FUUUUUCK!!
Oops. Sorry, I forgot for a second that Israel has the right to defend itself from peacefully protesting 20 year old nurses.
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Here’s some history that remains relevant…
http://dgibbs.faculty.arizona.edu/brzezinski_interview
Brzezinski: Yes. According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise: Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.
Q: Despite this risk, you were an advocate of this covert action. But perhaps you yourself desired this Soviet entry into war and looked to provoke it?
Brzezinski: It isn’t quite that. We didn’t push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
Q: When the Soviets justified their intervention by asserting that they intended to fight against a secret involvement of the United States in Afghanistan, people didn’t believe them. However, there was a basis of truth. You don’t regret anything today?
Brzezinski: Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.
That’s Mika Brzezinski’s dad in that interview, BTW. US power elites are incredibly inbred.
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“Instead of asking why Kim Jong-un has made an obvious and natural move in order for his military leaders to better reflect the new priorities of the DPRK, people should be asking why the United States has not removed and replaced many of its own top government officials whose mindsets are manifestly incompatible with a successful peace process?”
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Thread about a cool little corner of history:
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This seems somewhat inconsistent with the “Putin controls Trump” theory popular amongst Dems.
OTOH, so did this back in February.
About as close to antiwar sentiment as you’ll find in mainstream US politics:
It’s a start.
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“to keep us safe”?
Oh Bernie, do you really still think you need to pull your punches like that?
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The official “Operation Inherent Resolve ” civilian death count for the Raqqa offensive is 23.
They killed more than that from this family alone.
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