EdenicFaithful
Dark Wizard of Ravenclaw
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EdenicFaithful
Dark Wizard of Ravenclaw
9d ago
So, what are you reading?
I'm retrying Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, among other things.
The neocons that I've been reading or occasionally checking have had mixed opinions from the start. See The Bulwark, The Dispatch, and most importantly, The National Interest. Jewish right publications like Tablet have been supportive, but see for example this podcast about the nuanced ways the Israelites might think about this.
Overall I get the impression that the pro-Israel crowd would have preferred for Trump to intervene earlier, and, yes, would probably like him to stay in longer now that it has started. But it isn't an across-the-board thing. It never was.
I even wonder if it wasn't Israel who tried to get the jump on the US to ensure that Israel had some control over the course of the fighting, and not the other way around per Rubio. I have doubts that Israel was truly the trigger, or the only trigger for the US intervention. News has been trickling out about possible Gulf state support.
EdenicFaithful
Dark Wizard of Ravenclaw
16d ago
So, what are you reading?
I'm reattempting Burnham's The Machiavellians. Feeling a need to revisit the roots of neoconservative thought.
EdenicFaithful
Dark Wizard of Ravenclaw
23d ago
So, what are you reading?
I'm adding Voegelin's A New Science of Politics to my list.
So, what are you reading?
I'm rereading Yizhar's Khirbet Khizeh. When I read it for the first time, I felt that it wasn't the kind of book which I would trust to be honest if it were written about my country. Still, as far as national literature goes, it's a minor gem in terms of writing quality.
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