[WashingtonFreeBeacon] Survey respondents hate America, too. Results match rise of foreign-influenced social media.
Terry Moran, an anchor and on-air personality ousted from ABC News after describing as "a world-class hater" President Trump and Trump aide Stephen Miller, turns out to be a hater himself.
Moran went on an anti-Israel rant on social media this week. "Netanyahu has lost for Israel the support of most of the American people," he wrote. "Gone in the slaughter and ruins of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... . Gone in Israel’s campaign of mass death, widespread displacement, hunger, destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, and the social fabric of an entire people." It initially struck me as the latest in a long list of examples of "mainstream" media figures disclosing themselves as partisans, like former CBS News "Justice Correspondent" Scott MacFarlane joining the left-wing media company MeidasTouch, which got its start as an anti-Trump political action committee.
The same demographic groups driving the decline in support for Israel—young people and Democrats—are also driving the stunning decline in pride in America, which, according to Gallup, has hit a record low: "more Gen Z Democrats say they have little or no pride in being an American (32%) than say they are extremely or very proud."
Then William Galston, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal opinion page, weighed in with a column about how "Netanyahu Has Lost Middle America." It blamed the Gaza war and Netanyahu’s leadership for the fact that "For the first time since Gallup began measuring attitudes on this matter a quarter-century ago, more Americans sympathize with the Paleostinians than with the Israelis." Galston is the center-left ideological diversity on the Journal page, but he’s no Moran, Kristof, or Duss. His piece warrants a substantive response, not just a dismissive eye-roll.
The survey data deserve a sophisticated look. The same demographic groups driving the decline in support for Israel—young people and Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... —are also driving the stunning decline in pride in America, which, according to Gallup, has hit a record low: "more Gen Z Democrats say they have little or no pride in being an American (32%) than say they are extremely or very proud." If you spent all your free time watching TikTok or YouTube videos from Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... -owned Al Jazeera or The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
The investigative reporting geniuses who were so keen to see the hand of Russia, Russia, Russia in Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory seem remarkably incurious about the roles Turkey, Qatar, Iran, China, and the Palestine Liberation Organization have played in shaping U.S. domestic opinion.
-owned TRT World about how racist America is, you might hate Israel and America, too. Even the supposedly elite college students from this generation "can’t read books," according to the Atlantic. The Ivy League students are "suffering from religious illiteracy," according to a Princeton professor, Gregory Conti, writing in the Washington Post. While there are some encouraging signs of a religious revival, the long-term U.S. trend has been toward secularism, with Gallup finding those who report "no" hitting a new high in 2025. Gallup reports that more Americans identify "none" as their religion than as Catholic. In the 18-29 age group, "none" is 36 percent, and Protestant/nondenominational Christian is at 33 percent. A lot of people in this age demographic, sadly, are chronic cannabis users, which also isn’t exactly great for their critical thinking abilities.
The investigative reporting geniuses who were so keen to see the hand of Russia, Russia, Russia in Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... ’s 2016 election victory seem remarkably incurious about the roles Turkey, Qatar, Iran, China, and the Paleostine Liberation Organization have played in shaping U.S. domestic opinion, notwithstanding a 2024 blurb from President Biden’s director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, that "Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza."
In other words, Netanyahu and the Gaza war aren’t the only variables. America is also a variable. The information environment is a variable. The Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... war is another variable. It is not over yet. If it concludes with a joyously free Iran allied with Israel and America and pumping plentiful and cheap oil and gas that gets paid for in U.S. dollars, Israel’s poll numbers—and Trump’s—will climb. A White House signing ceremony for Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , Indonesia, Kuwait, Pakistain, Iran and Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... joining the Abraham Accords would also help Israel’s popularity—and Trump’s. That won’t happen so long as a hostile Iranian regime armed with missiles, drones, and proxies and the ability to close the Strait of Hormuz remains in power in Tehran.
The Gallup data are misleading because they omit respondents who say their sympathies are with both Israel and the Palestinians, with neither, or who have no opinion. Gallup itself concedes that the 5-percentage-point difference by which American sympathies are with the Palestinians over Israel in the latest poll "is not statistically significant."
