No no no this can’t be right I was assured by so many hawks that if the United States exited the JCPOA and imposed crippling sanctions on Iran then everything would work itself out.
It’s quite something that the collective assessment in @wrightr’s story is that Iran has not only progressed in its nuclear program but in the other areas (ballistic missiles, links to regional proxies) sanctions reimposition was supposed to thwart. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…
In conclusion, my end-of-year best wishes for the Iran hawks for taking the most significant step to get to where we are today.
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The best part of this is imagining the 30-minute explanation someone will need to provide Trump about what he said.
For this to have happened minions like @realLizUSA either didn’t understand what Trump was saying or understood it but were too scared to staff him properly.
Hi Evan. It's adorable that you think this perpetuates patriarchal norms. Let me explain in detail why I do this, and why I'm not going to stop doing it: (1/4)
I used to be fine with students using my first name. And then I started talking with female colleagues who found that their students were far more likely to use their first name in interactions, diminishing their authority. (2/4)
Furthermore, they also told me that male profs who act super-casual about this are part of the problem, since students then think, "Why can't I call her Mary is I can call that prof Dan?" So maybe, Evan, you're actually part of the problem? (3/4)
Beginning in March 2020, I started monthly diary entries about life under COVID-19. With the pandemic functionally over in New England, yesterday was the last entry. Here’s a thread of the month-by-month emotional reactions: