher wages or benefits for workers in these industries, but we all know thats not going to happen.

@silv12

16 күн бұрын

Nice, a captive market that corps don't have to worry about competing on price or quality.

Classifing everything as national security is going to really put a drag on the economies of the west. Its hard to make money when everything has export restrictions.

As long as China tariffs don't hurt WalMart's bottom line...politicians will climb on board. Didn't the Trump retaliatory tariffs do more harm than good?

@DennisMoore664

16 күн бұрын

I looked into that a while back for another comment and the wild thing is there are some US unions that liked the Tariffs as they help those US companies compete against Chinese companies. But in general they probably did do more harm than good.

No Pandas for US

@DennisMoore664

16 күн бұрын

They could do like the Taizhou Zoo did -- "Two “panda dogs” in a new exhibit are actually Chow Chows dyed black and white, state media reported, citing zoo officials. A zoo in China has been accused of trying to deceive visitors with a pair of dogs dyed black and white to look like panda bears."

I agree that the principal objective should be to avoid a war with china. Taiwan should be protected with deterrence by providing defensive missile systems. However if the US tries to cripple the Chinese economy we may force the Chinese government into a rash military action. Nothing scares Chinese politicians more than high unemployment and unrest.

basics on China: engagement didn't work, China simply took advantage of the benefits of gaining technological knowledge and ability to export without much concern for its trading partners, and has always engaged in a patently (pun unintentional, but apt) unfair way with any business interests from other countries. China also has shown that it is leveraging its current economic power into a vastly expanded military capability (albeit with its endemic corruption and lack of internal truth telling calling into question its military readiness) and will continue to attempt to change/ dominate the world order. and... there are extreme existential risks to the world, including nuclear, global warming, resource depletion. An essential component to solving or mitigating any of them requires deep global cooperation, which obviously includes a robust US China relationship. Therefore, the recipe for the US and the West: extreme containment combined with extreme diplomacy, and ignoring all the white knuckles on the hands of the best and the brightest who attempt to navigate this path.

Global boiling 😂 it's happening right now

Tariffs are dumb, and now both sides have greatly annoyed me with their political economic pandering.

Congrats to Tommy 🎉

😂😂😂😂

This worst one sisded discussion about Indian election bloody fool

@Bvi9169

14 күн бұрын

Modi bot

Guys why is Gsvin Noosan using his power to support a donor? For a wrong they were found to do by the state of California? Shouldn't he stand for his state rather then donors? Also did he get the job cause is aunt high up in democratic

God damn, so refreshing, Rana Ayyub is no f given, stating what everyone has been skirting around re:Zionism. Good news summary from Ben, the only person on PSX who is willing to stick their neck out. No hugging zone.

These tariffs won't work... Except making everything more expensive. How many jobs came back from Trump's tarrifs? Marginal at best. And China's trade policy where they ignore Trump's trade deal shows that this won't work. This isn't the 1800s where chinese companies are paying the tariffs to import into the US. These are american companies paying higher tarrifs, and passing along the prices to American consumers... China is definitely gonna feel the pain! China's worst case scenario is they move manufacturing to vietnam which has a bunch of chinese owned factory... And why put tarrifs on things we barely make here. Wouldn't tax incentives for companies and consumers be a more effective solution.

I would love to see baby pictures.

Plenty of People better than her to talk👺

PSW ❤️

US lucky to have Katherine Tai, she should probably run for president. She seems like she would be broadly popular. Smart like a lot of the national strategy crowd, but none of the military baggage.

I think I'm going to be a former listener of the pod after this. And it's not because anything horrible happened. It's that Ben Rhodes lives up to the stereotype that Republicans pinned on him in 2016. The vocabulary means well but it's so desperately weak. Avoid war with China? Really? Avoiding conflict at all costs is a sure-fire way to ensure one occurs over something really vital. Rhodes never talks about deterrence. And I don't mean nuclear deterrence; I mean having credible forces and policies that would readily demonstrate that the risk to Chinese standing is greater than any potential benefit that might be gained. And as it turns out, our military needs some pretty significant help and reform.

US election decided by Court of US now they lecturing us on Democracy 😂

Wow It's amazing how you have a discussion on Indian Elections and invite someone who has clear views against a particular party (BJP) and Individual (Modi) and is hyper partisan (Nothing wrong with bring so partisan but then you can't just have one sided view then on your show) No pretence also to present a balanced and fair view point itseems Least we can expect is you call a popular Indian psephologist who can give you real ground situation here

@user36112

16 күн бұрын

Modi is fascist. Who thinks he's superior because he's Arian. And he's cruel against minorities. He also employees an whole army of bots to defend him online. Not sure why u think a progressive podcast would look upon fascist in a positive light???

@pratipghatak801

16 күн бұрын

76th Min, she says Indian Hindu nationalists have affinity towards zionism because they draw their ideology from the Nazis. He, "that's fascinating" And they still can't figure out why their message is confusing to the average Indian voter 🤔

@doubletdoublect3248

16 күн бұрын

no problem with your desire! but this particular channel is made up of former aides of president obama, they always present from the liberal/leftist perspective. the exceptions are when they have guests who are people from the right who share their views on a specific issue. for instance, they invite people from the channel the Bulwark (who are former conservative politics aides) on Pod Save America because they share the same view on the issue of stopping Donald Trump from being elected, as well as some of the same views regarding the rights of the LGBT community. But they dont just call up people they disagree with so that they can share a message that they disagree with because they are genuinely less of a news program and more of a political program.

@pratipghatak801

16 күн бұрын

​​@@doubletdoublect3248point taken. I am not a Modi fan myself but this was a particularly stupid interview that hurt liberal cred more than anything. 1. Indian right loves Israel because they are inspired by Hitler 2. Strong independent journalist are doing great work on X(negligible reach), tiktok (a platform that was banned in India years ago). 3. I will not get into the details of why her comments would help BJP (Assuming you are not from India & don't know much about Indian election) The truth is she did the interview to help her own career in the US. She doing this interview in the middle of an election doesn't help any liberal in India

@mightyone3737

16 күн бұрын

Yeah, being critical of modi is clearly proof of hyper-partisanship, it couldn't be that he's a corrupt and incompetent racist who's desperate for scapegoats (and ways to put down protest movements, of which their have been plenty during his regime).

Talk about Gaza the whole time without talking about extremisms from Gaza is so silly.