pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/und…
pplswar.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/dem…
Syria/ISIS/Iraq:
medium.com/@pplswar/it-wa…
Russia:
BDS:
This is my basic starting point.
@armchairshrink
Do @ me. 😁
✅Re-enter the Paris Accord
✅Restore the Iran deal
✅Marshall Plan for Libya (EU has to contribute big time)
newrepublic.com/article/150317…
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Buckle up.
1. Until a second or third revolution overthrows Assad i.e. 20+ years or more. Unless his fascist regime voluntarily democratizes. [😄]
2. Not permanent, conditions-based. Covering Idlib to Raqqa to Hasakah to Deir Ezzor.
1. Deterrence works. Assad has attacked U.S./YPG on occasion and U.S. response was overwhelming. He stopped.
2. Wipe out his already-meager capabilities.
1. Yes.
2. Chapter 7 of the UN Charter stipulates that nations have the right of collective self-defense and Iraq requested U.S. military action vs ISIS. nytimes.com/2014/09/24/us/… un.org/press/en/2014/…
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-Arms for Kiev
-More sanctions for Russia. Maybe kicking them out of SWIFT is the way to go...
Also Corey Booker: I didn't know 🇵🇸Palestine was literally on this sign I was holding. I thought it just said 🇲🇽Mexico. 🤨 I'm a FP pro, believe me! 🙄
jta.org/2018/08/03/new…
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✅Grounded in FACTS, not conspiracy theories
✅Addresses real-world problems
✅Morally sound
✅Internationalist
✅Anti-fascist
✅Anti-imperialist
✅Pro-democracy
✅Pro-international law
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Do want to empower tyrants and oligarchs the world over and cause more destabilizing regional wars?
Well Phyllis Bennis has just the foreign policy package for you!
Why bankroll a killing machine that murdered ~100,000 Syrians in prisons in just a few years?
washingtonpost.com/world/death-no…
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The difficulty is that those interests sometimes conflict with one another.
and
a corporation 🏦 that requires U.S. government 🏛 permission to operate.
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cnn.com/2013/03/05/pol…
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Obama enabled Assad's most heinous crimes.
thedailybeast.com/obama-refused-…
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theatlantic.com/international/…
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✅Don't issue red lines you aren't prepared to enforce.
✅Non-intervention can be worse than intervention.
✅Everything you don't do also sets precedents.
✅Fascists only respond to force.
✅Repair the strained relationship with Turkey
✅Curb aggression by Iran, Russia, and Assad
✅Most importantly, save thousands of lives.
✅Treat national security as the grave responsibility that it is.
✅Outline positive vision of world order + US role.
✅Show how principles will shape choices, priorities.
politico.com/magazine/story…
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Pinochet was a neolib. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolibera…
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