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Nima Rostami Alkhorshid:

1. What is your take on Matt Gaetz’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of American Christians and Arab Americans, and the broader erosion of Israel’s global goodwill?
2. Given the U.S. ambassador Mike Huckabee’s visit to the West Bank, what do you see as the current situation for Palestinians under Israeli occupation?
3. Are there any recent U.S. presidents besides George H.W. Bush and Reagan who have shown willingness to challenge Israel’s demands?
4. How sustainable is Israel’s current aggressive posture in the Middle East, especially with attacks on Eilat and Ben-Gurion Airport disrupting its economy?
5. What do you make of Lindsey Graham’s threats against countries like China, India, and Brazil for buying Russian oil—do such statements reflect effective foreign policy?

Paul Craig Roberts:

1. The situation in Palestine is a U.S.-supported genocide. Matt Gaetz is rare in speaking out, but his words are ineffective because no sitting official can criticize Israel and survive politically. Only two House members, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, oppose aid to Israel, but they’re outliers in a system controlled by pro-Israel lobbies.
2. The U.S. has zero foreign policy independence from Israel. Since the Cold War, American actions in the Middle East have aligned entirely with Israeli interests—destroying Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now pushing toward Iran. The U.S. is effectively a colony, led by Netanyahu through diplomatic, financial, and blackmail control.
3. Eisenhower was the last president truly independent of Israel, forcing them out of Egypt in 1956. Even LBJ kowtowed after the USS Liberty attack. Reagan had some independence because Epstein-era blackmail didn’t exist yet. Post-Epstein, U.S. leaders are compromised; Netanyahu holds leverage over decades of honey-trap operations involving underage individuals used to entrap American elites.
4. Israel cannot survive without total U.S. support—military, financial, and diplomatic. Its economy and security depend on American backing. Recent attacks from Yemen show vulnerability, but Israel doubles down on dependence, using blackmail and lobbying to maintain U.S. aid rather than seeking self-reliance.
5. Lindsey Graham is a fool. Threatening major powers like China, India, and Brazil over cheap Russian oil is counterproductive and diplomatically absurd. It alienates allies, reveals U.S. weakness, and avoids the real solution: negotiating a mutual security agreement with Russia, which Trump refuses to pursue, letting the military-industrial complex prolong conflict for profit.