In general, bureaucracy, and a more specific lynch pin, the German government since they seem to be the most pro-israel out of all the EU countries.

I think the point they are trying to make is that the far-right is generally considered the autocratic part of the spectrum, so you are being hypocritical by saying I want an autocratic government to come in and ban all autocrats.

The only part that I agree with is the same people in power point, although I think it is poorly phrased. I would restate it as “a country ruled by the same people for a long time tends to have drastic swings in quality of life when it becomes time for succession, or when those people loose their mental faculties”. This is not to say that I expect it to happen every time, but I am drawn to the dictators of the 1900s as examples since I am struggling to come up with one that survived to their third leader.

Oh I agree jerk can get out of hand really quickly. But the real fun comes when we get into snap crackle and pop.

For anyone who is unaware, I leave this here for your viewing pleasure.

Ostensibly knots per hour would be acceleration, which makes little sense in context

It is slightly outside of the scope of the article, but it is interesting that the article doesn’t talk about the strait not being closed to China, unless it was just posturing, I have seen quite a few articles covering safe passage for vessels who are enemies of america & israel, including 2 Chinese tankers.

The ye olde swiss bridge strategy.