Biden's Political Exit On Foreign Policy | 40 comments (40 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Biden-Harris Political Exit from NED (none / 1)

I vaguely recall this origin story at eurotrib (without the DEI IED angle, just Aun's studied ignorance about NED lines of business; maybe it was a YouTube video?), but search doesn't return.

You can read a comprehensive selection of the #NEDFiles obtained exclusively by The Grayzone here: https://t.co/v9hbVW6q6U

I think many will be shocked that Congress allocates $200 million a year to an unstable, politically partisan organization with obviously inept leadership
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) July 30, 2024

full story
Upper-management repeatedly confesses embarrassment. This is surprising. It never occurred to me that anyone associated with that organization was capable of reflection.

by Cat on Wed Jul 31st, 2024 at 01:10:25 AM EST

Likewise, Biden-Harris (none / 1)

Blumenthal expecting Grayzone readers' shock to learn at this late date that state.gov funds NED is ...superfluous, perhaps trite. US Americans generally are incapable of embarrassment, unless the context of "dialoguing" inadvertently reveals one's destitution. Which is measured in "small donor" dollars.

Harris' support for Israel 'ironclad' after attack on Golan Heights, says Phil Gordon, her personal democracy shield.

by Cat on Wed Jul 31st, 2024 at 01:28:37 AM EST
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Which of these two "vibes" aroused (none / 1)

"celeb-led" Anyone Buttrump telethon participants?

(A)
thehill | US seeks 'Goldilocks response' from Israel as Hezbollah tensions spike, 30 July

[T]he White House came out Monday saying Israel has a right to defend itself, while calling for diplomacy to calm tensions on both sides.

simile suicide

"Israel seems poised to conduct a pretty punishing strike against Hezbollah," said Brian Katulis, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Middle East Institute.
"I think what the White House may be hoping for in its public messaging and what it's doing privately is similar to the Goldilocks response ... not too hard to cause a broad regional war, not too soft to have no impact at all. But something that's just somewhere in between," he continued.

(B)

The Israelis have entered a civil war over the IDF's "right" to rape Palestinian hostages.

The Israeli mob defending the rapists just overran a 2nd military base

The IDF has had to pause talks on bombing Lebanon and divert combat units away from Gaza.

You can't make this up 😂 pic.twitter.com/WJHemQp9i6
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) July 30, 2024

by Cat on Wed Jul 31st, 2024 at 01:48:15 AM EST
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Biden and Harris Ticket on National Security (none / 0)

If you won't control the monster
The monster will control you

On Israel and escalation into a regional war ... Lebanon - Iraq - Syria - Iraq and ultimately the ayatollahs of Iran

Nietzsche states:

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Source: Beyond Good and Evil

An elderly commander-in-chief is incapable to calculate risks and consequences of escalation into a full blown war. Israel will not survive even with 200 nuclear bombs which are stacked as a M.A.D. option of the Armageddon. Too much military power do fools make idiots.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Jul 31st, 2024 at 02:04:00 AM EST
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Biden's Political Exit On Foreign Policy | 40 comments (40 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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