The Gallup data are misleading because they omit respondents who say their sympathies are with both Israel and the Paleostinians, with neither, or who have no opinion. Gallup itself concedes that the 5-percentage-point difference by which American sympathies are with the Paleostinians over Israel in the latest poll "is not statistically significant." As recently as September 2025, Pew found Americans viewed the Israeli government more favorably than Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... or the Paleostinian Authority, and also viewed the Israeli people slightly more favorably than the Paleostinian people.
Netanyahu has been prime minister of Israel on and off since 1996. The decline in Americans’ sympathy for Israel predated the Gaza war, as evidenced by a former editor of the The New Republic, Peter Beinart, publicly abandoning Zionism in July of 2020, by the Harvard Crimson in 2022 editorially endorsing a boycott of Israel (while Naftali Bennett was prime minister in a coalition government that included Arab parties and Mansour Abbas as a minister), by the Harvard student organizations that came out with their letter on October 7, 2023, stating, "We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence" and "the apartheid regime is the only one to blame."
My own bet is that the U.S. will eventually get back on track—Trump’s election has already set some of this in motion, including some changes to immigration policy and the forced sale of TikTok, if not yet a thorough cleanup of the feeds emanating from there or other platforms. The eventual end of the wars and of the pandemic will make it easier for young Americans to go to Israel and to see the reality of the situation for themselves. If the travelers so choose, they can fly there via the United Arab Emirates, which sees Israel as a promising partner. The hunger for meaning, purpose, and community may fuel a return to Christianity and Judaism, to churches and synagogues. Eventually people will figure out that the real dictators aren’t Trump and Netanyahu but Erdogan, Xi, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar. Netanyahu will eventually die or retire or lose an election, and his successors will demonstrate the reality that Netanyahu wasn’t to blame for all the world’s Israel-hate. Until then, treat monocausal explanations—whether they come from former ABC anchor Moran or from the Brookings Institution's Bill Galston—with extreme skepticism.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCasssad] Another scam from the US.
The US proposed a temporary ceasefire to Iran, including Yemen. Then the US would "so be it" – return to the "spirit of Islamabad." However, the US does not want Lebanon and Hezbollah to be included in this agreement, in order to preserve Israel's freedom of action there.
Of course, the US has no intention of fulfilling its agreements with Iran and its demands, and it urgently needs a ceasefire to quell panic in the oil market after the war began directly affecting Saudi Arabia's oil industry. Naturally, the pause will be used to accumulate forces and resources for further aggression against Iran. In my opinion, in the next few days, the US will attempt more serious strikes using strategic bombers against Iran's missile cities and nuclear facilities, preparations for which are already being detected. But this strike will also achieve nothing for the US, and the crisis will continue to escalate.
Iran will continue to twist the US's balls through the oil industry and strikes against American military bases throughout the region. Moreover, the Houthi factor has become more active, and the burning Saudi Aramco facilities clearly hint that things will only get worse for those who were preparing an attack on Iran.
The Iranians managed to disable the radar and hit one launcher during a combined missile and drone attack.
There were several hits on the sites. The US is hiding its losses, although the US Congress is already openly demanding real data on US losses in the war with Iran. The Pentagon is understandably greatly understating them, and even the US doesn't particularly trust the official figures. And what a pretext for impending escalation. It's night. Saudi Arabia bombed Hodeida, "in retaliation for the attacks on Saudi tankers."
The Houthis have already promised to soon escalate by striking Saudi Arabia. They previously attacked the Jizan and Asir provinces in Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi strikes on Sana'a airport. The threat of a blockade of the Bab el-Mandebwa Strait also remains. Iran and the US exchanged strikes overnight.
The US hit military targets in Iran, while Iran struck targets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, and Jordan. In Bahrain, Iran destroyed an Amazon data center. A Patriot missile was also observed falling on residential buildings, but this is a common occurrence with Patriot missiles.
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A Patriot missile was also observed falling on residential buildings, but this is a common occurrence with Patriot missiles.
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I wonder if the temporary cease fire this time is to increase the internal pressure among the IRGC factions and see if we can get them to kill each other off. Some of the less extreme recognize that things aren't going to end well for them, while the more extreme are delusionally thinking there remains some way for them to "win".
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...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
