User talk:Aschlafly

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Hollywood values

If memory serves, Conservapedia used to rank #1 at Google for the term Hollywood values and as a result it has over 500,000 views. Conservapedia now has its short article Hollywood ranking in the Google top 10 for this term which is kind of strange.

Regardless, a ton of work has gone into Conservapedia's article Hollywood values, but somehow it got filled with red links which unfortunately makes an article look unsightly so people are more apt to click off the article faster which reduces an articles search engine ranking. I removed the articles red links so hopefully that pops it back into the Google top 10 ranking.

Also, one of the things that makes the Hollywood values crowd stand out is their multiple divorces. People kind of scratch their heads why they go through so many spouses. I just created the articles Psychological and sociological research about individuals with multiple divorces and Narcissism and individuals who have had multiple divorces and posted links to those articles in a relevant section of the Hollywood values article.

I will do some analysis later this year and see if there is anything Conservapedia could do to have its Hollywood values article rank in the Google top 10 again. Conservative (talk) 06:31, November 6, 2023 (EST)

By the way, Bing ranks Conservapedia's article Hollywood values in the Bing top 5 search results.

I may give you a quick call this week about something that Conservapedia could do to pop its article into the Google top 10 search results again. Conservative (talk) 06:59, November 6, 2023 (EST)

Thanks so much for cleaning up Hollywood values (#43 among our most popular entries). If only we could clean up Hollywood industry, then that would be great too!--Andy Schlafly (talk) 14:22, November 6, 2023 (EST)

Your welcome. I created some additional divorce related articles so I was able to expand the article Psychological and sociological research about individuals with multiple divorces. The deeper they dive into Conservapedia by clicking on internal links related to the Hollywood values article, the higher the Hollywood values article will potentially rank. Conservative (talk) 14:33, November 6, 2023 (EST)

It's market demand. The industry is just giving the public what they demand. RobS^{Give Peace a Chance!} 14:37, November 6, 2023 (EST)

Hollwood is not giving many people in the public what they very much want.

• Study: "An annual box office study shows that in 2015 American moviegoers still preferred movies with strong conservative content or values over movies with strong liberal or leftist values, by more than 12-to-one. The impact was felt overseas and on home video as well."[1]

Steve Turley just cited a 2015 study that conservative movies consistently outperform liberal movies.[2]

• Disney PANICS over Latest WOKE Box Office BOMB!!!, 2023

• Anti-woke movie guide site gives conservatives alternative to 'Rotten Tomatoes', 2023

Older studies:

• 'Conservative' movies five times as successful as 'Liberal' movies,

• Study: ‘Conservative’ Movies Make More Money Than ‘Liberal’ Movies (Exclusive)

I trust this clarifies matters. Conservative (talk) 17:52, November 6, 2023 (EST)

The issue is little different than the Bud Lite/Dylan Mulvaney controversy. Consumers may boycott a movie here and there (Sorcese's Passion of Christ, for example), but the whole industry, or at least one major production and distribution company (like Budweiser; perhaps Netflix) to start with to send the industry a message. RobS^{Give Peace a Chance!} 18:00, November 6, 2023 (EST)

As to conservative movies being "more successful" - they are so rare, conservatives flock to see it. Again, market demand and market efficiency is at work: the industry has it figured out that they would gross as much money making 1 conservative movie per year (to "fill a niche") vs. making 12 per year over 12 months. And it's more cost efficient (the reduction in recurring production costs coupled with pent-up demand also leaves more marginal investment capital for higher quality in script writing and production value than usual. Hollywood producers recognize the "conservative market" is not an extinct market, so they give them what they want and take conservative consumers money once a year or so). RobS^{Give Peace a Chance!} 18:15, November 6, 2023 (EST)

Some great news: Search engine traffic is up 25%. Also, the Hollywood values article now ranks #1 at Google. My analysis and the changes I made to the article/website paid off

I have some great news. Google referral traffic to Conservapedia is up about 25% according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush.

And remember how I told you that Conservapedia no longer ranks in the Google top 10 for the search "Hollywood values"?

