Or the state department is a bloated organization that needs reorganizing and less employees
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No - military force must work in sync with diplomacy. For 16 years we have suffered in our efforts to stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan because DOS is understaffed and underfunded. This efficiency effort only makes matters worse - limits our options.
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these options are not mutually exclusive.
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What if that acclaimed world leadership you refer to was never a reality, but a way to exercise force when necessary? Could it be diplomacy was a tool to aid the flow of resources toward mindless materialism?
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Mhm. It's pure coincidence that we've had the longest sustained period of progress in human history.
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That progress is extreme wealth at the expense of the majority of humans. America is a selfish nation who is raping resources. We hoard technology and then sell it, rather than applying technology to the betterment of all.pic.twitter.com/wqRhWmmGa2
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You're so lost. 1 billion humans have escaped abject poverty over the past decade. Modern economics have improved standards of living for more humans than any other period in history.
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How the UN measure works. People making $1.90 a day/below are deemed in absolute poverty. Once they make $1.91, suddenly they are "out of poverty! First, its stupid. 2nd, the real measure is about $4-5 a day based on lifespan. In this = a billion added to poverty in past decades.
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No, they aren't "out of poverty." You don't know how this works.
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Exactly, they aren't out of poverty, meaning the UN measure doesn't say much.
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I never said poverty. What has happened has been the worst of the worst have improved in huge numbers.
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Don't dismiss the possibility of both being true.
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I’m going with both.
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How has US diplomacy performed in the last 20 years? How could it have been better? Was it our senior diplomats or continuing inconsistency from different administrations.
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Or the State Department has been over staffed for years and that’s finally being corrected?
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Just remember Sam, it's all part of Vlad's plan.
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And the kicker is that the ultimate predicate for the intern-level FOIA busywork they’re foisting on senior diplomats to make them quit is…her emails.
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Thank god. Cutting out all the bullshit bureaucracy. Trump's foreign policy has been more impressive than I imagined. Saudi reformation incoming as well. https://mobile.twitter.com/thomaswictor/status/927052304498298885?lang=en …
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