The lack of emphasis on foreign policy during campaigns -- ambiguity from the candidates, inattention from the media -- allows the "foreign policy community" to subsequently fill the void and enter the incoming administration to carry out whatever their pre-existing agenda is
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And the C-i-C authority is hardly the one with the most destructive potential. The related economic authority - to starve and kill the populations of unfriendly governments - demands equal attention from candidates.https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/us-iran-sanctions-donald-trump-iran-deal-oil-banks/ …
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And where Sanders and Warren likely differ the most.
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The elephant in the room until Tulsi came along.
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60% of tax dollars go to war, where's our debate on foreign policy?
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Since we proxy out most of our casualties now, good luck getting the public to care about death no matter the numbers
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yeah, same for all status quo processes of systematic wealth accumulation. No voice of the people just allows those with power, the managerial class, to do what it does, set the agenda, tell the story.
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Maybe they could each take turns riding around in a tank. What could go wrong?
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Don't be silly! Why have a debate on that when we are all agreed: The US does what it wants to whom it wants when it wants. What's there to talk about?
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CIA controls most of the mediums of communication and platforms candidates discuss issues on so of course, they conceal their machinations by preventing discussion of the issues at all.
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They basically have carte blanche to do whatever with the military, but CNN spent 7 hours letting them make proposals that will never see the light of day if elected
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When people say the media is accidentally bias and its not a conspiracy. Well There is someone making the decision not to include foreign policy and that is not accidental establishment bias.
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Damn right it is not an accident, it's by design.
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While they are talking BS and kneeling to the mainstream media's pro-war talking points, Tulsi will be telling it like it is afore actual folk in the real world.
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I didn't watch, but did foreign policy come up in the environmental forum? Because I'm pretty sure war harms the environment.....
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Is it really the most powerful? What is the basis for stating that, in light of the performance of the armed forces over the last twenty years?
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Remember when NYT Anon explained foreign policy is too important to let voters or the president change course? The "steady state" controls that.
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It was exactly a year ago. Just realized that. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html …pic.twitter.com/x8xkDNcujd
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