Hi Chris, Israel isn't trusted by the Arabs to oversee and protect a free Palestinian state. The U.S. is, on balance. Gaza needs a trusted security force. Otherwise, Hamas or its equal will return. Plus, we have our own interests is getting Iran to behave or making it irrelevant militarily. We have only a limited period of hegemonic power. It's time to use it. best, Larry
Aaron. Thank you for what you do for all of us and certainly me and my family. Pls email me at kotlikoff@gmail.com and I will assist you for free. As for the plan, the idea is to bring the war to an end, not to have the U.S. fight it. But we can discuss. best, Larry
Hi Ed, I agree. We should have an early end game. But we need to stay in long enough for a duly elected Palestinian authority to be strong enough to resist a resurgence of Hamas. best, Larry
Hi William, We hear you, but let's keep things friendly in these discussions. No one is anything but pro American as far as I can tell. And no thinks either candidate is ideal. This said, I agree with much/most of what you both write. Cheers, Larry
Don, I agree with you apart from Trump's tactics. Everyone in NATO needs to be spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. We're below 3. And Trump didn't succeed in getting the NATO countries up to 2 percent. He just people off. best, Larry
Don, That's anyone's guess. Biden got NATO fully engaged and enlarged. In the end, he may have played it better. It's far stronger with Finland and Sweden. And now Ukraine, if it survives. best, Larry
Biden/Harris are the cause of the Ukraine war. Before the war started they (on television) let Russia know there would be no U.S. response even with limited Russian usage of nuclear weapons! They dimwittedly paid Iran billions in the hope they wouldn't continue developing nuclear weapons. For all their talk about women's rights, what did they do in Afghanistan? And they did nothing regarding Hamas except try to restrain Israel's response and call for a ceasefire as if Hamas had attacked Israel's military rather than killing, raping, and mutilating innocent civilians . Even U.S. papers (particularly the democrat leaning press) are spineless. Instead of headlining "Hamas executes innocent hostages" (who were about to be rescued by Israel who had been held back for a year by the U.S.), they write that Israel recovers recently killed hostages. Mr. Pechter, this happened on Biden/Harris. Crimea happened under Obama. Although I dislike Trump, honesty requires recognizing that none of these things were happening under him. The democrats have an ongoing history of appeasement with terrorists and criminals.
Biiden and Harris are the cause of the Ukraine war? What planet are you living on. Putin is a ruthless imperialist with designs to rebuild the old Soviet Empire and invaded Ukraine and Obama did nothing, then he realizing that he was dealing with pussies, invaded Ukraine with the intent of committing genocide,obliterating the Ukrainian language, culture and identity which he considers fake, and if he succeeds Moldova, Lithuania, the Baltic States and Poland are next, followed in short order by Slovakia and Romania. Orban the traitor sees the hand writing on the wall and is getting ahead of the curve.
Are you joking?. Trump is Putin's butt buddy. Helsinki anyone? Where do you get this stuff. QAnon. Fox? Of course Putin's outlet to the west. Just ask the Putin fellating Tucker Carlson.
I don't know who YOU listen to, but I have no television and no cable. I read only. And I read French, Dutch, and U.S. papers both on the left and the right and in the center. I find as far as the U.S. goes, the Wallstreet Journal at least honest. Yes, it is to right of center. But the others leave facts behind and peddle their ideology. I don't know if Putin and Trump are buddies or not. But being buddies doesn't mean you will let other get away with something. What I do know is that it was Obama who ridiculed Romney when he said Russia was our greatest threat. It was Obama who told the Russians he had to talk hard for the U.S. electorate but once elected he would have a different tone (not realizing his mike was hot). Talk about collusion!!! And HE not Trump gave Crimea away.
I know it was Biden who said (on television!) that we would not respond to Russia invading Ukraine: which was by all intents and purposes giving Russia permission to invade. So again who are YOU listening to?!! It seems the left has more conspiracy tales the right.
You said: "I don't know who YOU listen to, but I have no television and no cable
Then you say:
"I know it was Biden who said (on television!) that we would not respond to Russia invading Ukraine."
I need say no more.