Well after I did my on-page analysis and optimization for the article and made the changes that I thought should be done, the Hollywood values article ranks #1 at Google for the term Hollywood values. What I did was to improve how the article looked plus I created a bunch of complementary articles on multiple divorces (Hollywood entertainers often have multiple divorces) which causes some people to dive into the Conservapedia website deeper.

And I am sure that other things can be done to increase search engine traffic too. I plan on having access to some great web marketing tools in the future, but my initial analysis and implementation was very successful from the time and return on investment point of view. Conservative (talk) 13:47, November 15, 2023 (EST)

I am continuing to optimize the Hollywood values article so it has "sticking power" in terms of better keeping its #1 Google ranking. I am ramping up some things in my off-wiki life, but I will try to get in contact with you as soon as I can. The purpose of my call will be to have Conservapedia continue to gain search engine traffic. Conservative (talk) 21:01, November 15, 2023 (EST)

I made some additional progress as far as optimizing the Hollywood values article. I came up with a strategy on how to best do this. Next time we talk, I will fill you in about this matter. Conservative (talk) 23:52, November 17, 2023 (EST)

About the pro bono web marketing work I am doing for Conservapedia

As you know, I do web marketing work for nonprofit websites and as a result they receive millions of extra page views. Some of the work I have done has been cited by a web marketing agency that I have no connections to.

Presently, I am doing some pro bono work for Conservapedia and there is something that is impeding my work. The pro bono work I am doing is for the Conservapedia article Hollywood values which I recently got ranked #1 at Google for this search. Presently, the article has over 500,000 page views and it is one of your favorite Conservapedia articles.

Also, I came up with a way that the "Sex and drugs and rock and roll" aspect of the Hollywood values article (which is a very small portion of the article) can still be incorporated into the article. And the icing on the cake is that it will further enhance the "stickability" of Conservapedia's search engine ranking so Conservapedia will retain its current ranking longer.

Unfortunately, there is something that is hindering my pro bono SEO work for Conservapedia. If this problem persists, next time we talk, I will discuss this with you. The good news is that this can be easily fixed with no extra effort on your part or on the part of Conservapedians. I just need your cooperation on this matter. Conservative (talk) 15:28, November 18, 2023 (EST)

Improving the web traffic and impact of key Conservapedia articles

Because people judge a book by its cover, the lede of an article and its general first appearance are very important. By general first appearance, I mean the first 1-3 seconds a web visitor is on the particilar page. If the lede and general first appearance of a Conservapedia article is not good, its general traffic will suffer, time spent on the page will suffer, its search engine ranking for various terms terms will suffer and its shares on social media will suffer. In short, a bad first impression will cause people to quickly click of the page and not read the article plus other user engagement stats and other web marketing stats will suffer. Bottom line: Few people will read the article and it will have little to no impact on society.

Also, beauty/esthetics matter when it comes to web articles and other matters in life. And that is why smart urban planners and architects design beautiful cities/buildings that elevate a city and bring in tourists. Its also why guys get haircuts and women shave their legs if they want to gets dates and better keep their spouses/girlfriends/boyfriends.

Key examples:

1. With the above in mind, take a look at present day version of this article: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Compare that with the March 10, 2019 version of the article which is HERE.

2. Next, in terms of a first impressions (namely the first 1-3 seconds), take a look at the Joe Biden article. Now compare it with the December 28, 2021 version of the Joe Biden article which is HERE and the May 26, 2021 version of the article which is HERE.

3. Next, in terms of first impressions (namely the first 1-3 seconds), take a look at Conservapedia's Volodymyr Zelensky article. Now look at Wikipedia's Volodymyr Zelensky article HERE. Which article has a better first impression (the first 1-3 seconds of seeing an article)? By the way, I am no fan of Volodymyr Zelensky and think he is a corrupt, authoritarian and foolish leader.

4. Next, look at Conservapedia's Ukraine article. Next, look at the August 25, 2023 version of Conservapedia's Ukraine article HERE. Which version of the article gives a better general first impression (First 1-3 seconds of looking at the article)?

