#IRAQ

Christian Christensen

ChrChristensen

(1) About Trump, Twitter and "glorifying violence": cultures of violence don’t emerge overnight, and the US media need to do some serious soul-searching about decades of coverage before Trump became

Woofers

N0tWoofers

Talks are still going on with Damascus. And the Russians are very heavily involved. There is still work to reach a political agreement but the military agreement is clear, once

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

When Conor started in journalism, the outer boundaries of foreign policy at TNR stretched from "We should bomb Iraq" all the way to "We should bomb Iraq and then send

Chiqui Esteban

chiquiesteban

I want you all to know David Beriain's work. He was not internationally famous despite being probably the best journalist I've ever met. He shouldWhen the 2nd Iraq war started,

Shahed Ghoreishi

shahedghoreishi

Just like in Syria and Iraq, U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf only serves as a source for escalation and war rather than serving U.S. interests.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1252932181447630848 If regional stability

Gimba Kakanda

gimbakakanda

1/ While your intention is noble, your petition is a misreading of history. I’ll share this thread to show that sanctions are disastrous ideas in foreign policy. They’ve never produced

Mike

MikeyRocksLang

So @AaronRodgers12 makes this comment about stay at home orders being akin to “house arrest.” Look this is gonna be a thread so get ready. Hey Aaron in what world

davidallengreen

davidallengreen

This is Baha Mousa with his sonBaha Mousa was an Iraq civilian who was killed in 2003 by British soldiersHe was in detention and under restraintHe was tortured to deathA

🚩Shepherd🏴

NeolithicSheep

Ok so during OIF the chemical weapons detector went off twice. One of those times I was on the internal comms circuit listening to the forward and aft lookouts beg

mark safranski

zenpundit

The errors of the Blob have varied in motivation and effect since 1991. The common thread is a breakdown in strategic thinking, an increasing emphasis over time on FP for

Eric L. Robinson

UticaEric

The president’s “suckers” and “losers” commentary has me thinking. From a purely economic standpoint, am I a sucker for joining the Army? Was it a bad bet? Some back-of the

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

What rebuke will the American Psychiatric Association suffer? When it came out that the American Psychological Association facilitated torture during the Iraq War, it was scandalous. But now the APA

WTFOMGBBQ!!!

improbablyreal1

Took the Mrs. to a doc appt in Lubbock today. Across the street is a memorial, on 82nd street. So the kids and I went to pay respect and burn

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victorywiilcome

Manufacturing Consent Series:Thread about how media fabricates a fake news... today's example is the lie that the MSM is spreading these days:"Russians have payed Taliban to kill american soldiers in

Matthew Petti

matthew_petti

Have you ever heard of Red Kurdistan?In 1923, the Soviet Union set up a Kurdish entity in between Armenia and Azerbaijan.Stalin dissolved it in 1929, and many Kurds were later

SavageJoyMarieMann 🦺

SavageJoyMarie1

In the *very* rare occurrence a @JoeBiden voter would phonebank....BIDEN VOTER: Hi, is Joy there?JOY: This isBV: Great, this is Karen from the Biden campaign + I’m calling to make