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Totally unacceptable from @PeteButtigieg. The @nytimes is out with a tremendously helpful questionnaire of where the candidates stand on foreign policy. See if you can notice the trend in Mayor Pete's answers.
Whoever one supports in 2020, it's time to stop pretending like it is ok to not be honest and upfront on the single policy area where President's have the most control and most latitude. Foreign policy may not be where elections are fought, but it is what defines the Presidency.
Here's the survey for those who want to see what the folks who want to be the Commander in Chief/Leader of the Free World/etc. have to say about the power they'd wield and what they believe. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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Last year the United States dropped 7,423 bombs on #Afghanistan. That's a fairly incomprehensible number. So to help you understand, here's 7,423 bombs. Then imagine how the US would respond if another country dropped one single bomb on us. 💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣
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A lot of friends and colleagues have asked me over the past few days how worried I am about the current situation with Iran. The short answer is, very. Let me explain. <thread>
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Whatever happens next, understand & never stop pointing out that Donald Trump walked into office with no crisis with #Iran. He then filled his cabinet with warmongers, walked away from a multilateral diplomatic accord, and purposefully engaged in 'maximum pressure.' He owns this.
One has to wonder, did Trump know what he was authorizing, or (more likely) was he ignorant of the likely consequences of this action and/or indifferent to the potential war he may have just started.
Or of course, there's always the option that he knew what he was doing and thought that this would be a nice distraction from his impending impeachment trial. It's horrifying to even contemplate that level of self-centeredness, but it's also literally what he was impeached for.
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Because the rabbithole has no bottom, there is a Democratic debate tonight.

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