It should be easy to distinguish between a limited punishment meted against the Iranians or a response to ongoing attacks on shipping, and the destruction/destabilization of entire countries.Not ridiculizing when they are in or out. Just those that used that lame saying as some sort virtue attributed to the man.
Is it a new war? And old war? Is it even a war? Whatever…
It could; anything in front of the courts could. Maybe start counting score on the number of judicial orders a Trump administration has abided by or not abided by, including his first. We can compare the two counts to gauge how law-abiding the administration is.This could be a flashpoint for the administration’s willingness to abide by judicial orders.
Yes it should. Apparently though it isn’t. Again, it’s a dumb slogan.It should be easy to distinguish between a limited punishment meted against the Iranians or a response to ongoing attacks on shipping, and the destruction/destabilization of entire countries.
Considering the costs of the Iraq war alone, "dumb" sounds like a consolation prize for neo-cons. The slogan had weight because of the contrast in willingness to treat almost everything as an excuse for military intervention. I once read an article by someone who took one of the neo-cons to task for how often "US intervention" was the solution to any particular foreign problem. The length of the list was appalling. It's the difference between attacks that might kill a couple hundred soldiers, and whacking one general.Yes it should. Apparently though it isn’t. Again, it’s a dumb slogan.
Except the Trump side blamed Biden for Oct 7th, Putin Invading Ukraine, rain on Saturdays. What new war did he start exactly? Right.Considering the costs of the Iraq war alone, "dumb" sounds like a consolation prize for neo-cons. The slogan had weight because of the contrast in willingness to treat almost everything as an excuse for military intervention. I once read an article by someone who took one of the neo-cons to task for how often "US intervention" was the solution to any particular foreign problem. The length of the list was appalling. It's the difference between attacks that might kill a couple hundred soldiers, and whacking one general.
The measure of an administration respecting the law and the division of powers isn’t measuring out orders abided by versus court orders defied. Any of the latter would be a huge concern.It could; anything in front of the courts could. Maybe start counting score on the number of judicial orders a Trump administration has abided by or not abided by, including his first. We can compare the two counts to gauge how law-abiding the administration is.
It started during Trump's first administration. You can try and massage it to make it about what happened afterward, but mostly the point was about contrasting the relatively low belligerency with a few particular things: the war in Iraq, the destabilization of Libya, the tendency of the few neocons floating in and out of the administration (eg. John Bolton) to call for more aggressive responses. If you're looking for political slogans to be consistent and coherent, you're likely to always be dissatisfied.Except the Trump side blamed Biden for Oct 7th, Putin Invading Ukraine, rain on Saturdays. What new war did he start exactly? Right.
It’s a dumb slogan.
I’ll take not dumb. But yes, I will be disappointed.If you're looking for political slogans to be consistent and coherent, you're likely to always be dissatisfied.
Trump continues to recklessly discard implements of American soft power. Today, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other similar pro-democracy media funded by the U.S. for many decades were gutted.
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Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations
The Agency for Global Media also sent notices terminating grants to Radio Free Asia and other programming run by the agency.fortune.com
Trump continues to recklessly discard implements of American soft power. Today, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other similar pro-democracy media funded by the U.S. for many decades were gutted.
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Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations
The Agency for Global Media also sent notices terminating grants to Radio Free Asia and other programming run by the agency.fortune.com
WASHINGTON — The Russian government on Tuesday labeled VOA’s sister outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as an “undesirable organization” in a move that underscores the Kremlin’s harsh repression of media.
The new designation opens RFE/RL staffers, donors and sources to criminal charges, the Prague-based outlet reported.
The outlet was added to a registry of “undesirable organizations” maintained by Russia’s Ministry of Justice, becoming the 142nd organization to be labeled that way.
RFE/RL President Stephen Capus said the designation “is just the latest example of how the Russian government views truthful reporting as an existential threat.”
“Millions of Russians have relied on us for decades — including record-breaking audiences over the past few days since the death of Aleksei Navalny — and this attempt to stifle us will only make RFE/RL work harder to bring free and independent journalism to the Russian people,” Capus said in a statement.
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Th population of the planet is awash in American cultural offerings, whether or not they want to be.
I'd say their 'soft power' is already just fine![]()