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This is a great essay, and the reason Andrew Sullivan understands so well the deceitful propaganda & bullying rhetoric used by Bipartisan DC to justify Endless War & to condemn any attempt to rein in empire is, as he said, he was once a leading propagator of those lowly tactics:
If you really want to understand why Establishment Washington (and imperial capitals generally) craves war, and fights vehemently against any attempt to end or even reduce it, Adam Smith provided the exactly perfect answer 242 years ago in "Wealth of Nations":
After this tweet was posted, the @washingtonpost published a great op-ed by @RoKhanna defending Trump's Syria/Afghan position (washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/…). But the 2 voices who have conspicuously yet to weigh in on this debate are @BernieSanders & @Ocasio2018: look forward to that:
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NBC and MSNBC Blamed Russia for Using “Sophisticated Microwaves” to Cause “Brain Injuries” in U.S. “Diplomats” in Cuba. The Culprits Were Likely Crickets. theintercept.com/2019/01/07/nbc…
NBC and MSNBC repeatedly put @KenDilanianNBC all over the air to do what he does - mindlessly repeat what @CIA tells him to say - to state that Russia attacked US diplomats in Cuba with microwaves. The likely culprit was this pretty Caribbean male cricket theintercept.com/2019/01/07/nbc…
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Yes, the US press is so brave & free - when it comes to foreign leaders. Remember when, after 9/11, all TV networks obeyed the government's orders not to broadcast video of Osama bin Laden explaining the attack on the ground he'd included coded messages to activate sleeper cells?
US media obeyed the government's orders to impose a blackout on Al Qaeda explaining their motives for the 9/11 attack (US violence & interference in the Muslim world), which is what let @DavidFrum & friends create the bullshit "they-hate-us-for-our-freedom" fairy tales.
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Now that Warren emphatically supported Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria & Afghanistan - ignoring @Maddow's desperate bait to bash Trump & instead condemned Endless War - the silence on these issues of Sanders (&, to a lesser extent, @AOC) becomes harder to maintain:
I emailed Sanders' office on Dec 26 to ask his view on Syria troop withdraw - was told they were discussing it but he didn't yet have a position. As I said, people are entitled to time to address complex matters, but these debates are central & ongoing silence is hard to justify.
To be clear, the quote I got when I emailed Sanders' office on Dec 26 about Syria troop withdrawal was this: "We’ve been discussing but he hasn’t made a statement yet." They're now suggesting this doesn't mean he has no position, just that he hasn't publicly expressed one yet.
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