Does The Strongest Horse Always Win in Syria?

 Nadene Goldfoot                               

Arab culture places immense value on the Arabian horse, historically prized for speed, intelligence, and endurance in desert warfare. While not a "voting" system, the "strong horse" principle often dictates that communities, particularly in the Middle East, favor the strong, swift horse for leadership, prestige, and victory in competition.

                                 Desert Sky Arabian

• The "Strong Horse" Principle: This philosophy, often cited in regional politics, reflects a preference for strength over weakness.
  
  
  
• Metaphor of Speed: The "fast horse" is also used as a metaphor for leadership and in proverbs, where a horse exerts all energy to win, similar to how people should approach their goals.
• Cultural Significance: Arabian horses were deemed a divine gift and a crucial asset.  Horses were the vehicle for survival, war, and status, with breeds like the Akhal-Teke (often related to Turkmen desert horses) known as "Flying Wings".
  
  
  
• Historical Context: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) valued fast horses, with several recorded as used for transportation and battle, such as ath-Thirf (fast) and as-Sakbu (swift).  Furthermore, a popular story often shared about the Prophet PBUH indicates that even a slow horse  can become the fastest by his blessing, showing that "fastest" isn't just about speed, but also about the barakah (blessing) in it.
• Syria is renowned as a foundational home of the Arabian horse, with key figures including Damascus-based breeder Ahmad Ibish, and modern breeders Nizar J. Al As'ad and Saleh Khaddam Srouji.
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• Historically, Syrian Bedouin tribes, specifically the Anazeh and Shammar, have preserved the purest strains, including Kehilan, Seglawi, and Abeyan. Al Khamsa horses were prized for their endurance and beauty. They  have historically been the most prominent breeders of the authentic Arabian horse in the Syrian desert, with their herds serving as key sources for modern Arabian bloodlines. These tribes resided in the Al Jazeerah region and along the Euphrates River, treating their horses—particularly mares—as treasured, almost familial possessions essential for warfare and prestige.

• Some of our leaders today are in their position just because they were deemed the strong horse-thus  the best, such as the one leading Syria, a former terrorist.  Because he has leadership abilities has become accepted by all the other country leaders.  There are others out there in Syria who would be better in that position, eager to improve everyone's lives, which has been ruined, as far as they are concerned.   Too bad they do not have have a real electoral system. 
  
        Cyprus, April 2026 leaders meeting, man with beard
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• Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa AKA terrorist leader,Jolani,  said that there was a lack of infrastructure to allow for direct election, and Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni said that "the absence of political work, parties, and political activism", in addition to the need to register displaced people and deceased people, as well as the Assad regime granting citizenship to large numbers of Iranian militants, meaning that the indirect system was 'logical' until the infrastructure for direct elections could be established, which could take up to four years to organise.                    
  
  Ali Khamenei, 2nd to be the leader,  (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran war.  They seem to have a string of more strong horses willing to take on the position so far, at least before the Pakistan meeting soon to take place just like Ali.  That's the problem.    
• Interesting, because we all know that Iran controls so many of the Middle East countries causing terrorist groups there to attack Israel being they are in a closer position.  They all received weapons to use against Israel.  Now that Trump and Netanyahu are in a new position, Iran has been knocked down but for how long is a question.  The Ayatollah's have lost their strong horse, Ayatollah Ali.  
  
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• The strong horse leading the young people of Iran today that are being machine-gunned down by Revolutionary Guards is Crown Prince is Reza Pahlavi, son of former Shah of Iran.  Being a new racer, he's not getting enough attention.  I hope he wins the race.  In his recent trip through Germany, a man splashed red paint  over the back of his suit jacket.  He should have had better security there.  
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What Did Greenland Say To Trump's Offer To Buy It?

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                  

No way is the highway! From NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland's prime minister, Múte Bourup Egede,  declared Wednesday that “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from U.S. President Donald Trump, who said his administration supported the Arctic island’s right of self-determination — but added that the United States will acquire the territory “one way or another.”  If that isn't a threat, I'll eat my hat!   Many in Greenland, a vast and mineral-rich island that is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, being full citizens of Denmark and are worried and offended by Trump’s threats to seize control of homeland.

Seems to me we in the USA would be penniless anyway to buy it being Trump is really planning on buying the Panama Canal and has people working on that offer.  Is China going to loan us the money to do it as we are in the red?  No way again!  Trump has fired 2 million Federal workers who will be out of jobs, being they didn't get a few years of advance notice to be able to go and train themselves for other jobs.  It came out of the blue!  He closed down the Federal Education Dept, then, thank goodness, reopened it again after so many people screamed.  The social security was really scrutinized finding errors of ages placed on forms that were out of sight being so old, and maybe some other problematic ones that flew by somehow.  