As you are aware, I am no fan of Richard Dawkins. Despite this, I designed an attractive lede and general first impression of the article and as a result, its page view count was over 1,500,000 page views (the view counter got reset) and the article had an impact. For example, Ms. Magazine cited the article before Richard Dawkins' very public conflicts with feminists that lead to his downfall in popularity and caused a big schism in the atheist movement which in turn caused the Decline of the atheist movement. During the time of the atheist movement in terms of its peak, the Conservapedia Richard Dawkins article ranked in the Google top 10 for the term "Richard Dawkins".

Next time we talk, I will briefly talk to you about how to create a good first general impression for an article and how to get it ranked higher at the search engines. Conservative (talk) 17:19, November 18, 2023 (EST)

Sounds great. We heard it all before. Now tell us why you were a fan of giving away $150 billion to a corrupt authoritarian leader? RobS^{Get thee behind me, Satan} 17:56, November 18, 2023 (EST)

Andy, setting aside the fact that I don't wrestle with pigs in the mud or fling poo at monkeys who fling poo at me, I look forward to talking to you soon. And I hope you don't put too much hope in someone who obviously has challenges when it comes to creating good article ledes or creating an article which gives a first good impression. Conservative (talk) 18:27, November 18, 2023 (EST)

The other thing that I am going to mention to you is the following two key points: 1) If the general tone and wording of a web article appears to be written by someone with a lot of anger/hate, it will be a big turn off to readers and they will quickly click off an article. 2) If the article has intentional falsehoods or a great deal of spin so that it violates the fallacy of exclusion (not dealing with significant counter arguments/evidence), many people will quickly clickly off the page. As a lawyer, I am sure that you are aware that lawyers who ignore the key evidence that opposing counsel brings forth, often lose cases. Conservative (talk) 18:53, November 18, 2023 (EST)

Okay, why don't you help us recruit some editors of varying viewpoints to work cooperatively with? RobS^{Get thee behind me, Satan} 19:06, November 18, 2023 (EST)

Increasing traffic and editors

While I was taking a walk this evening, I thought about Conservapedia increasing or maintaining its web traffic.

With that in mind, below is what I came up with:

1. Andy can decide what he desires as far as Conservapedia either maintaining or increasing its web traffic. Of course, this will incorporate: how Andy and/or DavidB4 will fix the program Guard dog and whether or not the log on problem and caching issues will be fixed.

2. RobSmith, Andy and other Conservapedians will decide if they are going to go on a editor recruitment drive and what they are going to do if they were to go on a editor recruitment drive.

3. RobSmith, other editors and Andy, can either create content with no particular plan or create individual/collective content production plans.

4. For the next 24 months, the web traffic level of Conservapedia can be looked at every 6 months using: Andy's internal traffic logs; Conservapedia's Hyperstat ranking, and Similarweb.com - Conservapedia. In addition, I can provide SEO data from SEMRush.com plus I have some other data at my disposal. The traffic stats will be tracked at: User: Conservative/Conservapedia traffic stats

5. Due to some off wiki goals, my involvement with Conservapedia in the next 24 months will be very minimal and consists solely of some SEO tweaks to the Hollywood values article and perhaps a few other articles (I may or may not do a some user space edits too). So the SEO traffic or other traffic as a result of my efforts will be very negligible to none.

6. At the end of the 24 months, Andy and any other Conservapedians who are interested can decide what worked and/or did not work and I can assist Conservapedia with a plan on moving forward should such a plan be desired.

Current Conservapedia traffic stats and web marketing stats:

I look forward to talking to you at the 6 month intervals and at the end of the 24 months. Conservative (talk) 00:16, November 19, 2023 (EST)

A small request

User:Conservative, by his own admission, has spent two years producing pro-Biden, pro-globalist, pro-neocon, pro-LGBT anti-Russian hate screeds for the sole purpose of pestering me. He has used Conservapedia Essay, Mainspace, and talk pages to attack other editors. He has used his knowledge of SEO to promote his hate screeds, and bury other editors contributions. It is against Conservapedia policy.

Key point: User:Conservative has attempted to intimidate editors from making nominations to Conservative of the Year by spamming personal attacks against other editors' across multiple talk pages with false allegations.

RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 12:26, December 7, 2023 (EST)

I attempted to have civil discussions about international politics on Conservapedia's main page talk and community portal. RobSmith made that impossible to do due to his censoring tactics and other rude behavior. As a result, I chose the essay route and some of my essays have been popular such as my essay that has over 13,000 page views at: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future.

Lately, there seems to be a desperation on RobSmith's part for me to accept his political opinions such as his pro-China views (RobSmith wrote: "It won't happen until China and Russia break the back of US domination, first. RobSGive Peace a Chance! 21:53, August 14, 2023 (EDT)"). Given all the economic problems China is having that is not going to happen. And frankly, I don't read his political opinions anymore at Conservapedia post his pestering me on my talk page.

As far as his other nonsense claims, frankly they are not worth responding to. For example, a simple examination of Conservapedia's homosexuality article edits, clearly shows that I created the vast majority of the article's content. Conservative (talk) 13:09, December 7, 2023 (EST)

You don't have "civil discussions", you spam 5,000 or 6,000 bytes of redundant, cut n paste spam already posted in your Essays or Mainspace articles with more redundant links to aid your SEO. That is not "civil discussion.".

You spam cut n paste personal attacks across multiple talk pages. That likewise is not "civil discussion". And it is against Conservapedia policy. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 13:26, December 7, 2023 (EST)

If you want me to go from never reading your political opinions to never reading your political opinions forever (which is a very long time), you know what you need to do. Stop spamming me with political opinions on my user talk page. Because I don't read what you post to my user talk page anyways. Conservative (talk) 13:32, December 7, 2023 (EST)

I think your Russophobic, neo-fascist hate screeds should be deleted, and possibly a topic ban imposed. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 13:36, December 7, 2023 (EST)

I have a very realistic view of Russia in terms of its strengths and weaknesses. And frankly, when someone shows desperation in their attempts to reach me with their personal political views, it's not only off-putting, but it greatly lowers my desire to listen to them. For all his faults, Putin doesn't have surrogates pound my residence's door in order to have me listen to pro-Russian political views as part of a door-knocking campaign. As a result, I sometimes go to the Russia Today website. People respect strength - not desperation. Spamming someone's user talk page with one's political opinions wreaks of desperation. Conservative (talk) 13:55, December 7, 2023 (EST)

Let's look at a few selective examples of your "realism":

• Essay: Mother Russia is not a pious woman. Drunkards are not holy. Russia has the 2nd highest rate of alcoholism in the world
• Essay: Russian soldier and looter returning to Russia from Ukraine: "Honey, we now have a great luxury. We now have a toilet inside our home!"

That's just two. Below are examples of criticism aimed specifically at me (a "Russophile" and "Westerner")

• Essay: Search results for "Russia demographics crisis" using the Russian search engine Yandex and Google Scholar. Fanatical Russophiles weep for Mother Russia who has a low fertility rate that is far below a replacement level of births
• Essay: Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman

There's more. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 14:09, December 7, 2023 (EST)

Few of these Essays contain original content. Most all are cut n paste mish mash, rehashed content from other Essays, with a new title intented to denigrate or outrage. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 14:17, December 7, 2023 (EST)

All I know is, if User:Conservative were not an Admin, Conservapedia would not allow any other editor, on any subject, to do the same thing User:Conservative does - use cut n paste spam rearranged with a new Essay title for the sole purpose of attacking and criticizing his personal internet "enemies". RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 14:32, December 7, 2023 (EST)

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Prevalence of homosexuality going down in cultures that become more conservative

I wrote a new article that you might be interested in: Prevalence of homosexuality going down in cultures that become more conservative. Conservative (talk) 07:24, December 8, 2023 (EST)

Two new essays dealing with the future of the homosexual agenda in the USA, UK and the Western World

"Mommy Mommy! Look at me!"

I created two essays dealing with the future of the homosexual agenda in the USA, UK and the Western World which are given below:

• How gay is the UK and how gay will it be in the latter part of the 21st century and beyond?

• How gay is the West and how lasting is homosexuality in a society?

This Amish young woman in Pennsylvania displaying some freshly baked soft pretzels is definitely not wearing an LGBTQ pin on her apron.

