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Topic: Re:Re:Reply
Posted by: Steven Rose
Date/Time: 23/10/25 14:14:00

In my opinion, Gerry, you lack what Keats called 'negative capability', which can be defined as the ability to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. It appears that for you everything is black or white, Thus Israel is in the wrong, no argument, Trump is a bad guy, no argument. Any conflicting evidence or mitigating factor is dismissed as 'guff' and any individual who presents such ideas is either a fool or a knave in your view. So Robert is a 'gullible moron' and I am a 'psycho killer' and so on. Unfortunately you are not the only person who behaves in this way. James O'Brien of LBC is  the prime example.

In this case you were not just rude to Robert - your criticism of his post was actually wrong. In point of fact Trump has now reversed his position on Ukraine, insisting that Putin should accept a ceasefire along the lines where the Russian and Ukrainian armies currently stand, a policy move applauded by Zelensky. Trump has announced further oil sanctions on Russia (confirmed by the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent) in order to get Putin to agree to a ceasefire.  As regards Gaza, Robert was merely quoting the Secretary General of NATO who believes that the world is now a safer place because of the ceasefire achieved by Trump. Given that many commentators feared that the war in Gaza might ignite a wider conflict in the Middle East, this view is probably correct. Clearly the ceasefire is the only the beginning but at least the killing has stopped.

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Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 19:06:00 Richard Carter
   Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 19:17:00 Richard Carter
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 20:31:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 20:31:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 20:38:00 Ed Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 21:31:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 23:17:00 Ed Robinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?21/10/25 09:59:00 Ivonne Holliday
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?30/10/25 01:36:00 Ed Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 22:47:00 Richard Carter
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?20/10/25 23:32:00 Ed Robinson
   Reply21/10/25 00:21:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply21/10/25 01:04:00 Ed Robinson
         Reply21/10/25 10:23:00 Michael Ixer
            Re:Reply21/10/25 10:51:00 John Hawkes
               Reply21/10/25 15:42:00 Michael Ixer
                  Re:Reply30/10/25 01:38:00 Ed Robinson
   Re:Trump the great negotiatir?21/10/25 11:33:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?21/10/25 16:57:00 Sue Hammond
         Reply21/10/25 17:34:00 Michael Ixer
            Re:Reply21/10/25 20:18:00 Gerry Boyce
               Reply21/10/25 20:36:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiatir?22/10/25 11:18:00 John Hawkes
   Reply21/10/25 17:35:00 Michael Ixer
   Re:Trump the great negotiator?21/10/25 23:05:00 Richard Carter
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?22/10/25 18:49:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?22/10/25 20:32:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?22/10/25 20:42:00 Steven Rose
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?22/10/25 20:48:00 Robert Wheeler
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?22/10/25 22:51:00 Gerry Boyce
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?23/10/25 00:40:00 Steven Rose
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?23/10/25 13:01:00 Gerry Boyce
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?23/10/25 11:10:00 John Hawkes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?23/10/25 14:21:00 Ivonne Holliday
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?23/10/25 20:36:00 Ivonne Holliday
   Reply23/10/25 11:33:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply23/10/25 13:26:00 Robert Wheeler
         Re:Re:Reply23/10/25 13:37:00 Gerry Boyce
         Re:Re:Reply23/10/25 14:14:00 Steven Rose
            Re:Re:Re:Reply23/10/25 15:15:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Re:Re:Reply23/10/25 17:44:00 Gerry Boyce
      Re:Reply23/10/25 15:11:00 John Hawkes
         Reply23/10/25 16:08:00 Michael Ixer
            Reply23/10/25 16:24:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply23/10/25 18:16:00 Steven Rose
                  Re:Re:Reply24/10/25 00:51:00 Gerry Boyce
                     Re:Re:Re:Reply24/10/25 08:54:00 Steven Rose
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply25/10/25 09:56:00 Gerry Boyce
                     Re:Re:Re:Reply24/10/25 10:50:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Reply24/10/25 10:45:00 John Hawkes
               Re:Re:Reply24/10/25 12:25:00 Sue Hammond
                  Re:Re:Re:Reply25/10/25 21:19:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply25/10/25 22:09:00 Sue Hammond
                        Re:Reply26/10/25 07:11:00 Steven Rose
                        Re:Reply26/10/25 07:11:00 Steven Rose
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply26/10/25 12:21:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 12:16:00 Richard Carter
      Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 13:28:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 14:28:00 Richard Carter
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 14:49:00 Robert Wheeler
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 15:11:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 15:02:00 John Hawkes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?26/10/25 20:27:00 Steven Rose
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?27/10/25 08:41:00 Richard Carter
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?27/10/25 18:08:00 Steven Rose
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?28/10/25 11:05:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?28/10/25 11:39:00 Richard Carter
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?28/10/25 12:57:00 Steven Rose
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?28/10/25 13:44:00 Robert Wheeler
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump the great negotiator?30/10/25 01:51:00 Ed Robinson

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