Greenland is already a democracy.  Løkke added that it was important that next week’s parliamentary elections are free and fair “without any kind of international intervention.”  Greenlanders will head to the polls Tuesday. Trump's recent comments about taking over the island have ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark, which has become a key issue during campaign season.

Denmark voted for the partition of Palestine in 1947 and supports Israel in the United Nations. Denmark has an embassy in Israel, and Israel has an embassy in Copenhagen since 1949. Denmark recognized and established diplomatic relations with Israel on 2 February 1949.  

During WWII from 9 April 1940, to August 1943, the Danish Jewish community was safe from persecution. The Danish underground smuggled 7,000 Jews to Sweden. This act brought to the endowment of the honorific Righteous Among Nations to the Danish resistance movement, and it is found at the base of the bilateral relations of the countries.  Among other countries, this act was outstanding!  As of 2023, Denmark had an estimated Jewish population of 6,400 people. This number includes people who identify as Jewish in social surveys, and people with Jewish parents who may not identify as Jewish.                              

An Announcement comes after Denmark said it’s in talks with Israeli firm to fill ‘critical gap’ after pledging all of its howitzers to Ukraine to fend off Russian invasion.  Then a $252 million dollar deal was announced by Elbit to supply a NATO country with rocket systems.  Yes, Denmark is a NATO country; it is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Denmark was one of the original countries to sign the NATO treaty on April 4, 1949. That should include Greenland. As of 2023, Denmark had an estimated Jewish population of 6,400 people. This number includes people who identify as Jewish in social surveys, and people with Jewish parents who may not identify as Jewish. 

In 2023 Greenland had 56,865 people.   It is the world's largest island, and is the location of the northernmost point of land in the world. As of January 1, 2024, the estimated resident population of Greenland was 56,699, a slight increase of 90 people (0.2%) compared to the previous year. What?

• Urban vs. Rural: 88% of the population lives in urban centers, while 12% live in rural areas. 
• Gender: 47.7% female, 52.3% male. 
• Citizenship: The majority of inhabitants have Danish citizenship, with Philippine and Thai citizenships being the second and third most common. 
• Capital City: Nuuk has around 19,000 inhabitants. 
• Population Density: Greenland has the world's lowest population density, with 81% of the land covered by ice. 
• While Greenland has never had a permanent Jewish community, there have been Jewish visitors and residents, and it's likely that Paul Cohen, an American Jew, is the only Jew currently living there.  

Greenland's connection to Denmark was severed on 9 April 1940, early in World War II, after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany.

 On 8 April 1941, the United States occupied Greenland to defend it against a possible invasion by Germany. The United States' occupation of Greenland continued until 1945, during the USA period in WWII.  

Greenland was able to buy goods from the United States and Canada by selling cryolite from the mine at Ivittuut. In World War II, the United States military used Bluie as a code name for Greenland, where they kept several bases named "Bluie (East or West) (sequential numeral)". The major air bases were Bluie West-1 at Narsarsuaq and Bluie West-8 at Søndre Strømfjord (Kangerlussuaq), both of which are still used as Greenland's major international airports.

Resource:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Israel_relations#:~:text=Denmark%20voted%20for%20the%20partition,Israel%20on%202%20February%201949.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greenlanders-waking-message-trump-welcoming-united-states-119467544

https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israel-denmark-relations/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

The Intolerant Religious, Disbelief in Education, Created a Vicious People Like Hamas

 Nadene Goldfoot                                             

Obama made an important speech in Egypt in June 4, 2009; his "A NEW BEGINNING".   

Some people just aren't ready to vote on a par with others.  It's like taking black and white, mixing it and expecting to get sky blue.  

In the 1967 war,  when all of Israel's neighbors attacked her along with others for religious and political reasons, Israel won back single handedly these territories (Gaza Strip and the West Bank--Judea and Samaria) including East Jerusalem, which was subsequently annexed by Israel. The war brought about an  exodus of Palestinians, estimated at half a million, who had been waiting on their leaders' orders to be patient and then they could take over the Jews' homes after the Arabs won the war.  It was a war like 10 to 1; the 1 being little Israel.  It was a shock to the world that Israel won, and in 6 (Six) days at that; a slap in the face to the Arabs, certainly.                                                          

Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser speaking to a crowd in Mansoura, Egypt. Photo by https://www.goodfreephotos.com

They were so mad about it that they held a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, Africa about it and decided on their 3 famous NO's.  No to recognition of Israel, No to peace with Israel, NO negotiations with Israel.  That was on September 1, 1967.  Here was their first educational error.  The resolutions were influenced by Nasser and also included the condition of "maintenance of the rights of the Palestinian people in their nation". 

