#IRAQ

Daniel Ahmad

ZhugeEX

I don't normally do threads like this but I did want to provide some deeper thoughts on the below and why having a video game based on a real world

Charles Lister

Charles_Lister

There can no longer be any doubt -- #COVID19 has become a national crisis in #Syria.- Cases are spiraling out of control in #Assad-held areas, but testing is far insufficient

Peter W. Singer

peterwsinger

No, sorry. War crimes don't get the #bothsides treatment. Wherever you stood on the wiseness of the Iraq war, committing war crimes in it, in this case massacring 17 unarmed

Simon Lancaster

bespokespeeches

One of the most powerful forces of persuasion is historic analogy. See both sides on the vaccine debate getting their analogies ready. Enthusiasts say this’ll be like smallpox/typhoid. Sceptics say

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chiIIum

Zero people have been arrested for collateral murder overseas. Yet Julian Assange has been arrested for revealing it. No one has ever been arrested for perpetrating the Scientologist cult. Yet

Ingrid M

iMusing

that paternalistic bullshit yesterday, implying we are all enamoured of the lies politicians tell about the military, erases millions of people who marched against the Vietnam war, marched against the

Ellie Geranmayeh

EllieGeranmayeh

Thread: @bopinion Ed. Board propose #Biden should prioritise regional negotiations btwn #Iran+neighbours & hold back from rejoining nuclear deal. No doubt regional talks urgently needed as parallel track - but

Mara Revkin

MaraRevkin

1. Looking fwd to presenting a new article w/ @kristenkao Aug 3 @DukeCSJ workshop on the question: Do harsher punishments actually increase the public's willingness to support reintegration of former

Brad Bowman

Brad_L_Bowman

1/17 (Yep, 17. Sorry.) This @washingtonpost op-ed yesterday by Christopher Miller is worth reading. I honor Miller's current service as director of the NCTC & his military service. But especially

Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

When liars like @HawleyMO scream "Cancel Culture!" and "WOKE!" because they are discovering liars and those who attack democracy are in a Consequences Culture, remind them of all the people

Caroline Coram

CarolineCoramUK

So US troops are rolling back in to Syria and bombs are going off in Iraq. Antifa is back on the streets of Seattle, BLM making a long list of

BadEmpanada

MadEmpanada

Just uncritically accepting the government's definition of a powerful term like 'terrorism' is a massive mistake. They're intentionally defined in a way that means the state can't be pegged with

Dr Clemens Chay

SinGulfura

1985 elections=28 fresh MPs. Of interest is the categorization of currents; back then terms like "nationalist" & "fundamentalist" were used. The gov's move to gain support from within the NA

Luke Baker

BakerLuke

There is a lot of truth here but elements I disagree with. Yes, international reporting and foreign correspondence has changed profoundly in the past 25 years, since the arrival of

Stacey

ScotsFyre

My first “political” memory is the Iranian hostages. Then that Reagan guy was elected & they came home. I remember the media & establishment called him crazy too. Then I

Slothrop

gnocchiwizard

a long time ago, when david petraeus was in iraq being widely hailed by media as a military genius who made the surge work, a journalist whose name i don't

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