Understanding the US - Again

[drnayar]

Ah a nice long war can make people "forget" and focus attention elsewhere!

[saip]

A nice big beautiful war that will help the OM bigly making hoi polloi forget the Epstein files forever is coming soon.

[drnayar]

The German Experiment That Placed Foster Children with Pedophiles
With the approval of the government, a renowned sexologist ran a dangerous program. How could this happen?

PROJECT KENTLER

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021 ... pedophiles

[Amber G.]

Trump:

We are going to have so much rare earth. It's actually not that rare. There’s a lot of rare earth. There’s a lot of earth.

While ... Never seen a ruling like this..

[Amber G.]

The New York Times published two op-eds by Hussam Abu Safyia.
< edited after some feedback .. origina post is:

He was introduced as a doctor.
A humanitarian.
A hospital director.

What readers were not told
He is a Hamas colonel.
A senior figure in a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

Edited:
The "Hamas general" claim seem to be a high-stakes information war, and its validity i took for granted. The New York Times did publish an op-ed by Dr. Abu Safiya in October 2023 where he pleaded for help as northern Gaza's hospitals collapsed.
The claim primarily originates from the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and surfaced shortly after his detention in late December 2024. (he IDF stated that Abu Safiya was being investigated for "holding a rank" within Hamas and was part of Hamas’s Military Medical Services.   In early January 2025, the Israeli military released video footage of other detained individuals who allegedly identified him as a high-ranking operative.
From what I can find- Current Status (January 2026)
As of now, Dr. Abu Safiya remains in administrative detention. No formal charges of "terrorism" or "military command" have been proven in a court of law. His health has reportedly reached a critical state, with his legal team reporting a loss of nearly 100 pounds and heart complications.

Thanks to @A_Gupta and @Jay and for addition/correction .

[A_Gupta]

The New York Times published two op-eds by Hussam Abu Safyia.

He was introduced as a doctor.
A humanitarian.
A hospital director.

What readers were not told
He is a Hamas colonel.
A senior figure in a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

Shameful performance by the Grey Lady.

But it has a history.
The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History Kindle Edition
by Ashley Rindsberg
https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked ... 0922WP4VQ/

The Gray Lady Winked pulls back the curtain on this illustrious institution to reveal a quintessentially human organization where ideology, ego, power and politics compete with the more humble need to present the facts. In its 10 gripping chapters, The Gray Lady Winked offers readers an eye-opening, often shocking, look at the New York Times’s greatest journalistic failures, so devastating they changed the course of history.

How its World War II Berlin bureau chief, a known Nazi collaborator, skewed coverage in favor of the Third Reich for over a decade.
Its notorious coverup of the Ukraine Famine, a genocide committed by Stalin, showing that it was the newspaper's owners who directed the coverup in order to advance their own financial and ideological interests.
The “1619 Project," a cynical, ideologically driven attempt to revise American history by rooting the nation's birth in slavery instead of liberty.
The result is an essential look at the tangled relationship between media, power and politics in a post-truth world told with novelistic flair to reveal a uniquely powerful institution’s tortured relationship with the truth.

Most importantly of all, The Gray Lady Winked presents a cautionary tale that shows what happens when the guardians of the truth abandon that sacred value in favor of self-interest and ideology—and what this means for our future as much as for our past.

[Jay]

The New York Times published two op-eds by Hussam Abu Safyia.

He was introduced as a doctor.
A humanitarian.
A hospital director.

What readers were not told
He is a Hamas colonel.
A senior figure in a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

I haven't heard this incident before, so I just googled his name for the NYT op-eds and one of the first links is from NYPost, which is a pretty pro-Israel paper.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/31/world-new ... chdog-idf/

The last para in the post is the confusing part, I'm quoting it here...

"The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed Safyia was apprehended during the war on suspicion of “involvement in terrorist activities.” He was not charged and was released by the IDF, but the Israeli Prison Services agency did not respond to a request for comment on his current whereabouts."

Why would IDF arrest someone who is a hamas colonel, interrogate him, and release him? Throughout this war, IDF just vaporized each and every hamas terrorist and them some just because they were sus, but this guy who IDF says is high ranking colonel gets a pass and is released? Smells terribly fishy.

[chetak]

The New York Times published two op-eds by Hussam Abu Safyia.

He was introduced as a doctor.
A humanitarian.
A hospital director.

What readers were not told
He is a Hamas colonel.
A senior figure in a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

I haven't heard this incident before, so I just googled his name for the NYT op-eds and one of the first links is from NYPost, which is a pretty pro-Israel paper.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/31/world-new ... chdog-idf/

The last para in the post is the confusing part, I'm quoting it here...

