Nephew:
What kinda war crimes was he up to?

Bug:Dropping more bombs on Cambodia than the Allies dropped during all of WW2, for example. A successful coup against the legitimately elected socialist president of Chile. Those are my top two, but there are more of the same. A lot of US foreign policy after WW2 was about stopping socialism wherever ( Read more... )

I'm surprised that as the House votes on a series of budget amendments and budget bills this week, that roughly half of Republicans are against spending any more money on Ukraine, while 100% of Democrats support spending billions more on Ukraine ( Read more... )

one of my Tweets about foreign policy is blowing up LOL

no way I'm going to delete my social media presence when I run for office in 6 years lol

(is there a difference between "LOL" and "lol")

"I need to save Israel as a Jewish-majority democratic state. That for me is non-negotiable. That's the Israel that I moved to."I live in a neighborhood that is within walking distance of Jewish schools and synagogues, so I have more direct contact with Jewish folks than most. I support freedom of religion, and I enjoy living in a diverse ( Read more... )

We can't replay history, but I bet if she'd kept her birth name she would not have been nominated for Secretary of State in 1997 (at the beginning of President Clinton's second term). "Secretary Madeleine Albright" is a much more acceptably elegant name to American ears than "Secretary Marie Korbelová". Of course, she wouldn't be the first ( Read more... )

Paradoxically, the problem with American exceptionalism is that even those who challenge its foundational tenets and heap scorn on American militarism often end up recreating American exceptionalism by centering the United States in their analyses of international relations. It is, in Gregory Afinogenov’s words, a “form of provincialism that sees ( Read more... )

Some on the Left are resolute in placing the blame for Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the US, perhaps with some side blame on the EU and other NATO members ( Read more... )

I think if Republicans could figure out how to credibly explain how cowardly Biden is being in this conflict, he'd be complete toast.

But, then, Trump is going around praising Putin right now, so ... "credibly" is not possible. The neocons must be feeling extraordinarily frustrated that they've been dealt out of the game.

America Could Have Done So Much More to Protect Ukraine-- says Alexander Vindman, a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel who was the Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council until President Trump fired him ( Read more... )

Way back in December, I was sitting down for a meal with T, B, and David, and I volunteered that Putin was going to invade Ukraine. President Biden had just removed our strategic ambiguity by affirming US troops would not intervene, had instead listed the economic sanctions that would be imposed on Russia ( Read more... )