Author: Hakki Ocal

Let others analyze how a convicted criminal who fomented an insurrection and was found civilly liable for sexual assault somehow won another presidential election. For instance, Amanda Marcotte, the senior writer for the Salon magazine, blames it on the “Cat Ladies” who have an “American death wish.” I spent a long time among them, but I have never seen a fellow American, male or female, who had a death wish; but this is not the issue here. Yet, it seems that white women voters did not swarm around the woman candidate as much as that she hoped for. Apparently, new…

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He didn’t make America great again. He has no definite plans to make it happen this time either; he doesn’t have a loyal political and bureaucratic team for anything he promised. He promised nothing, either. But Kamala Harris needed a miracle; exit polls showed a grim outlook for her throughout the day. She had a monkey (named Joe) on her back. All political pundits portrayed Biden as an “impedimenta” even though he bowed out of the race. The four ill-spent years the Democrats had would have an impact on the elections. They say there are no winners in elections, only…

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O American people, first vote responsibly, later act responsibly! Neither the first nor the second Gulf Wars were in the interest of your country. You didn’t have anything to gain from overthrowing the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The Israeli lobbyists, the Israeli government and your own neoconservatives made you believe that he had weapons of destruction. That is, if he were left in charge of Iraqi oil, he would develop nukes and wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. Remember, they all turned out to be unfounded. Your own government, fooled by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and then-former…

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