"The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed Safyia was apprehended during the war on suspicion of “involvement in terrorist activities.” He was not charged and was released by the IDF, but the Israeli Prison Services agency did not respond to a request for comment on his current whereabouts."

Why would IDF arrest someone who is a hamas colonel, interrogate him, and release him? Throughout this war, IDF just vaporized each and every hamas terrorist and them some just because they were sus, but this guy who IDF says is high ranking colonel gets a pass and is released? Smells terribly fishy.

Jay ji,

Is it that old story all over again: "he may be a b@$t@rd, but he is our b@$t@rd"

[A_Gupta]

Why would IDF arrest someone who is a hamas colonel, interrogate him, and release him? Throughout this war, IDF just vaporized each and every hamas terrorist and them some just because they were sus, but this guy who IDF says is high ranking colonel gets a pass and is released? Smells terribly fishy.

It seems the NY Post is not much better than desi outlets.


Al Jazeera reported on December 27, 2025
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/ ... out-charge

A year on, Israel still holds Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia without charge
Abu Safia’s health has deteriorated considerably since he was taken by Israeli soldiers.

Gaza City – Dr Hussam Abu Safia, 52, remains in an Israeli prison a year after Israel detained him without charges or trial.

His family and supporters are demanding his release as his health deteriorates amid reports of the inhumane conditions under which he is being held.

Abu Safia, known for his steadfast presence as director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza City, has become central in international discussions on the protection of medical personnel in armed conflicts.

He insisted on staying at the hospital, along with several medical staff, despite continuous Israeli attacks on the facility.

Israel eventually surrounded the hospital and forced everyone to evacuate. Since then, Abu Safia has been in detention, and the hospital has been out of service.

He was transferred between Israeli prisons, from the notorious Sde Teiman holding facility to Ofer Prison, being mistreated continuously.

No charges have been brought against Abu Safia, who is held under the “unlawful combatant” law, which allows detention without a standard criminal trial and denies detainees access to the evidence against them.

[Amber G.]

Why would IDF arrest someone who is a hamas colonel, interrogate him, and release him? Throughout this war, IDF just vaporized each and every hamas terrorist and them some just because they were sus, but this guy who IDF says is high ranking colonel gets a pass and is released? Smells terribly fishy.

It seems the NY Post is not much better than desi outlets.


Al Jazeera reported on December 27, 2025
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/ ... out-charge

A year on, Israel still holds Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia without charge
Abu Safia’s health has deteriorated considerably since he was taken by Israeli soldiers.

Gaza City – Dr Hussam Abu Safia, 52, remains in an Israeli prison a year after Israel detained him without charges or trial.

His family and supporters are demanding his release as his health deteriorates amid reports of the inhumane conditions under which he is being held.

Abu Safia, known for his steadfast presence as director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza City, has become central in international discussions on the protection of medical personnel in armed conflicts.

He insisted on staying at the hospital, along with several medical staff, despite continuous Israeli attacks on the facility.

Israel eventually surrounded the hospital and forced everyone to evacuate. Since then, Abu Safia has been in detention, and the hospital has been out of service.

He was transferred between Israeli prisons, from the notorious Sde Teiman holding facility to Ofer Prison, being mistreated continuously.

No charges have been brought against Abu Safia, who is held under the “unlawful combatant” law, which allows detention without a standard criminal trial and denies detainees access to the evidence against them.

Thanks (Both of you). I edited my original post. I would be more careful in future.

[uddu]

https://x.com/i/status/2017792445979791448
@HansMahncke
While there is no evidence that Zohran Mamdani is Jeffrey Epstein’s son, the fact that his mother appears in the Epstein files highlights a much broader and deeper problem, which is the incestuous nature of elite networks. At a certain level, everyone seems to know everyone, work for everyone, or is connected through some opaque web of professional and personal ties.

A supposedly random figure from the squalor of Uganda rises all the way to mayor of New York, only for it to later emerge that his mother is deeply embedded in elite circles. The same pattern shows up again and again. James Comey’s daughter just happened to be a lead federal prosecutor on the Epstein case. The judge who presided over the trial of Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, the one who helped seed the Russiagate hoax, is married to Lisa Page’s lawyer. Page, of course, was involved with Peter Strzok, who is one of the central figures in that same hoax. And to complete the circle, Merrick Garland officiated their wedding.

None of this requires conspiracy theories. It requires only acknowledging how small, closed, and self-protecting these elite worlds are. Fix elite incestuousness, and a lot of other problems will disappear on their own.

https://x.com/usanewshq/status/2017717513203978568
@usanewshq
Somebody has to say it. There is a very real possibility Zohran Mamdani is Jeffrey Epstein’s biological son.

