Plenty to disagree with in this piece—NATO is a clear net-benefit for all members, NATO’s bordered Russia since 1991, etc—but there should absolutely be more discussion on NATO policy in the US. nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opi…
A lack of NATO expansion obviously wouldn’t have prevented the rise of a kleptocratic dictatorship in Russia (see: the exact same dynamics in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, etc etc).
This might be the giddiest podcast episode @NateSibley, @apmassaro3 and I ever record—not least because the last few weeks have been what many counter-klepto folks have long been waiting for.
But seriously: Been an incredible few weeks on the fight against financial secrecy and trans-national corruption. Thousands of issues remain—not least implementation—but the tide feels like it's finally, maybe, perhaps turning.
And much of it driven by the U.S.!
'One profitable sphere might be to fund some academics to research a more accurate assessment of the cost of corruption to the world economy, so we can find out whether it truly is between 2-5% percent of GDP.' codastory.com/newsletters/ol…
Robert E. Lee led forces that slaughtered thousands upon thousands of American soldiers, in pursuit of shattering the U.S., all in order to extend the enslavement of millions.
He’s one of the greatest traitors this country has ever produced.
If a person like Robert E. Lee—who helped oversee the most devastating slaughter of American troops in U.S. history, all in order to disintegrate the country—isn’t a “traitor,” then the word is meaningless.
Good summation of why the Republic of Texas should be viewed as a precursor to the Confederacy:
“The bloody lynchings and murders of Mexicans, Tejanos, and Mexican-Americans [in Texas in the 1910s] are some of the most egregious instances of state-sanctioned violence in not just Texas history but US history.”