The last sentence of this tweet is the defining toxic trait of the past 8 years.

Mike Cosper I notice that the main problem, as always for Mark, is fundamentally about being like a sinful woman.

I’m this old, and I can remember changing cd’s in a discman that was plugged into the tape deck of my 1988 Lincoln Towncar while changing lanes.

This, too, is because Trump touched the orb.

This formulation, justifying 10/7, is paternalistic in the extreme, robbing Palestinians of their agency and reducing them to violent animals who cannot help but rape, murder, and pillage.

A fair(ish) question. Set aside the question of accusation of intl law violations — what should one expect the Palestinians to do in response to occupation?

Since 1964 (pre-occupation) the Palestinian Nationalist movement has been built on the Algerian model. Use terror and…

This is correct.

And to be clear — a just war response (i.e. proportionality) isn’t a math equation involving casualties or the damage to Iran. It is about eliminating or shrinking Iran’s capacity to threaten this way again.

I was a skeptic. But my goodness. The quality of storytelling on this show — in tight little minimalist arcs — is unparalleled.

Your bullet proof vest stopped the bullets and that should be punishment enough for the person who shot you.

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Wild news day.

Israel defends Al Aqsa Mosque.

Jordan and Saudi Arabia defend Israel.

Iran starts a large scale war and immediately calls for a ceasefire.

This extraordinary image marks a new moment and a new era in the history of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

This logic (stated by many others as well), is just wild to me.

“Okay, Iran just needed to get this out of their system. Now Israel needs to be a grown-up and not respond.”

Iran supports Hamas, who holds Israel (and American) hostages.

Iran’s proxies have been shooting…

British planes from Cyprus knocked a bunch of Iranian drones out of the sky tonight. US systems nailed a bunch. Jordanian systems did, too. And of course Israel.

Not a bad night for the Western-led alliance in the Middle East. Not bad at all.

Launch an attack and then immediately call for a ceasefire. Seems like a familiar tactic.

Colin Smothers The withdrawal policy and talks with the Taliban began under Trump. It’s not complicated. Biden executed it disastrously, but the policy was a disaster to begin with.

The common thread between progressive foreign policy (Obama/ Biden) and populist foreign policy is that America…

It is true — and I have said many times — that I think the Trump admin’s policy towards Iran was a proper course correction.

But the disaster in Afghanistan went into motion under Trump, and his policy towards Russia was as ambiguous as (or worse than) Biden’s.

A decade-plus of attempted pacification of Iran has led directly here.

Along with the Iran deal, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the tepid support of Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Meanwhile, China and Taiwan are watching.