[S_Madhukar]

https://x.com/i/status/2017556791752855770
1. #Epstein Address Book Page 11 to 22
https://x.com/IamTheStory__/status/2017554849903350092

https://x.com/i/status/2017560198282678773
@IamTheStory__
US Billionaires and Politicians in #EpsteinFiles Address Book


https://x.com/i/status/2017540417458475211

@IamTheStory__
#Epstein Address Book throws up some strange Asian Names!!

Vikram Chatwal - Page 11
Ajai Hussain - Page 28
Abdullah Ismael - Page 28
Mohammed Jameel - Page 29
Dalamal Lal - Page 31
Andy Wong - Page 58
Theodore Wong - Page 58
Mai Yamani - Page 58

Father of Vikram Chatwal, Sant Singh Chatwal was given Padma Bhushan by the UPA 2 Govt in 2010.

Mohammed Jameel - From Jameel Group, Abu Dhabi, Jameel group established Abdul Jameel Lateef Poverty Alleviation Lab at MIT (J-PAL), where Indian Nobel Laurate Abhijeet Banerjee and his wife Asther Duflo, Iqbal Singh husband of IMF Economist Geeta Gopinath work.

For exact details refer to the below chart!!

Small detail , the model Mylene Jampanol was married to actor/model Milind Soman for a few years… nothing sinister but then models will always be on that list of guests

[drnayar]

Fwiw
https://x.com/Intlobserver0/status/2017771208251515244

[g.sarkar]

https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/ho ... cy-167541/
HOW TRUMP’S SECOND TERM UPENDED DECADES OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
NATO and other Western partnerships are undermined as allies are treated as competitors, with US protection and trade benefits conditioned on perceived self-interest.
John Dobson, February 1, 2026
London: One year into Donald Trump’s second term, it’s increasingly clear that the United States has embarked on a foreign policy experiment without precedent in the modern era. For roughly 80 years, successive US administrations, Republican and Democrat alike, operated within a broadly shared framework established in the aftermath of the Second World War. That framework rested on alliances, international institutions, open markets and a belief that American power was most effective when exercised in concert with others. Today, that settlement is in visible retreat. Under Trump, the United States is not merely adjusting its approach to the world but actively dismantling key pillars of the international order it once built and led. What is emerging in its place is not isolationism in the traditional sense, but something more disruptive: a transactional, zero-sum vision of global politics in which power is hoarded, alliances are conditional and liberal rules are viewed as constraints rather than assets.
The post-war order was founded on a simple but ambitious premise. By underwriting global security through alliances such as NATO, supporting institutions like the United Nations, World Bank and World Trade Organization, and opening its vast domestic market to allies and competitors alike, the US could promote stability, prosperity and influence simultaneously. While far from altruistic, this system aligned American interests with those of much of the world, particularly in Europe and East Asia. Trump’s foreign policy vision rejects that logic outright. To him, international institutions dilute US sovereignty, alliances create liabilities, and free trade allows others to exploit America’s economic strength. Leadership, in this worldview, is not something to be exercised for collective benefit, but a burden that leaves the US paying more and getting less.
This is not a new set of beliefs for Trump. Long before he entered politics, he railed against the North American Free Trade Agreement, the WTO and multilateral trade deals more broadly. He opposed US military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, not on moral or humanitarian grounds, but because he saw them as costly ventures that delivered little tangible return. What has changed since his first term is not his worldview but his freedom to act on it. During Trump’s initial presidency, establishment figures within his administration, such as generals, diplomats and economic advisers, all steeped in the post-war consensus, often acted as a brake on his instincts. Many have now gone. In their place are inexperienced and incompetent loyalists, such as TalkShow hosts, who do not challenge Trump’s belief that the existing international system works against American interests. The result is a far more unconstrained presidency, willing to pursue a radical reordering of US foreign relations.
At the heart of Trump’s worldview is a transactional understanding of international politics. Shaped by decades in real estate, he approaches diplomacy as a series of deals in which one party wins and the other loses. Alliances, in this context, are not expressions of shared identity or mutual obligation but financial arrangements that should be renegotiated (or abandoned) if they no longer appear profitable. This approach has been most starkly illustrated in Trump’s handling of trade and security. Sweeping tariffs, imposed with little regard for their impact on allies, reflect his belief that the open trading system disadvantages the US as the world’s largest consumer market. Meanwhile, repeated threats to withhold US protection from NATO allies unless they increase defence spending strike at the core of the alliance’s credibility.
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Gautam