By the way, I am not a leftist. nor a centrist, nor a rightist, I hold all believers and ideologues in disdain.
And yes Biden and even Obama are woosies, Obama could have stopped Putin in Syria, but the American left falls out into the streets crying war monger and muttering about the military industrial complex until it is too late.
Biden is also threatened from the left, Putin waves his nuclear phallus and the Americans shit a brick
And all this does is encourage aggression.
The evidence is that Putin is an aggressor, a little man, who compensates for his stature by showing off barechested on horse back and invading countries.
He devasted Muslim Chehnya, until he could find a criminal to insall as satrap, He had one in Ukraine, until the Ukrainians had enough of the corruption and kicked his ass out.
Here is take on it all, it starts with American politics and Tulsi Gabbard.
Tulsi was a democrat, and is now on Trump's transition team.
She has the blood of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Kurds on her hands.
Here is a cue for you. Trump wanted to built one of his hotels in Moscow.
Trump and Putin formed a tight relationship, Trump has an affection for authoritarian leaders like Putin Orban, Kim Jon Un (with whom he exhanged love letters)
The met in Helsinki and excluded everyone from the room except Putins English translator, Putin speaks English, but with a heavy Russian accent.
Obama showed Putin,that the Democratic party were pussies and could be pushed around, when Trump left office Putin pushed and wouldn't you know it, he judged correctly, all he had to do was wave his nuclear phallus and Biden and the Democrats trembled in their shoes, if per chance Trump actually steals the election this time, as he tried to last time, it is game over for Ukraine and eastern Europe. Trump will pull out of NATO, which he threatened to last time, and tried to weaken, at the bidding of his butt buddy Putin. And it is game over for Eastern Europe, Also Ukraine is the bread basket of Africa and the Middle east, that is a hell of a lot of leverage Putin will have. Russian oil and gas, Ukrainian wheat, he is on his way to being a world power
Problem is that China at the moment is his ally (an alliance of convenience)but when he becomes a real threat, that alliance will fracture, and then what? War? War on a global scale,
If Trump does steal the election, then the U.S.A. will be Russia's ally, not that it will be a good ally, because a Trump regime will reduce America's productivity and stature in the world.
Trump was unable to do what he wanted to do in 2016-2020 and become a dictator, but he has solved that problem with the help of the Heritage Foundation, Federalist society and billionaire patrons, this time they are all set, to be up and running on day 1, to take over and destroy the very foundations of America and it's democracy.
For a white Christian nationalist theocracy.
Putin and Trump's America, what is left of the demoralized husk, will be allies against China, but because America is weakened it will not be much of a bulwark against Chinese Imperialism. in Asia or Africa.
Russia and China will struggle for dominance in Africa, as they already have a presence, Russia militarily, and China economically.
Trump's America will be a corpse to be picked over by vultures.
Some things I think we agree on. (Though I read in the paper what Biden said on television). But one effect Trump had on Europe was that they started thinking on providing their own defense—I lived in Europe for over a decade and they were resting on us to do everything while they did nothing all the while bad talking us. I could be wrong, but it could have been Trump's purpose to get them moving. A threat if you don't get your ass in gear, don't count on us and they took him at his word. Democrats will promise the moon but never deliver when push comes to shove. It does no good to talk pro NATO when you don't force the partners to do their share and when you don't keep your own promises (as the promise we gave Ukraine years ago when they gave up their nuclear arsenal).
Although I will never get over the left's fantasy over Trump being a dictator. If he wanted to grasp power the pandemic gave him the opportunity. But it was not him but the democrats who were autocratic. And no one talks about the threat to democracy right now in that they lied to the U.S. citizens and installed a senile president with unknown people behind the scenes calling the shots. And how now Harris is the democrat candidate without a single person voting for her to get her there.
I've been defending Israel from charges of genocide, but no way America should trade our troops for the IDF, and if anything Ukraine first. Russia is a bigger threat to the west, than, at the moment, Muslims, though the incoming Muslim tide is responsible for the rise of the right in Europe, and the right wing in Europe is anything but Judeophilic., or have people forgotten.
