The tried and true strategy of “go to war with every adversary at once”
Germany tried this once; her leaders thought that Germany's high level of economic development, technological prowess, and social cohesion as a relatively new country would pull them through. There was also the centuries-old tradition of military excellence. It didn't work. Germany suffered a humiliating and bloody defeat, became divided for 40 years, and when reunified turned wholly into a vassal state -- losing a fair bit of territory along the way.
Does the United States really want to go down that road?
Given that most right-wing Americans are extremely pro-Israel, and the military recruits largely from the right, there's a high chance that "anti-Semitism" in this context means "not wanting to die in the Middle East for some other country's interests."
"Anti-Semitism" in American political rhetoric tends to be just a code word for "not supporting the most militant wing of the Zionists."
This weird idea that Trump is less of an enemy towards the Global South because he did a few symbolic things
Exactly. I used to take that exact line. Then a friend of mine pointed out that, really, the very best you can say of Trump -- and it's being generous -- is that he has some instincts toward realpolitik and political pragmatism, which in principle would at least make him better than the neocons (who are totally delusional and driven by ideology). However, Trump also wants to be respected, and he's terminally insecure, so he bowed to the neocons at pretty much every major juncture. Which completely obviates any reason one might have for supporting him.
It looks good, but you have to remember there's more or less nothing this guy hasn't said at some point or another. He's the political equivalent of a random sentence generator.
Not sure what to think of this. I was talking to a friend of mine last night, who isn't communist but who does tend to have a pretty good sense about these things, and he mentioned that something about the attacks seemed off to him. It's certainly a convenient way for the ruling Democratic party in American to divert attention from what's shaping up to be a major political disaster for them -- the inevitable Russian victory in Ukraine.
From the related podcast, Two Bearded Dudes and Socialism:
Karl: "And I mean, it's like.... Wow. These anti-authoritarians. Complete idiots. Do they seriously think they're going to ever take power that way?"
Friedrich: "Yeah, have these gentlemen ever seen a revolution?"
Karl: "Or, you know, just a modern factory? Do they think that you can clock in whenever you like to do whatever you like?"
Friedrich: "Of course not. They're all trust fund kids, like I was before I saw the light. Never worked a day in their lives."
Karl: "Absolutely. And then they go off, like: 'AKSHUALLY, it's not authority, it's a commission entrusted...'"
Friedrich: "They think that when they've changed the names of things they've changed the essence. That's how these 'profound thinkers' mock at the world."
It is the duty of every communist to support the struggle against fascism all over the world. Destroy neo-Nazism in Ukraine; destroy Zionism in Palestine.
Classic Jim Crow era tactics -- "damn [redacted] going around raping our women!" Of course if you point out the similarity to most libs, they cry and call you a racist, because we're all supposed to pretend that a bunch of European settlers from widely different cultures and countries but with a similar religious background are in this day and age somehow "non-white."
This is why I'm kind of reluctant to call myself a communist, and when asked, usually describe my politics as "I hold communist ideas," or "I think the Juche Idea is correct." (I used to describe myself more generally as a "socialist patriot," i.e., patriotic for the peoples of this country and their wellbeing, not the American goverment and the American ideology -- but then certain rightists got on that train and kind of ruined the concept).
"but but muh Chinese debt trap diplomacy!"