Friday, March 6, 2026

The marine was right: no one wants to fight for Israel

 So...there was a marine at a congressional hearing that yelled "no one wants to fight for Israel" and got unceremoniously escorted out of the room. That's what really got attention here. Because his arm got stuck in the door, the use of force caused a very loud crack to be heard on camera...which was the guy's arm breaking. And apparently Tim Sheehy (R-MT) helped the security push the guy out. After taking like $600k in cash for Israel. 

And I'm gonna be frank with you, I think the marine was right. We can debate whether what he did was acceptable. I'm not always a fan of loud self righteous anti war protesters. But idk, in this case it seemed somewhat justified. This isn't just an abstract "over there" issue like Palestine was. This is putting our troops on the line for what? And you know what? That soldier was right. Why the hell should we die for Israel? Screw Israel. I want nothing to do with Israel. And neither do most Americans. This is a fundamentally unpopular war.

However, even if we do say "okay well is interrupting a hearing justified? is security removing the guy justified?" Okay. But let's face it, this amount of excessive force was not. The dude's arm was jammed in the door and they kept pulling. Quite frankly, he got a much harsher treatment than 99.9% of January 6th rioters who unceremoniously stormed the capitol building. The only one you could argue had it worse was Ashli Babbitt. And you know what? In THAT situation, I could see breaking a dude's arm if he was trying to get into the capitol chamber. But here? nah, this is excessive AF. 

Either way, I'll just repeat what he said. NO ONE WANTS TO FIGHT FOR ISRAEL. If Israel wants this war, let them fight it themselves, without our help. Stop making us do their dirty work. The vast majority of the public wants less foreign interventionism, not more. Even Biden was doing too much in the eyes of many voters, and I thought Biden had the balance right 95% of the time. Seriously, half the public is like full on isolationist. They might at best support the liberal world order and leading from behind. But the last thing around 75% want is a boots on the ground war for regime change. 

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