Attention all Western gay activists: Say goodbye to your precious and very fleeting gayness in the Western World! Anti-homosexuality sentiments and Jesus are coming! Conservative (talk) 22:07, December 8, 2023 (EST)

Quit spamming Andy's talk page. That is not an example for an Admin to set. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 01:40, December 9, 2023 (EST)

Andy's #1 issue is the homosexual agenda. When I talked to him on the phone he was happy that I created the recent homosexuality articles/essays.

If Andy wants to appoint you as a spokesperson as far as his talk page, I am sure that he will let you know should that day arise. Conservative (talk) 02:16, December 9, 2023 (EST)

Use your head. What happens when every registered user wants to post up their latest drivel here and say, "Mommy Mommy! Look at me!" Andy's got his hands full with enough responsibilities.

An Admin's job is to help relieve Andy of the trivial bs in running a website, not add to it. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 02:20, December 9, 2023 (EST)

User:Conservative should open his talk page to normal discussion so that Andy isn't bothered by all this trolling gossip on his user talk page. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 13:57, December 11, 2023 (EST)

RobSmith, in interviews Andy publicly has touted my homosexuality content and other content at Conservapedia. I can't recall any public interview where he touted your content.

Futhermore, you childishly changed my short bio at Conservapedia to be a smear.

It's obvious that you are engaging in petty jealousy. Conservative (talk) 14:24, December 11, 2023 (EST)

Oh, you are referring to this edit, "User:Conservative account argues for unipolarism and American exceptionalism, that one can be a social conservative and neoconservative at the same time."' Maybe if your talk page had been open to normal discussion, you wouldn't have problems defending such positions.

And maybe I'm not in it for myself, for self-aggrandizement; maybe I like flying beneath the radar to accomplish tasks:

“	Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. [bolden added]	”
—Romans 3:27

RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 14:47, December 11, 2023 (EST)

Bottomline: You have touted the pro-Biden neocon agenda for 2 years, misinforming conservative readers. And you have severely disrupted war reporting, which was difficult enough due to liberal censorship and translating from other languages - with your daily, incessant, hours-long trolling.

And you have admitted you were motivated by a personal grudge cause you got your feelings and ego hurt, not by any knowledge or interest in geopolitics. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 15:15, December 11, 2023 (EST)

Let me know when you are done with your unsupported allegations and actually have something substantive to say. Conservative (talk) 15:46, December 11, 2023 (EST)

Exhibit 1:

Exhibit 2:

User:Conservative: Was April 2022 a pivotal point in geopolitics that will affect geopolitics for 30 years or was it a failed prediction concerning the war in Ukraine?

Exhibit 3:

Essay: Why did so many self-declared international relations experts miserably fail concerning their multipolar fantasy?

There's plenty more. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 16:29, December 11, 2023 (EST

Bottomline: User:Conservative refuses (or more accurately, probably doesn't know how) to engage in civil discussion on talk pages, and prefers to misuse the Conservapedia platform to attack his "enemies" in user, Mainspace, and Essay space. To the extent he attempts to engage in "civil discussion" (when he's not crying to "Mommy") on talk pages, it is a rather lame attempt to pantomime trolling techniques he learned from being the victim of Ratvandals, salted with his own cut n spam from article and Essay space. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 16:42, December 11, 2023 (EST)

If you you engage in incivility and belligerent behavior on main page talk in political discussions, it makes perfect sense to create essays instead.

And there are plenty of reasons why most people consider February 2020 to be a pivotal point in politics and not April 2020. Statistically based on previous wars, "Of wars that last over a month but less than a year, only 24 percent end in a ceasefire. When interstate wars last longer than a year, they extend to over a decade on average, resulting in sporadic clashes."[3] Putin's invasion of Ukraine was on Feb 24, 2020 and once it went behind March 24, 2020, there was about a 76% chance that it would not quickly end in a ceasefire based on previous wars (Plus, Putin/Russia was engaging in war crimes during the negotiations).

