1. Scott Walker's praise of Reagan firing the air traffic controllers as a foreign policy victory is actually very revealing.
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3. There's a reason why Hoover, McCarthy etc. were more interested in quashing domestic dissent than in actual foreign policy.
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@HeerJeet Worth remembering that American anti-communism began under Wilson, a Democrat. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet preach it JeetThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Indistinction between inside and outside not a new phenomenon. Workers, terrorists, or dissenting citizen = hostis.#continuumThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet which partially explains their hostility towards Nelson Mandela and support of apartheid, and MLK, w/the parts they now ignore -
@HeerJeet ...meaning, how at the time they despised MLK, but now they pretend they loved him, and ignore almost all what he was about.
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@HeerJeet ironically Meany was as antiCommunist as anyone. -
@armandodkos@HeerJeet Had a lot to do with intra-union turf battles, yes?
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@HeerJeet Genuinely curious: what are you thoughts on the Verona papers? -
@keldenwilliam Of course the Soviets were spying on the USA, just as USA was spying on USSR. Spies are a side-show.
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