Islam is at war with Judaism since Muhammad had 600 members, all of them, of the Jewish tribe Quaryza beheaded in the market place of Medina, so he could take their wealth, and al Bukhari said the day of Judgement will not come until the Jews are eliminated (Sahih 1296/1296, book 56 hadith 139 al Bukhari.
What is happening in that wretched and cursed land, that the Abrahamic religions consider sacred, cannot be solved by a one nation state, a two nation state, or even the genocide of the Jews.
There can be no respite, no peace so long as mankind clings to religions and ethnic identities.
Active duty military member here, avid reader of your books, and current Maxifi user. Wondering if I could get a discount on the "Larry Plans For You", where you model out my imminent death as I partake in your boots on the ground shock troop plan?
What in the hell interest of the American people is putting troops in Gaza? Maybe we should attack Mexico because US citizens were killed there?
I'm willing to buy you a plane ticket to go over to Gaza and fight. I'll find an assault weapon for you too. I'll buy Lindsey Graham a seat to ride over with you. Chicken Hawks Unit!
Do you not get why we are tired of endless wars? The script is the same for every excursion since Vietnam. We get all wound up in protecting freedom of said country. We pour in billions of dollars and sometimes thousands of our young peoples lives. Then we tire of the adventure and abandon the people we so vehemently said we needed to protect to save our democracy.
It seems like after step 11, we are back to where we are today.
Joe just does the "rinse and repeat" cycle to keep on keeping on.
While I find your list of 11 actions intriguing, it gets us to another Vietnam or Afghanistan. For step 1.5, I would add. Complete all operations in 6 months or less and evacuate completely. All we need is another war with no end in sight.
Hi Chris, Israel isn't trusted by the Arabs to oversee and protect a free Palestinian state. The U.S. is, on balance. Gaza needs a trusted security force. Otherwise, Hamas or its equal will return. Plus, we have our own interests is getting Iran to behave or making it irrelevant militarily. We have only a limited period of hegemonic power. It's time to use it. best, Larry
Aaron. Thank you for what you do for all of us and certainly me and my family. Pls email me at kotlikoff@gmail.com and I will assist you for free. As for the plan, the idea is to bring the war to an end, not to have the U.S. fight it. But we can discuss. best, Larry
Hi Eric, We disagree. Iran is the big issue here. It will soon have ballistic missiles that can hit our cities. You ok with that? best, Larry
Hi Ed, I agree. We should have an early end game. But we need to stay in long enough for a duly elected Palestinian authority to be strong enough to resist a resurgence of Hamas. best, Larry
Hi William, We hear you, but let's keep things friendly in these discussions. No one is anything but pro American as far as I can tell. And no thinks either candidate is ideal. This said, I agree with much/most of what you both write. Cheers, Larry
Don, I agree with you apart from Trump's tactics. Everyone in NATO needs to be spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. We're below 3. And Trump didn't succeed in getting the NATO countries up to 2 percent. He just people off. best, Larry
Don, That's anyone's guess. Biden got NATO fully engaged and enlarged. In the end, he may have played it better. It's far stronger with Finland and Sweden. And now Ukraine, if it survives. best, Larry
William, A dismal view, indeed. But I believe my plan is best. Yours, Larry
Biden doesn't have the kahones to do as you say and go against the nut job Jew haters in the DemoRAT party.
Biden/Harris are the cause of the Ukraine war. Before the war started they (on television) let Russia know there would be no U.S. response even with limited Russian usage of nuclear weapons! They dimwittedly paid Iran billions in the hope they wouldn't continue developing nuclear weapons. For all their talk about women's rights, what did they do in Afghanistan? And they did nothing regarding Hamas except try to restrain Israel's response and call for a ceasefire as if Hamas had attacked Israel's military rather than killing, raping, and mutilating innocent civilians . Even U.S. papers (particularly the democrat leaning press) are spineless. Instead of headlining "Hamas executes innocent hostages" (who were about to be rescued by Israel who had been held back for a year by the U.S.), they write that Israel recovers recently killed hostages. Mr. Pechter, this happened on Biden/Harris. Crimea happened under Obama. Although I dislike Trump, honesty requires recognizing that none of these things were happening under him. The democrats have an ongoing history of appeasement with terrorists and criminals.
