From @DavidOAtkins, a well-argued piece setting debate over Trump-Putin axis in crucial larger context:http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/12/31/even-glenn-greenwald-and-his-fans-should-fear-the-trump-putin-alliance/ …
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I think this is a fair question. In fact I don't think he needs this sentence to sustain his argument
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I could do a long list of the misconceptions and silences in the piece. That's just most glaring.
@DavidOAtkins@kombiz -
Trump's chumminess with Putin is a big problem. But the US needs to be honest abt the US; this isn't.
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Russia's action in Crimea and Ukraine would be like annexing Baja CA or British Columbia.
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After there had been what we believed to be a coup in Canada or Mexico, yes.
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Moreover, that would be in OUR OWN FUCKING NEIGHBORHOOD, not imperialism on other side of the world.
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i don't get this argument. if we annex Canada that's okay but if Russia does, it's bad?
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no, her argument is oddly 19th century: imperialism is measured by distance from borders.
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Please don't misrepresent women's arguments. Maybe you don't understand?
@DanteAtkins@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS -
oy, I'd have said the same if you were a man. But ok. Explain.
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So you just misrepresent EVERYONE's arguments when you don't understand them?
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We're trying to exit Iraq, and Libya and Yemen were internal civil wars we tried to guide.
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The decade starts in 2007, right? Even before we invaded these countries?
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And justifiably hate Assad, but Saudi intervention and therefore ours is fundamentally regime change
@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS -
Do you really think the Saudis are going to replace Assad w/a democratic human rights loving unicorn?
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No. But Syria/Yemen/Libya are awful situations with no good answers. Crimea/Ukraine is pure aggression.
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Huh? Let's ask Crimeans, Iraquis, Libyans, Yemeinis for their assessment.
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not speaking for David I assume we're all on the same page on Iraq being imperialistic
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Right. Russia is clearly far more tyrannical. But imperialistic? Nuh uh.
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there's also the small matter of human rights and active terrorism. Yemen/Libya weren't selfish acts.
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