Why Taking Sides In The Israel-Palestine Conflict Is Not Wise

"Violence and oppression are destructive and corrosive to both the victim and perpetrator and this goes a long way toward explaining many of the dynamics at play in the holy land between Israelis and Palestinians."

I have posted several times on the Israel-Palestine Conflict (link). Click on the links below for examples summarizing the point made in the title of this blog post:

Israel and Palestine are less complicated than you think: Standing for international law while condemning crimes against humanity, war crimes, antisemitism, and apartheid.

John Oliver's summation is similar

A human rights lawyer, a Jewish resident of Israel, gets it

Broken News: Understanding traditional media and social media reporting on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

The Militarization Of Space

"David Ignatius is the longtime foreign affairs columnist at The Washington Post. He’s also the author of 11 spy thriller novels that draw on decades of experience reporting on espionage and spying. He joins Preet to discuss the escalating race between the US and China to control space, how artificial intelligence could influence the future of warfare, and his latest four-part novella published in the Washington Post."

Click on the link below for a podcast discussing space as a significant future location for international conflict:

The Geopolitics of Spying & Space

Benjamin Franklin: History As He Experienced & Made It

Ken Burns' 4-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential figures. If you are interested in history in general, and US history in particular, I guarantee that this will give you greater insight into the events surrounding the Revolutionary War, what led to the Civil War, and how such dynamics can be seen today in the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Oh, and you will better appreciate Franklin's scientific and general brilliance. Click on the link below for the video stream:

Benjamin Franklin: A Film By Ken Burns

Can The USA Learn From Its Mistakes Leading Up To The Vietnam War?

The John Batchelor Show's podcasts recently had a rebroadcast of a 40 minute interview with Fredrik Logevall, the author of a 2014 book entitled "Embers of War:  The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam."