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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Moreover, that would be in OUR OWN FUCKING NEIGHBORHOOD, not imperialism on other side of the world.
@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS -
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?
@DanteAtkins@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS -
your argument would make Manifest Destiny more defensible than protecting Rwandans.
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Can I take a step back again and note your fairy tale still excludes Iraq?
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that's an incredibly lame excuse.
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It's not an "excuse." It is absolutely what Putin considers Ukraine
@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS -
Who cares what Putin "considers"? George Bush considered a lot of things, too.
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Because Putin's argument is abt defense of strategic perimeter (that US agreed to, btw).
@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS -
intervening in a bloodbath far away = bad. Annexing to "maintain your perimeter" = OK. That's crazy.
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Can I take a step back and note your little fairy tale on ME still pretends Iraq doesn't exist?
@kombiz@ThePlumLineGS
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