I think Brandan P. Buck has said there were many conservative critics of dropping the atomic bombs in the years after the war. The narrative that it was necessary to vaporize civilians to “save lives” wasn’t the common conservative talking point until decades later.

Significant pt of clarification: it is NOT a biblical admonition to stand w the civilian gov of Israel. We are commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6) - and *all* who live there - and Genesis 12:3 says those who bless the great nation God will create thru

Israel Strikes Iran, David Cameron Crumbles (Earthling Unplugged) | Robert Wright and Andrew Day discuss items from the Earthling, the weekend edition of the Nonzero Newsletter.
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Nice for Netanyahu that the world's gaze is away from Gaza this week. But that doesn't mean it's gone away, nor have the headaches for Biden at home. NEW from Rawan Abhari: responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-gaza-wa…

Progressives and war.
This is gonna be good.

The sister of Elizabeth Tzurkov — a Russian-Israeli expert held hostage by an Iraqi militia for the past year — tears into the Iraqi PM for not doing enough to free her sister. Watch:

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'Trump was used in many ways to impose a sort of Russia Gate orthodoxy on the coverage. There were letters flying around, and (they) were like, 'we can't feed Trump and his views.'' -- Katrina vandenHeuvel on my new pod Trip the Beltway Fantastic! Check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=MJRuGU…

Every American will pay thousands in taxes for this military-industrial complex boondoggle. Connor Echols

Today is the 31st anniversary of the FBI tank and toxic gas assault at Waco that ended with 80 dead women, children, and men. The Waco cover-up continues

Service members are starting to reach out to members of congress, worried that the US embassy may not be telling them the whole truth about Niger, according to reports this week. MORE Kelley B. Vlahos:

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Rep. Matt Gaetz Marc Thiessen 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🇹🇼🇮🇱 .Marc Thiessen 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🇹🇼🇮🇱, war is also great for the US hospital and pharmaceutical industries due to the millions of American men and women who came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with trillions of dollars in lifetime mental and physical healthcare costs. .... yay? watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/cos….

No doubt. This was the first of so many, but still chills the veins.

Bush-era Warmongers like @MarcThiessen are sociopaths.

He asked me if I believe gaslighting endless wars is a good idea because wars “create jobs.”

He refused to run my statement in full, seemingly because I destroyed the entire premise of his disgraceful op-ed.

Here’s my

Must read from today: 1,100 US military personnel 'at risk' as State Department and Pentagon desperate not to leave Niger as asked. What gives? responsiblestatecraft.org/whistleblower-…

.Reid Tillman Smith and Tyler Koteskey lay out how to condition aid to Ukraine in a way that ensures robust oversight, prevents the provision of arms that would undermine US readiness or that are escalatory, and ties aid to the development of a realistic strategy.
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In a new letter, a whistleblower complained to Congress that the U.S. Embassy in Niger is putting troops at risk by ignoring the military junta's March demands that the military leave. More from Kelley B. Vlahos:

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