It's critically important that the country which lavishes the Saudi regime with weapons, intelligence, diplomatic cover, and constant praise not do anything to give legitimacy to dictators.
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US foreign policy elites have invented a whole slew of meaningless phrases to justify a state of permanent militarism & aggression in the world, then trained people to recite them. That US should avoid negotiating with Bad Guys because it gives them "legitimacy" in a good examplehttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1006582810734419968 …
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We literally give billions to the saudis, armed Suharto as he killed 3 million people, and assassinated multiple heads of state to facilitate imperialism
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Resource colonialism, geostrategic considerations, etc.... Can't extract congolese wealth w/out Mobutu, can't have american oil companies in indonesia without fascist governments deposing socialists ( e;g exxonmobil, read "Private empire" 4 more details)
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don't forget about freeport, millions of Papuans killed to preserve US agenda to keep fort knox still full loaded :p
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And east Timor
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Also, I don't get calling it "legitimizing". Are we so arrogant that we think the rest of the
won't recognize the leader of a sovereign nation unless we give them the OK?
Kim sucks on human rights. No doubt. So does Assad, the Saudis, Bibi, Putin, & damn near EVERY leader. -
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Preach. We've had/have war criminals holding federal offices. We CURRENTLY have an PROVEN torturer as the head of a major intelligence agency. And before anybody starts crying, "This is all Trump's fault!" THIS happened on Obama's watch:https://twitter.com/MisterRection/status/1005343441474203648?s=19 …
You think we protect freedom of speech in
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Remember when we violated the Geneva Conv @ GITMO committing war crimes by uselessly torturing people?
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's involved, you know who all was punished & imprisoned for it?
Only 1 guy: @JohnKiriakou. The 1 who exposed it. pic.twitter.com/CIrbIBx9IL
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Yeah... except that the concept of political legitimacy is literally older than the United States and is well established in the field of political science. Sometimes your cynicism just makes you look silly...
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Yeah, except the idea of using a cold war method that has never worked got us nowhere. Using the containment doctrine for something like this didn't bring them to the table. Using a carrot a stick did.
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You seem to be arguing someone else. I was merely pointing out that the concept of “legitimacy” isn’t “meaningless” and “invented”. I didn’t take any position other than that. You’re projecting.
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You absolutely did mean what you said. Legitimizing is a word used in the containment doctrine.
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Great, except in the context of this dialogue, legitimacy is about foreign entities recognizing your right to rule.
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Recognition by other states is one way in which regimes can establish legitimacy.
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In a time where seemingly everyone in journalism is choosing "sides", you continue to stand out as the only place people can turn for unfiltered, unbiased perspective. Thank you and keep up the good work!
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Glenn once again nails. It's so ironic seeing Dems using Dick Cheney Neo Con talking points
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What happened to the Dems? We used to be completely Anti War.........now Obama is pals with the Bushes. WTF indeed
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