苏维埃俄国的首任国家元首雅科夫是犹太人，然后列宁是犹太人，托洛茨基也是犹太人。苏联领导人斯大林有两个儿子和一个女儿。虽然斯大林不是犹太人也不喜欢犹太人还驱逐了很多犹太人，但他的两子一女居然不顾斯大林反对，全都去找了犹太人结婚，并有后代。当时苏共很多高级领导人要么自己是犹太人，要么配偶是犹太人。俄罗斯总统普京的母亲据说是犹太人，这使得普京有犹太血统，另外乌克兰总统泽连斯基也是犹太人。大家都是犹太人。
粉红心碎泪目，还老喜欢说美国是犹太人操控的，稍微研究一下就会发现你们深爱的苏共才真的是犹太人团建，也别说什么渗透了，本来一开始就是犹太人建立的，马克思也是犹太人，要说渗透也是犹太人被渗透。不管你们多么想否认他们是犹太人，你们也不得不承认这些人全都有犹太血统。
If I were Nero, I would quickly have several children with Claudia Octavia, and then hand over all state affairs to my mother Agrippina and my teacher Seneca, and then follow Tiberius and retire to an island or live in Greece, spending my days eating, drinking, and enjoying life. If you know you are incapable, why insist on forcibly governing politics? It would be better to simply go on a happy vacation instead. At that time, Rome was still very powerful and could fully afford to allow me to do so. At that time, People also believed that only a member of the Caesar family could become the emperor, which is why Claudius was able to become the emperor.
Some people might say that being an emperor is very difficult, but in the period when Nero lived, it was not actually that hard to be an emperor. It was precisely because of this that he had the leisure and opportunity to get involved in all kinds of chaotic and messy affairs.
Even Valentinian III, who ruled during a turbulent period, was able to remain emperor for thirty years because he was willing to let Flavius Aetius and his mother Galla Placidia manage the affairs of the state. When he no longer allowed others to govern the state on his behalf, he was finished within just two years.
It is important to recognize one’s own mediocrity and incompetence. Because of my position, I know I have no choice but to become emperor, but I also know I am not capable of it. If I know I am incompetent, then doing nothing would be the best choice.
Why does God put some people in the wrong bodies? Today, Christians can understand homosexuality by saying that God does not make mistakes about people’s sexual orientation, but this explanation does not hold up when it comes to transgender people. While some babies are born with illnesses or disabilities, being transgender is neither a physical illness nor a mental illness.
In the 13th century, Genghis Khan led only around 200,000 troops and within just a few years fought all the way from Mongolia to the Middle East, capturing city after city and crushing nearly every opponent in their path. For a long time, the Mongols were the greatest nightmare of the Arabs and the Turks. But for some reason, the Mongols suddenly halted their advance and spared the Byzantine Empire.
At that time, the Roman emperor was Michael VIII Palaiologos, who had only regained Constantinople a few years earlier. If he had faced the Mongol army, I don’t think he would have been able to hold out.
If you want to free Palestine, then you must consider a practical issue: after losing Israel, who could replace Israel as the United States’ long-term and reliable ally in the Middle East? Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, or some other country？
The United States’ best ally in the Middle East used to be Iran. After losing Iran, it became Israel. If Israel were lost, who could become the next ally? The United States abandoned Iran and allowed the Pahlavi dynasty to be overthrown, because at the time this was seen as the choice of the people, and how could the United States oppose the will of the people? Ultimately, the United States lost Iran as an ally, Iran became an enemy of the United States, and the lives of Iranians did not improve. Abandoning a regime that benefits you and simply allowing a regime that is against your interests to take power, just because it is considered the right thing to do.
If you want the United States to help Palestine eliminate Israel, then you must first consider who could replace Israel as a strong and reliable American ally in the Middle East, and how to avoid the United States repeating the same mistake it made in Iran. Any such ally would need to possess a certain level of military capability and be reliable in the long term, so that the United States would not have to worry about it suddenly turning against them. And that choice is absolutely not Palestine. Many Middle Eastern countries can barely protect themselves. Although some of them are wealthy and stable, their military capabilities are weak, and they still rely on the United States to protect them. Egypt might be a relatively good choice. The current Egyptian government still has a decent relationship with the United States, but Egypt also has the Muslim Brotherhood, and it does not like America. Turkey’s relationship with the United States is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and is unpredictable.
You can hold firmly to your ideals and do what you believe is right without considering your own practical interests, but a government cannot do that.