Most modern wars are based on miscalculations. Russia, which has a demographic crisis, was foolish to risk a war of attrition in Ukraine. Because wars of attrition, make a demographic crisis worse. See: Russia’s Demographic Decline Will Be Deeper, Last Longer, and Hurt More Than Expected, 2023

Just because you are ignorant when it comes to the political science of wars in terms of how long they last under certain conditions, doesn't mean that everyone is.

Unlike you, I prefer not to engage in wishful thinking and wishcasting. I prefer facts and realistic thinking. You may wish April 2020 was a pivotal month in history, but that doesn't make it so. Conservative (talk) 03:44, December 12, 2023 (EST)

Very informative video: How bad is Russia's Demographic Crisis ? 🇷🇺. Conservative (talk) 07:29, December 12, 2023 (EST)

Ever since Obergefell, the State Department blackmails and threatens with sanctions as "human rights violators" nations that do not legalize homosexuality and gay marriage. For some reason you leave that out of your "patriotic" neocon screeds. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 08:17, December 12, 2023 (EST)

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Your Essay: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future, is advocacy for a global homosexual agenda and gay marriage. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 08:30, December 12, 2023 (EST)

Show me in the essay via quotes where the essay promotes the homosexual agenda. You can't do it! If you could you certainly would do so. It's another case of shameful lying on your part. Conservative (talk) 08:33, December 12, 2023 (EST)

You ignore the global backlash against American promotion of gay rights. You promote both the neocon and homosexual agenda with that Essay. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 08:38, December 12, 2023 (EST)

You are mistaken. I doubt you even read the essay and are whining about an essay that you haven't read.

The essay says about the USA's weaknesses: "It is a divided nation. A large part of the population is very individualistic/narcissistic/selfish with some immoral/uncivilized/wacky/impractical ideas (For example, Homosexual agenda, pro-abortion, pro-feminism, liberal values, secular values, etc.). In addition, there are U.S. government employees/departments trying to influence other countries to adopt these values through incentives and/or withholding of aid. On a more positive side, it looks like the USA is at "peak wokeness". See: [[Essay: Peak wokeness. Are we there yet? A new conservative age rising|Peak wokeness. Are we there yet? A new conservative age rising]]"

And you can't support your neoconservative claim either - especially since I explicitly say that I agree with Trump being against senseless forever wars.

Again, if you want to believe that Russia has a bright future, go ahead. But I will still have a bearish view. 09:09, December 12, 2023 (EST)

"In addition, there are U.S. government employees/departments" - that is American law that the United States is trying to impose upon the rest of the world through its "rules based order". Your "United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future" sounds like a nightmare. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 09:25, December 12, 2023 (EST)

Bottomline: You have no understanding or interest in foreign policy, and again have admitted that you only create these pro-neocon, pro-LGBT Biden apologias out of spite toward another editor. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 09:05, December 12, 2023 (EST)

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Greg Abbott and Israel

Hey, Andy. I follow the Greg Abbott page, and I've noticed that the last two edits you made to it (which were not back to back) both concern Abbott's ties to pro-Israel donors. With this in mind, I'm curious to know. Have you soured on Israel, like I have?--Geopolitician (talk) 22:14, December 10, 2023 (EST)

Perhaps the question should be divided between being pro-Israel and pro-Zionist. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 00:05, December 11, 2023 (EST)

I was asked by a Conservapedia administrator to write about the Gaza/Hamas/Israel situation. As a result, I wrote this essay: Israel's efficient mobilization of soldiers vs. Russia's far less efficient mobilization of soldiers related to the war in Ukraine. Conservative (talk) 17:33, December 13, 2023 (EST)

It's outdated already. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 18:04, December 13, 2023 (EST)

War is a living laboratory, an ongoing process, minute-by-minute to come up with solutions to immediate, ongoing threats. For example, how to defend against a $150 drone with night vision and facial recognition technology that is capable of killing a man or blowing up a $10 million tank. The first side that comes up with the solution then is copied by the other side, and eventually all militaries of the world. The war that is fought in Ukraine today is not the same war that was fought in 2022, or even six months ago. Javelins, M777 Howitzers, Leopard tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, etc etc have all proven useless, so they are hardly even seen at the front today.