Biiden and Harris are the cause of the Ukraine war? What planet are you living on. Putin is a ruthless imperialist with designs to rebuild the old Soviet Empire and invaded Ukraine and Obama did nothing, then he realizing that he was dealing with pussies, invaded Ukraine with the intent of committing genocide,obliterating the Ukrainian language, culture and identity which he considers fake, and if he succeeds Moldova, Lithuania, the Baltic States and Poland are next, followed in short order by Slovakia and Romania. Orban the traitor sees the hand writing on the wall and is getting ahead of the curve.
My point is that with Trump Putin would never have dared. Biden/Harris basically said: Russia, go ahead.
Are you joking?. Trump is Putin's butt buddy. Helsinki anyone? Where do you get this stuff. QAnon. Fox? Of course Putin's outlet to the west. Just ask the Putin fellating Tucker Carlson.
I don't know who YOU listen to, but I have no television and no cable. I read only. And I read French, Dutch, and U.S. papers both on the left and the right and in the center. I find as far as the U.S. goes, the Wallstreet Journal at least honest. Yes, it is to right of center. But the others leave facts behind and peddle their ideology. I don't know if Putin and Trump are buddies or not. But being buddies doesn't mean you will let other get away with something. What I do know is that it was Obama who ridiculed Romney when he said Russia was our greatest threat. It was Obama who told the Russians he had to talk hard for the U.S. electorate but once elected he would have a different tone (not realizing his mike was hot). Talk about collusion!!! And HE not Trump gave Crimea away.
I know it was Biden who said (on television!) that we would not respond to Russia invading Ukraine: which was by all intents and purposes giving Russia permission to invade. So again who are YOU listening to?!! It seems the left has more conspiracy tales the right.
You said: "I don't know who YOU listen to, but I have no television and no cable
Then you say:
"I know it was Biden who said (on television!) that we would not respond to Russia invading Ukraine."
I need say no more.
By the way, I am not a leftist. nor a centrist, nor a rightist, I hold all believers and ideologues in disdain.
And yes Biden and even Obama are woosies, Obama could have stopped Putin in Syria, but the American left falls out into the streets crying war monger and muttering about the military industrial complex until it is too late.
Biden is also threatened from the left, Putin waves his nuclear phallus and the Americans shit a brick
And all this does is encourage aggression.
The evidence is that Putin is an aggressor, a little man, who compensates for his stature by showing off barechested on horse back and invading countries.
He devasted Muslim Chehnya, until he could find a criminal to insall as satrap, He had one in Ukraine, until the Ukrainians had enough of the corruption and kicked his ass out.
Here is take on it all, it starts with American politics and Tulsi Gabbard.
Tulsi was a democrat, and is now on Trump's transition team.
She has the blood of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Kurds on her hands.
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/01/tulsi-gabbards-journey-to-donald-is-an-ominous-sign-of-putins-power/?lh_aid=112154&lh_cid=8z4n1nk2t6&lh_em=myocicats%40gmail.com&di=7241727fabe9ddf67d6e1d43f29ce6b4
Here is a cue for you. Trump wanted to built one of his hotels in Moscow.
Trump and Putin formed a tight relationship, Trump has an affection for authoritarian leaders like Putin Orban, Kim Jon Un (with whom he exhanged love letters)
The met in Helsinki and excluded everyone from the room except Putins English translator, Putin speaks English, but with a heavy Russian accent.
Obama showed Putin,that the Democratic party were pussies and could be pushed around, when Trump left office Putin pushed and wouldn't you know it, he judged correctly, all he had to do was wave his nuclear phallus and Biden and the Democrats trembled in their shoes, if per chance Trump actually steals the election this time, as he tried to last time, it is game over for Ukraine and eastern Europe. Trump will pull out of NATO, which he threatened to last time, and tried to weaken, at the bidding of his butt buddy Putin. And it is game over for Eastern Europe, Also Ukraine is the bread basket of Africa and the Middle east, that is a hell of a lot of leverage Putin will have. Russian oil and gas, Ukrainian wheat, he is on his way to being a world power
Problem is that China at the moment is his ally (an alliance of convenience)but when he becomes a real threat, that alliance will fracture, and then what? War? War on a global scale,
If Trump does steal the election, then the U.S.A. will be Russia's ally, not that it will be a good ally, because a Trump regime will reduce America's productivity and stature in the world.