即便是在以粉红控评著称的观察者网评论区，如今俄罗斯凄凉的阅兵视频下面的风向也已经明显变了。时间实际上已经一步步证明了“越打越有钱、越打越有利”的理论是错误的。
俄乌战争刚爆发时，粉红的主流话术是“大帝威武”“1小时结束战斗”，到了战争中期，赢的话术又变成了“俄罗斯是在故意拖”“就是要消耗西方”“越打越有利”“战争让俄罗斯的经济更强”，当这些说法越来越难自圆其说后，如今，赢的话术调整成：“一个半死不活、长期被消耗的俄罗斯，才最符合中国利益”。
赢的话术在不断后移和修正。当前话术被现实削弱之后，就会迅速出现新的解释体系来继续赢。
New York City isn’t a remote town. Just a few years ago, this generous city spent a lot of money to house refugees in hotels, yet now it claims it’s running out of money.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/04/nyc-spends-35-million-for-2-migrant-hotels/
1867年，美国著名作家马克·吐温加入了一支旅行探险队，队伍从美国出发，途经欧洲各国，最终抵达了耶路撒冷这片圣地。吐温在傻子出国记中记录了他亲眼所见的情景：
“在这片广袤的土地上，方圆三十英里内连一个村庄都没有。只有两三处贝都因人的帐篷聚落，却没有一处永久性住所。在这附近，骑马十英里，也见不到十个人。”
“很难想象，这片寂静的平原曾经……因武装人员的脚步声而震颤……此处一片荒凉，即便是想象力也无法为之增添生机与活力。我们平安抵达了塔博尔……沿途我们未曾见到一个活人。”
“在所有风景凄凉的土地中，我认为巴勒斯坦当属首屈一指。山峦荒芜……山谷是丑陋的荒漠，放眼望去，不见丝毫悦目的色彩……这是一片绝望、凄凉、令人心碎的土地……巴勒斯坦身披麻衣，头撒灰尘……荒凉而丑陋……”
根据马克·吐温的描述，我们可以看出当时的巴勒斯坦十分荒凉，而马克·吐温也没有说谎的动机。当时，奥斯曼帝国尚未崩溃，英国尚未控制巴勒斯坦，把犹太人从欧洲大规模迁移过来。对于如今的1400万巴勒斯坦人到底是从哪里冒出来的，他们中的祖先究竟有多少人曾经真正生活在巴勒斯坦，我持高度怀疑态度。
有些人可能无法想象30英里究竟有多长。以色列是一个小国，全长290英里，最宽处仅85英里。
In 1867, the famous American writer Mark Twain joined a travel expedition that departed from the United States, passed through various European countries, and eventually arrived in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Twain recorded what he personally witnessed there:
“There is not a solitary village throughout its whole extent, not for thirty miles in either direction. There are two or three small clusters of Bedouin tents, but not a single permanent habitation. One may ride ten miles, hereabouts, and not see ten human beings.”
“It was hard to realize that this silent plain had once… trembled to the tramp of armed men…A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action. We reached Tabor safely…We never saw a human being on the whole route.”
“Of all the lands there are for dismal scenery, I think Palestine must be the prince. The hills are barren…The valleys are unsightly deserts fringed with a feeble vegetation that has an expression about it of being sorrowful and despondent. The Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee sleep in the midst of a vast stretch…wherein the eye rests upon no pleasant tint…It is a hopeless, dreary, heart-broken land… Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes…desolate and unlovely…”
He also quoted a prophecy from the Book of Leviticus:
“I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and I will draw out a sword after you; and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.”
According to Mark Twain’s account, we can see that Palestine at that time was very desolate, and Mark Twain had no motive to lie. At that time, the Ottoman Empire had not yet collapsed, Britain had not yet gained control of Palestine, and Jews had not yet migrated from Europe on a large scale. I am very skeptical about how many of the 14 million Palestinians actually used to live in Palestine.
Some people may not have a sense of what 30 miles is. Israel is a small country, measuring 290 miles long and 85 miles at its widest point.
In 1867, the famous American writer Mark Twain joined a travel expedition that departed from the United States, passed through various European countries, and eventually arrived in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Twain recorded what he personally witnessed there:
“There is not a solitary village throughout its whole extent, not for thirty miles in either direction. There are two or three small clusters of Bedouin tents, but not a single permanent habitation. One may ride ten miles, hereabouts, and not see ten human beings.”
“It was hard to realize that this silent plain had once… trembled to the tramp of armed men…A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action. We reached Tabor safely…We never saw a human being on the whole route.”
“Of all the lands there are for dismal scenery, I think Palestine must be the prince. The hills are barren…The valleys are unsightly deserts fringed with a feeble vegetation that has an expression about it of being sorrowful and despondent. The Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee sleep in the midst of a vast stretch…wherein the eye rests upon no pleasant tint…It is a hopeless, dreary, heart-broken land… Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes…desolate and unlovely…”
He also quoted a prophecy from the Book of Leviticus:
“I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and I will draw out a sword after you; and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.”