Two months ago when the Hamas war started, there was little evidence that the Israeli armed forces incorporated anything from the lessons learned by the largest, most successful modern fighting forces on the planet today. Israel's recent success has been gained by learning what they can from the Russians' recent success, and abandoning the NATO training and tactics that proved disastrous to the Ukraine armed forces.

This Essay, prima facia is flawed in its basic premise. And obviously is written by someone who has been propagandized and brainwashed, and would prove deadly to anybody relying on it for valid information. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 19:35, December 13, 2023 (EST)

The face of modern warfare. The quicker you master these methods, or figure out a solution to defend against it, the more successful you will be. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 19:55, December 13, 2023 (EST)

I didn’t realize until now that it was Andy who added the Main Page note commending the two Republicans who voted against aid to Israel. So it’s obvious at this point that he has indeed soured on Israel, like I have. Good. With that said, perhaps it is high time that editors respect his apparent wishes and overhaul foreign policy pages to make them somewhat harsher on Israel. But to what extent? We cannot afford to give readers the impression that we condone anti-Semitism, which unfortunately has become all too common among critics of Israel these days.--Geopolitician (talk) 14:01, December 17, 2023 (EST)

Well, we know where Dennis Prager stands: Yes, anti-Zionism Is antisemitism. In a way he reminds me of Susan Estrich. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 21:24, December 17, 2023 (EST)

Israel can now survive without USA financial aid.[4] Since its a cost/benefit decision, here is what the USA gets from Israel: Friends with Benefits: Why the U.S.-Israeli Alliance Is Good for America (For example, Israel prevented the further proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the region by thwarting Iraq and Syria's nuclear programs). Some of the radical Islamacists like the ones in Iran intensely hate the USA partly because it supports Israel so that is a downside/cost over and above the financial cost. And Israel is not popular among many countries as evidenced by various UN votes - especially with the recent events in Gaza (But for brevities sake, I won't go into the various details of the complex Gaza issue involving Hamas, Gazans and Israel).

According to an Arab pro-Islam website: "Islam has been mobilised as an explanatory vector, creating the discourse of Muslims as barbarians by power elites in both the Global South and the West."[5] Setting aside whether that is accurate, post 9-11 and various instances of Islamic terrorism around the world, it wouldn't surprise me if non-Islamic global south countries have a lot of citizens who are not fond of Islam. In the West, there is a lot of anti-pathy towards Islam - especially among right-wing populists.

Some people take the position that the Jews are God's chosen people and support Israel for that reason. And they often quote biblical prophecy like the Jews being scattered across the world, coming back to Israel, reclaiming their nation/country and making the desert bloom again which is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.[6][7]

But the bottom line is that the pro-Israel lobby is super strong in the USA so USA policy towards Israel is not going to change anytime soon. In addition, if Trump wins, he is very pro-Israel. For example, he moved the USA embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, his administration successfully negotiated the Abrahamic Accords, etc. (In addition, Trump has Jewish in-laws). Conservative (talk) 14:33, December 17, 2023 (EST)

Change the title of your bigoted neo-Nazi hate screed Essay: Russian war crimes in Ukraine to Essay:Alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine and then you may be considered to know how to qualify sources properly with enough commonsense to speak on this subject. Until then, your postings on foreign policy issues should be regarded as disruption and trolling, and my advocacy for a topic ban remains in place. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 15:34, December 17, 2023 (EST)

Conservapedia content and the swing states

In a recent phone discussion, we discussed the importance of swing states on the future of American politics.

I gathered the below statistics:

• AZ - 33.33% GOP; 29.76% Democrat
• GA - 49.2% GOP; 49.5% Democrat
• WI - 48.8% GOP; 49.4% Democrat
• NV - 47.7% GOP; 50.1% Democrat

If you want to make Conservapedia more impactful, created/expand the articles on the political parties, office holders and candidates in those states.

In addition, I would create articles on Politics in Arizona, Politics in Georgia, Politics in Wisconsin, Politics in Nevada, etc.

And I would encourage Conservapedians to learn various skills helpful to politics and to get involved in the politics of those states. It could potentially supplement their income plus help shape the future of politics in the USA. Conservative (talk) 02:06, December 17, 2023 (EST)