1. I wouldn't say "piss off" but I have doubts. The evidence of accountability was that Abrams was asked a pointed question on a panel. Hardly sufficient redress for lying to congress, covering up massacres & praising genocidal leaders.https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1096039180436676608 …
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9. Elite impunity: Kissinger pushed for a coup that destroyed Chilean democracy, continued Vietnam War despite knowing it was lost (to achieve face-saving "peace with honor" facade). His punishment? He's a celebrated elder statesman & Hillary Clinton's friend.
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10. Good thread documenting my claim that Abrams offered an instrumentalized and cynical version of human rights:https://twitter.com/bradleyrsimpson/status/1096052454582640640 …
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11. Here we see Elliott Abrams covering up the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero as late as 1993. https://twitter.com/peterjgowan/status/1095914307949379587 …
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12. In the 1980s, the Argentine Junta systematically kidnapped Jewish kids (many orphaned in the dirty war) & raised them as Christian: an anti-Semitic crime. Elliott Abrams's response was a private rebuke & public support for the regime.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-diplomat-us-knew-about-argentina-baby-thefts/ …
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Oh, but Jeet, he acted pensive in a documentary later on
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The cynicism of the Nixon administration towards war in Vietnam is still breathtaking.
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The viewpoints on such elites are so damned skewed we have guys like Boot wanting us to feel sorry for Abrams simply being asked questions
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Well, at least he gave Paul Wolfowitz a benchmark.
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It's called war Profiteers.
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The press also played a large part in driving public opinion about that war in Vietnam Very large part
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