Btw, remember when Trump said American GIs need to go door-to-door in the Middle East and tell people to “suck on this” as Hannity nodded approvingly? Actually that was Thomas Friedman to Charlie Rose:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFaSpca_3Q …
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Sounds a wee bit naive. Yes, the Blob could have done a lot better, but even if they had been perfect, the Trump base would ignore them, just as they ignore everything reeking of establishment, like scientists, historians, or domain experts of any kind.
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One feels that *legitimate* expertise (I.e. not Bill Kristol or Joe Biden) only makes some people angrier!
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Surprised that Walt who’s one of the most realist FP advocates around, relegates US interference actions to “the past”. While he’s right that one action may not excuse another, fact is that US is actively and openly in many cases trying to destabilize countries even now. 1/pic.twitter.com/XT5jJQPe2s
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Moreover one of these countries is Russia. Hardly covered in the US media - which is not an excuse for Walt’s ignorance - is May 2018 Russian report by its upper house (Senate) of extensive US meddling in its affairs. 2/https://www.rt.com/news/428297-russian-elections-meddling-report/ …
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The US-funded, backed and organized overthrow of what was a corrupt but not anti-Russian President of Ukraine (to be replaced by an even more corrupt individual but very anti-Russian President), was aimed squarely at Russia 3/
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The US role in Ukraine’s regime change riding roughshod over the EU advocating a more cautious approach (w Germany/France brokering a deal between Yanukovych and the Oppo torn up the next day by US backed forces) was exposed in this “F.. the EU” tapehttps://youtu.be/WV9J6sxCs5k
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