According to Mark Twain’s account, we can see that Palestine at that time was very desolate, and Mark Twain had no motive to lie. At that time, the Ottoman Empire had not yet collapsed, Britain had not yet gained control of Palestine, and Jews had not yet migrated from Europe on a large scale. I am very skeptical about how many of the 14 million Palestinians actually used to live in Palestine.
Some people may not have a sense of what 30 miles is. Israel is a small country, measuring 290 miles long and 85 miles at its widest point.
In 988, Vladimir the Great, the ruler of Russia, wanted to marry Princess Anna of the Byzantine Empire. Earlier, Anna had already been spared from a similar political marriage when Theophanu married Holy Roman Emperor Otto in her place. But this time, she couldn’t escape it, and she was still forced to marry abroad.
Vladimir already had around 800 wives and concubines, but after marrying Anna, he treated her as his only legitimate wife and officially introduced Christianity to Russia. However, the children he had with Anna did not end up inheriting his throne because he already had many older sons.
Then in 1472, the exiled Byzantine princess Sophia married the Russian ruler Ivan III. Ivan III later ended more than two centuries of Mongol domination over Russia. Since he already had several older sons, he originally didn’t plan for the son he had with Sophia to inherit the throne. But in the end, Sophia still managed to secure the throne for their son.
Just because a group of people has lived in a town within a country for 500 years doesn’t mean the town belongs to them. This place still belongs to the state. Unless the government grants permission, they cannot declare the town their own and establish an independent state there. If such behavior were allowed, any country would face big problems. At the same time, it is entirely within the government’s authority to decide to resettle a group of refugees in that town. Local residents cannot refuse to accept refugees.
After learning about Israel’s history of wars with the surrounding Muslim countries since its founding, you’ll realize that Israel has consistently been the side winning wars. And yet, for a country that has continually won on the battlefield, it has strangely ended up in this situation. This also makes me believe that Israel is the more restrained side. I believe that if Palestine were ever to win even once, Israel would be completely destroyed and cease to exist altogether. In that worldview, the only reason this has not happened is not because Palestinians are more merciful or restrained, but simply because they currently do not possess the military capability to achieve it. Palestine can lose countless times, while Israel can only afford to lose once.
I see Israel as comparatively more restrained, more pragmatic, or at least less absolute in its goals. This creates a situation where, even after Israel has won countless times, it is still not enough. After all, Israel has repeatedly emerged victorious in war after war across the Middle East. It has survived multiple invasions, repeatedly defeated neighboring armies, and maintained overwhelming military superiority for decades. Yet despite all of those victories, Palestine and the Palestinian people still continue to exist. Jerusalem’s mosques have not been destroyed, Muslims are still able to worship there, and Israel itself still contains around two million Muslim citizens living within its borders.
Even after repeated Israeli victories, Palestinians still have room to continue existing in some form. But if Palestine were to win even once, it would mean the complete destruction of Israel. Jordan once helped the Palestinians, yet the King of Jordan was assassinated. Egypt once helped the Palestinians, yet the President of Egypt was assassinated. Previously, Palestinians from Gaza were able to enter Israel to work, but they could not enter Egypt because Egypt had built several walls to block them and had pumped poison gas into the underground tunnels. A group of leftists who tried to enter Gaza through the Egyptian border were beaten by Egyptians. Kuwait once helped the Palestinians, yet some Palestinians supported Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. If Palestinians acted this way toward Arabs and Muslims who helped them, then what attitude would they have toward Israelis?
If you do, then deep down you are probably making a very specific moral judgment about both sides — whether you realize it or not. You are implicitly assuming that if Palestine were ever to win even once, Israel would be completely destroyed, its population massacred or expelled, and the country erased altogether. In that worldview, the only reason this has not happened is not because Palestinians are inherently more merciful or restrained, but because they simply do not possess the military capability to do it.
At the same time, this belief also implies that you see Israel as comparatively more restrained, more pragmatic, or at least less absolute in its intentions. This leads to a situation where, even after Israel has won countless times, it is still not enough. After all, Israel has already won war after war in the Middle East. It has survived multiple invasions, defeated neighboring armies repeatedly, and maintained overwhelming military superiority for decades. Yet despite all of those victories, Palestine and the Palestinian people still exist. Jerusalem’s mosques have not been flattened, Muslims are still able to worship there, and Israel itself contains around two million Muslim citizens living within its borders.
So the logic behind the phrase “Palestine can lose countless times, but Israel can only lose once” carries a deeper implication than many people admit. It suggests that Israel winning repeatedly still leaves room for Palestinians to survive in some form, while a single Palestinian victory would supposedly mean the total destruction of Israel itself. In other words, the statement unintentionally portrays one side as capable of tolerating the continued existence of its enemy after victory, while portraying the other side as incapable of doing the same.