Share this page!

Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Twitter logo
Jul 17 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I never knew the correct term for tribal tyrants who came to power in a coup and murdered critics was "illiberal politically". Max for the "How much to write a positive op-ed?" win. #PoliticalIllerbalsForTheWin.
Israel wants Saudi Arabia to "normalize" relations. Both nations can be called British constructs. Both have a strain of intolerance. Both have a history of militancy. Decades of interference in Middle East (itself a British construct) have created this mess. Begin arguing now.
sick burn
Let's keep this positive. At least we can say that Max Boot's effusive praise about Abu Rasasa's "revolutionary reforms" will allow Max to enjoy his next Tandoori.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Robert Young Pelton

Robert Young Pelton Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RYP__

Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Jul 17
It looks like the US might Captain Ahab play captain with TF 150 and TF 153. Two 33-nation patrol groups patrolling local waters. In addition to land cruisers, Arabs have always been sailors and traders. jamesmdorsey.net/post/a-double-…
Underneath that eagerness is a dark purpose. KSA and the UAE wanted to create a "Muslim Rapid Reaction Force" and wanted to play in Afghanistan. But that's not where their enemies lay. Maybe they would use it to support democracy in the ME and Africa? slate.com/news-and-polit…
We now know they wanted to take out Qatar with Prince Jared taking over from Rex Tillerson. That "Muslim Rapid Reaction Force" would have been pretty handy. Turned out it was Jared and Donny's first coup attempt. Jared got stupid money for 666. Next target.washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
Read 11 tweets
Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Jul 17
It took years of war, millions of deaths and brutal photos of thousands of emaciated prisoners to confirm Hitler's evil. Why are we waiting?
Putin is using submarines launching cruise missiles to murder children. Perhaps the most asymmetrical crime so far. The theft, rape, murder and vandalism of Ukraine is not a war it is a crime being committed in real time. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/…
Let's not let the collaborators get away with this crime either. Those who buy Russia's oil, those who maintain the punishing economic pressure on democracies and those who colluded beforehand knowing exactly the horror it would take to attempt a new world order.
Read 4 tweets
Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Jul 16
While the media was obsessing about fist bumps: "Ahead of (Biden's) meeting with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, the country arrested Asim Ghafoor, an American citizen who previously served as a lawyer for Khashoggi." washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
You might have also noticed that Erdogan enticed by a few Emerati billions in investment, moved the trial for Khashoggi's murder to Saudi Arabia. Money changes everything. This is Asim's website. asimghafoor.com
(DAWN) said that Ghafoor was detained on July 14 at Dubai airport en route to Istanbul to attend a family wedding...he was being held in a detention facility in Abu Dhabi on charges related to an in absentia conviction for money laundering. dawnmena.org
Read 8 tweets
Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Jul 16
Attrition. It's a thing.
The numbers game again. Russia has no problem killing their own citizens in conflicts.
Russia's attrition is also internal. Corruption and incompetence has destroyed their army contributing to their rapid degradation.
Read 6 tweets
Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Jul 15
"Synecdoche" Back when America was busy working on their own #1922Plan. cia.gov/readingroom/do… Image
1952: Why Russia was never really into U.S. Still sounds familiar. cia.gov/readingroom/do… Image
February 2007: "Putin stood in Munich’s Bayerischer Hof for 30 minutes and accused the United States of creating a unipolar world “in which there is one master, one sovereign.” He added, “at the end of the day this is pernicious.” politico.com/news/magazine/…
Read 23 tweets
Robert Young Pelton Profile picture
Jul 15
Roger Stone, “Guccifer 2.0” Steve Bannon, WikiLeaks. The Russian GRU taps directly into the Trump campaign by spoofing as Guccifer. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Stone found guilty on all counts including obstruction of the Mueller investigation into Russian links to Trump. A pretty good slam dunk and ugly window into foreign influence. theguardian.com/us-news/2019/n…
Trump pardons Stone and Bannon ostensibly for previous crimes but was he actually obstructing justice and witness tampering with full knowledge of their role in 1/6? Trump is always transactional. nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/… nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/…
Read 12 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(