Matthias Kuntzel is the author of the award-winning book Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11. In this essay in intellectual history he argues that the main cause of both Nasser’s decision to threaten to destroy Israel in 1967, and the subsequent enthusiasm of his followers, was an ‘antisemitic impulse as it was carried over from the Nazi period to the post-war period and then to the next generation.’ It was not Israel or Zionism that provoked the 1967 war but ‘the latent anti-Zionism and antisemitism in the Arab world’ and the fact that ‘Nasser was gripped by the same destructive sentiments that he whipped up in the masses.’ Did Obama know of this book?  Kuntzel was not alone in his thinking.  

 Simeon Ben Kosiba or  Bar Kokhba-son of the star; Davidic descent

There never was a nation of Palestine.  There was Israel, though.  It was the Romans who attacked Israel-actually attacked one of the states, Judaea in 70 CE, slaughtering, starving and making slaves out of the living they captured who had lived through it all.  Then by a descendant of Rabbi Eleazar of Modiin, Bar Kokhba,  in 132 CE, who had gathered up a huge army of Jews wanting Jerusalem returned to them, fought this famous Roman army and held out for 3 whole years before the young man was killed in battle in 135.  The Romans had an army of 35,000 under Hadrian and the commander, Julius Severus.  The Romans were so angry and defiant about this that they renamed the land, Palaestina/ or Palestine, for the known enemy of the Judeans, the Philistines.  

From then on, it was called Palestine, and so were the people, Jew or Muslim.   The Ottoman Empire ruled Palestine for 402 years, from 1516 until the end of World War I in 1918: 

During World War I, Britain and Turkey (Ottoman Empire)  were enemies, and British forces entered Palestine in 1917. The Ottoman Empire lost the war and was defeated at the Battle of Megiddo in September 1918. 

• League of Nations 30 year Mandate
• In 1922, the League of Nations placed Palestine under British administration. The British Mandate included the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which supported the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine. 

Today, the region known as Palestine to some Arabs includes the Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and the Gaza Strip, which have been under Israeli military control since 1967, having won the war by self defense.  

By 22 September 2005, Israel's withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip to the 1967 Green Line, and the eviction of the four settlements in Samaria, was completed. The purpose of the plan was to improve Israel's security and international status in the absence of peace negotiations with the Palestinians.  It was done in the name of having peace with the Palestinians;  giving them the land, homes, business, everything.  What did they do?  Within a heartbeat, they were attacking the Jews with rockets, mortars and missiles.  I thought it was a mistake they'd never make again.  

With the implementation of the plan, IDF installations and forces were removed and over 9000 Israeli citizens living in 25 settlements were evicted, some certainly not willingly.  They were forced to leave everything;  their new businesses, homes, friends, etc.                                          

"A New Beginning" is the name of a speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on 4 June 2009, from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt.  After taking office, Obama stated his support for the creation of a Palestinian state and announced that he would engage in negotiations with Iran. He also declared he opposed Israeli settlements and wanted to revive peace talks.  It was he who insisted that the Gazans should vote for their leadership;  Hamas or Palestinian Authority.  Somehow, by hook or by crook, Hamas won.  The people voted.  They were already conditioned to hate Jews through the teachings of their religious leaders.  Hamas was in.  

Resource: 

The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia

https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/ABOUTISRAEL/MAPS/Pages/Israels%20Disengagement%20Plan-%202005.aspx#:~:text=By%2022%20September%202005%2C%20Israel's,settlements%20in%20Samaria%2C%20was%20completed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Beginning_(speech)#:~:text=%22A%20New%20Beginning%22%20is%20the,at%20Cairo%20University%20in%20Egypt.

Letter To Donald Trump

Nadene Goldfoot                                                

      President Donald Trump with friend Putin of Russia, but Putin has his own interests

Dear Donald,

Russia has ordered its citizens to leave Israel amid escalating tensions between

 Hezbollah and Iran. Anatoly Viktorov, Moscow's ambassador to Tel Aviv, recommend-

ed that Russian nationals depart Israel without delay.  Russian nationals in Israel are 

Russian citizens who immigrated to Israel after the collapse of the Soviet Union, or 

their descendants. As of 2022, there were around 1,300,000 Russian-speakers in Israel, which is about 15% of the country's population. 

In remarks to the Russian news agency, TASS,  on October 3, the diplomat highlighted 

the worsening situation in the region and reiterated his advice against traveling to

 Israel.  Hezbollah is trying to oust Israelis, and now Putin is, also.  Did he forget that 

Jews wanting to leave Russia were jailed?  

I voted for you as I became a dual citizen in 1980, making Aliyah to Israel then.  Upon 

returning, I had voted for you in the 2016 race and you came through with your plans 

of aiding Israel with Jerad Kushner, your son-in-law, at the helm.  I trusted you to try 

hard to carry your plans forward for Israel, and you succeeded, unlike like other 

presidents.  I was on the edge of teetering with this vote, appalled at things you were 

saying, but thought you'd straighten out.

My father was a first generation Jew born in 1908 who voted on the Democratic ticket.  I asked him why he voted for Democrats and he said it was because they were for small businesses.  Most all that generation and mine of Jews voted for Democrats.  Many thought Franklin Delano Roosevelt had something to do with their ability to immigrate to the USA before the door closed pretty much on Jews in 1924.  It's like choosing a football team;  Jews have been staunch Democrats for ages.  

You didn't straighetn out.  Your comments became more shocking.  You faded away with my thoughts of a respectable President to be proud of.   Your comments have been most disappointing.  Even, you had the gall to speak to a Jewish group and threaten them by blaming Jews if you lost the race. during a campaign event titled "Fighting Antisemitism in America," citing an unnamed poll that you said showed yourself only 2/5  of Jewish voters’ support.    

Dear Donald, you have only yourself to blame, not us.  A man who cannot tell a lie from the truth is not capable of being a president of any nation.  You could have rested on your laurels for the remainder of your years, and not kill it all by running again with all this negativity that has emerged and have respect that you have lost.    

I add my voice to the statement by ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and AJC (American Jewish Committee)   that  if you lose in the Presidential race, saying for all to hear and read,  "you lost because of the American Jews."  To blame the 2% of the American population's Jews is leading to anti-Semitic hate and violence.  Your statement, and at a Jewish function, is outrageous and so very dangerous.  It shows you know nothing about the Jewish voting record of the past elections. 

Here's what's been happening since your comment just 2 days ago:  On Saturday, October 5, 2024, anti-Israel protesters around the world held an “International Day of Action” to kick off a multi-day celebration of the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel                                                     

Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023 after attack on young music festival celebration

in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others abducted, driving any remaining people out of these homes.  The event happened during American Joe Biden's term.  

Across more than 80 U.S. cities, protesters gathered for demonstrations that were largely characterized by explicit support for terror, including the October 7 attack itself. The weekend’s protest activity reflected the larger trends that emerged in the anti-Israel movement over the past year.  

                                 Hamas terrorists  that are celebrated by too many

The October 5 “International Day of Action” was just the start of a scheduled week of anti-Israel events centered around the one-year commemoration of the October attacks. Protests continued Sunday, October 6 in a number of additional cities. Beginning on Monday, October 7, National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) is organizing a “Week of Rage” related to the anniversary, with dozens of chapters nationwide slated to participate with walkouts and other events on college campuses.  After what the terrorists did to the Jews, some Arabs complain to reporters that they have had to move too many times at the bidding of the IDF to dodge the bullets flying.  Most had aided and abetted the terrorists who will not stop shooting at Israel from homes, mosques, schools, hospitals, being a shield for the terrorists themselves who do the complaining about the Jews.  

AJC's work covers for the past five years, AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America Report – the most comprehensive study of its kind – which has measured the impact of antisemitism on Jewish Americans and, for the past four years, compared these findings with how the U.S. general public perceives the threat.  You've put your foot in the mess by not abiding by rules of our own government  that put you in a bad light, like the wording you use.  Truman was more clever.  He saw what was needed but kept a low profile himself.                             

Field work began on October 5, 2023. But on October 7, as Hamas terrorists murdered over 1,200 Jews and Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more, the ground suddenly shifted. AJC worked with the independent research firm SSRS to leave the field and add new questions to reflect the new reality facing American Jews. The revised survey fully launched on October 17 and generated some grim findings. 

One was that October 7th's attack made USA Jews feel unsafe as well.  Israel is part of our Jewish identity.  Anti-Semitism today is almost worse than 1939 in Germany and is affecting us at home, and at work, and even how we vote.  College campuses have been used to undermine Jews by terroristic groups.  All this and now it's our fault if you're not elected  !  Shame!  You neglected to become the man we could brag about in your demeaner and morality;  Like King David !

You already have quite a following.  I'm sure that Jews will not be the scale-breaker.  We're a very rare group; making up only about 6 million of us in the USA.  There are lots of other isolated groups that are against you who read a lot and know of your braggadocious habits.                            

 In fact, it is this that bothers me the most;  something you should work on.  To me, it's a sign of an inferiority complex.    

Resource: Edited 10/8/24, 5am

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/1924-us-immigration-act-history#:~:text=The%20Immigration%20Act%20of%201924,born%20population%20for%20four%20decades.

 https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-821056

https://www.adl.org/resources/article/anti-israel-protesters-celebrate-one-year-anniversary-hamass-october-7-attacks

https://www.timesofisrael.com/14-images-of-israel-from-a-year-of-war/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-jewish-voters-will-bear-lot-blame-loses-fighting-antisemiti-rcna171938