Trump was unable to do what he wanted to do in 2016-2020 and become a dictator, but he has solved that problem with the help of the Heritage Foundation, Federalist society and billionaire patrons, this time they are all set, to be up and running on day 1, to take over and destroy the very foundations of America and it's democracy.
For a white Christian nationalist theocracy.
Putin and Trump's America, what is left of the demoralized husk, will be allies against China, but because America is weakened it will not be much of a bulwark against Chinese Imperialism. in Asia or Africa.
Russia and China will struggle for dominance in Africa, as they already have a presence, Russia militarily, and China economically.
Trump's America will be a corpse to be picked over by vultures.
Some things I think we agree on. (Though I read in the paper what Biden said on television). But one effect Trump had on Europe was that they started thinking on providing their own defense—I lived in Europe for over a decade and they were resting on us to do everything while they did nothing all the while bad talking us. I could be wrong, but it could have been Trump's purpose to get them moving. A threat if you don't get your ass in gear, don't count on us and they took him at his word. Democrats will promise the moon but never deliver when push comes to shove. It does no good to talk pro NATO when you don't force the partners to do their share and when you don't keep your own promises (as the promise we gave Ukraine years ago when they gave up their nuclear arsenal).
Although I will never get over the left's fantasy over Trump being a dictator. If he wanted to grasp power the pandemic gave him the opportunity. But it was not him but the democrats who were autocratic. And no one talks about the threat to democracy right now in that they lied to the U.S. citizens and installed a senile president with unknown people behind the scenes calling the shots. And how now Harris is the democrat candidate without a single person voting for her to get her there.
I've been defending Israel from charges of genocide, but no way America should trade our troops for the IDF, and if anything Ukraine first. Russia is a bigger threat to the west, than, at the moment, Muslims, though the incoming Muslim tide is responsible for the rise of the right in Europe, and the right wing in Europe is anything but Judeophilic., or have people forgotten.
Islam is at war with Judaism since Muhammad had 600 members, all of them, of the Jewish tribe Quaryza beheaded in the market place of Medina, so he could take their wealth, and al Bukhari said the day of Judgement will not come until the Jews are eliminated (Sahih 1296/1296, book 56 hadith 139 al Bukhari.
What is happening in that wretched and cursed land, that the Abrahamic religions consider sacred, cannot be solved by a one nation state, a two nation state, or even the genocide of the Jews.
There can be no respite, no peace so long as mankind clings to religions and ethnic identities.
History is scattered with unsuccessful negotiations with terrorists, you would think the world would know better
Active duty military member here, avid reader of your books, and current Maxifi user. Wondering if I could get a discount on the "Larry Plans For You", where you model out my imminent death as I partake in your boots on the ground shock troop plan?
What in the hell interest of the American people is putting troops in Gaza? Maybe we should attack Mexico because US citizens were killed there?
I'm willing to buy you a plane ticket to go over to Gaza and fight. I'll find an assault weapon for you too. I'll buy Lindsey Graham a seat to ride over with you. Chicken Hawks Unit!
Do you not get why we are tired of endless wars? The script is the same for every excursion since Vietnam. We get all wound up in protecting freedom of said country. We pour in billions of dollars and sometimes thousands of our young peoples lives. Then we tire of the adventure and abandon the people we so vehemently said we needed to protect to save our democracy.
Hell no. Can’t let Netanyahu drag the US into direct war. The interests of the current Israel administration do not align with the US - at all.
It seems like after step 11, we are back to where we are today.
Joe just does the "rinse and repeat" cycle to keep on keeping on.
While I find your list of 11 actions intriguing, it gets us to another Vietnam or Afghanistan. For step 1.5, I would add. Complete all operations in 6 months or less and evacuate completely. All we need is another war with no end in sight.