It should come as no surprise that coaches in the NBA trend left. There are quite a few reasons for this but mostly it is because the NBA office in Manhattan and its television partner in Bristol, Connecticut, make sure everyone knows what the party line is and strongly encourages its members to follow both subtly and not so subtly.

Reporters like Sage Steele and Sam Ponder are no longer employed by that network because they veered too far off the leftist reservation. So when a friend sent me a story the other day about Warriors coach Steve Kerr, I was not confused by the coach’s lack of context or understanding of the situation. Kerr has always been at the forefront of leftist causes in the league along with his mentor Gregg Popovich who never saw a far-left stance he wouldn’t embrace. But what makes Kerr’s take on Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon so detached from reality is his own father, Malcom Kerr, was the president of American University of Beirut and was gunned down by Ibrahim Aqil and an accomplice who were associated with Islamic Jihad, pretty widely known at the time as a precursor to the newly formed Hezbollah terrorist Iranian offshoot. Ibrahim Aqil eventually became a Hezbollah commander and was also implicated in the bombing of the American marine barracks in 1983 that killed 241 American troops in Beirut. Israel decapitated both Aqil and his partner, but no thank you was forthcoming from the leftist icon. Instead we get this full mound of crap from the soon to be un-hired coach.

“There was an opening for Israel to handle their business with the Palestinians diplomatically that would have solidified the Abraham Accords and allowed stronger alliances with Arab countries that would have really cornered Iran. Instead, Israel sought revenge for October 7th and now seventy-two thousand Palestinians have been killed and Israeli settlers are taking over the West Bank illegally, with the approval of Israel’s government and the U.S. Ambassador, Mike Huckabee. That’s not a path to any sort of peace or security for Israel or the rest of the Middle East.”

Let’s say we delve into this truly ignorant statement which reeks of emotional immaturity and a total lack of understanding of the situation both on the ground and otherwise. The Palestinians he speaks of were in fact against the Abraham Accords from the start and perpetrated the October 7th attacks with the expressed intent of blowing up any potential deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. What makes Kerr sound even dumber than he does is Iran and its proxies admitted this publicly. Dude, shut your mouth if you don’t know what you’re talking about. As Nachmanides said during his Disputation in Barcelona, “woe to him who knows nothing but thinks he is wise and erudite.” If any of you know this ignoramus, please inform him that Israel has made peace with all the countries involved in the Abraham Accords in addition to Egypt and Jordan, agreements albeit bad ones, which have held up for decades. Let him also know as recently as two days ago, the UAE deployed Israeli ingenuity in the form of Iron Dome missile defense batteries sent to them by Israel to protect its citizens from incoming ballistic fire from Iran. Kerr fails to mention the fact that Israel gave up the Sinai after capturing it following an Arab attack and did so for peace. He also seems to be unaware of the numerous peace offering Israel made to the PLO over the last twenty-plus years, all turned down by the very people he wants Israel to handle their business with. Evidently he is still unaware Israel painfully ripped its own citizens from their homes when they unilaterally pulled out of Gaza in 2005, for the sake of peace. That has proven to be a colossal deadly mistake. I challenge the brilliant philosopher to point out one agreement the so-called Palestinians didn’t break. But don’t let facts get in the way of leftist talking points.

What is more ballsy of this loser, yeah I said it, is he never once made public comments on the October 7th attack on Israel. Not one. Dude has plenty to say about most everything, but when it comes to dead Jews, silence. I pretty much have a rule I live by. If you didn’t have anything to say after Jews were slaughtered in front of their children and their children........

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