ICYF from March 2, 1975: "Wide Hostility Found To Vietnamese Influx" nytimes.com/1975/05/02/arc… THREAD 1/
"The arrival in the last few days of the first thousands of South Vietnamese refugees to be resettled in this recession hobbled country has set off a groundswell of controversy." 2/
"Some of those hostile to the newcomers seem to be just weary of the whole long American involvement in things Vietnamese and eager to shut the door on the unhappy past. Others voice fears of epidemics of Asian diseases." 3/
"A few, however irrationally, see those fleeing Communism as a Communist threat... But the vast majority of those opposed to the resettlement express concern about the economic impact at a time when the country already has an unemployment rate of 8.7 per cent." 4/ END THREAD

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"President Biden should state explicitly as a matter of policy in his 2021 National Security Strategy that the United States will not use military intervention to promote democratic regime change." THREAD 1/
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This is Item 4 of the Doha agreement: "A permanent and comprehensive ceasefire will be an item on the agenda of the intra-Afghan dialogue and negotiations." THREAD 1/
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mechanisms, which will be announced along with the completion & agreement over the future
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Is there any evidence that the Taliban committed to this part of the Doha agreement? If not, then why are we obligated to leave by 8/31? 3/
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17 Aug
Seeing lots of revisionist history (on left and right) on Obama's surge in Afghanistan. Im not an expert, but I did work at the WH at the time and do teach that "case" in my comparative foreign policy decision-making course. Posting that section of the syllabus here. THREAD 1/
April 22: The U.S. Decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan (2009-2010)
Guest Speaker: Ambassador Karl Eikenberry 2/
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A true hero, Sergey Adamovich Kovalev, has passed away today. He was one of the most honest, principled & courageous men I have ever known. I saw him last as my farewell reception in 2014 in Moscow (after which I was put on the sanctions list) speaking here with another friend.
I met Kovalev in 1990. His clarity of conviction back then helped to destroy Soviet dictatorship.
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Biden is also right to try to work with the Kremlin on a limited agenda of mutual interest, particularly on arms control. Even during tense moments of the Cold War, U.S. presidents saw the wisdom in cooperating with their Soviet counterparts to reduce the risk of nuclear war. 3/
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