Stephen Kinzer

@stephenkinzer

Author & journalist. Former NY Times foreign correspondent. Boston Globe columnist. Senior Fellow for Intl. and Public Affairs

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    14 hours ago

    it would be a much-appreciated journalist who might simply list without commentary each of the lies, destructive or merely minor, that has been promulgated by the Murdoch media machine. just a list. a memorial to the (attempted) death of democracy.

    Rupert Murdoch is the single most destructive force in the world today, perhaps in human history.
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    12 hours ago

    America's Forbes magazine, seven years ago today.

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  3. Retweeted
    Apr 27

    One of the best staffing decisions President Trump made was nominating to be Ambassador to Afghanistan. In this new article he smashes withdrawal critics and explains why its in America’s national security interest to

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  4. Apr 27

    It's significant that is denouncing Israel. This organization is a pillar of the security establishment and run in part by former US govt officials. If it has decided to break with Israel, it means that American elites are shifting their views.

    Human Rights Watch joins Israeli human rights org B’tselem in calling Israel’s rule of Palestinians apartheid. Palestinians have been saying this all along.
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  5. Apr 27

    Determined to avoid a Vietnam-style helicopter departure of our diplomats in after a victory, StateDept has quietly announced "the departure from US Embassy Kabul of US government employees whose functions can be performed elsewhere."

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    Apr 27

    Commentator Luke Thomas observed that “arguably no single reporter has contributed more to the deranged & paranoid national security fantasies of the center-left than Natasha Bertrand. She's an embarrassment to her profession & will fit right in at CNN.”

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  7. Apr 27

    After the nuclear deal with was signed, Iran contracted with to buy 80 airliners. killed the deal. Now Iran wants to try again. If allows it, that could be a sign he's serious about building a relationship based on something other than threats.

    Iran Tries To Revive $16 Billion Deal For 80 Boeing Jets via
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    Apr 24

    Rhetoric vs. actions

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  9. Apr 25

    I would happily trade our present Supreme Court for this one.

    From the Supreme Court's website: Building Support Staff Posing While Setting Up for the Group Photograph, January 1976
    I think I've found my favorite picture ever taken inside the Supreme Court, and it's of building support staff setting up for the justices' group photo. From 1976. It rules:
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    Apr 24

    Israeli drones suspected of attacking Iranian Oil Tanker off Syria coast, killing 3. It was bringing much needed fuel to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Over 12 tankers have been sabotaged in effort to deepen the economic hardship of Syrians

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    Feb 4

    We have hundreds of books on Guatemala, but there's no better starting point than 's classic Bitter Fruit/Fruta Amarga. We have it new and used, English y español.

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    Apr 23

    In his column on Biden decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Senior Fellow says, "Ending a war in defeat or failure is always difficult. Biden will need fortitude to stay the course."

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  13. Apr 23

    New US intel "threat assessment" sounds right: " seeks an accommodation with the US on mutual noninterference in both countries’ domestic affairs and US recognition of Russia’s claimed sphere of influence over much of the former Soviet Union."

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  14. Apr 23

    My new column: "The [Taliban] government would be repressive, many foreign-funded civil society groups would be forced to close, and women’s rights would be limited. This harsh rule would also bring peace, security, and a crackdown on the heroin trade."

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  15. Apr 22

    My new column: "Pulling out is an admission that despite what our leaders have been proclaiming for 20 years, we have no vital interest in Afghanistan. Biden should realize that the same is true for Iraq, Syria, Iran, Israel & Saudi Arabia."

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  16. Apr 20

    Jeff Sachs: "We must understand the context of the Chinese crackdown in , which had the same motivation as America’s foray into the Middle East and Central Asia after the September 2001 attacks: to stop the terrorism of militant Islamic groups."

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  17. Apr 20

    After the Green Party in named its candidate for chancellor this week, her opponent from 's party congratulated her and said: "As democrats, we should be respectful to each other from the very outset." Quite a different political culture from what we're used to.

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  18. Apr 18

    The aftermath of the two 1983 Beirut bombings was one of Ronald Reagan's few great foreign policy moments. At first he swore to pursue the perpetrators, but soon realized this would plunge us into Lebanon's civil war, so pulled troops out ("redeployment") and left revenge to God.

    On this day, April 18, 1983, unknown soldiers of resistance, attacked the USA embassy in Beirut, killing eight CIA agents, including the CIA's Near East director Robert Ames, Station Chief Kenneth Haas, James Lewis and most of the CIA Beirut staff.
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    Apr 18

    . on justified leaving Afghanitan by saying “We have to focus on the battles of next 20 years, not the past 20 years.” Unfortunately, I think he means Russia and China instead of healthcare, the climate crisis and ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

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    Apr 17

    Great thread on some of the Russiagate disinformation influence agents who spread the "Russian bounties" propaganda campaign:

    🧵THREAD🧵 Today the “Russian bounties” story - where Russia was supposedly paying to have US soldiers killed - quietly imploded. For the last year, Dems, the media & others have pushed this conspiracy theory endlessly. If you think that’s exaggerative, have a look⤵️
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