Seriously tho wtf, memorandum of understanding is the actual terminology used in diplomatic circles, “Iran Deal” should be in quotes

Reporting on the pending MOU

We’re only just getting started folks

This is basically an exercise in Vision Board posting

Im torn because on the one hand this is true, but in some respects it’s less deranged, at least in my feed, than in the weeks immediately following the election when doomer vibes were off the charts. I made a post mentioning what I thought 2028 primary discourse would be like and got bombarded-

This is unironically rewriting history in real time

Thinking about the pathologies that lead someone to edit a thumbnail where Elizabeth Warren’s face mask drops to reveal Hilary Clinton

One of the most malicious actors IMO

Any updates on this?

Just remembered this and got upset

Just a joke of a country

For conservatives, their victim narrative of the Bork nomination hinges on centering Kennedy’s later emotion laden argument. He first argued that Bork’s subversion of the Rule of Law was in itself disqualifying.

The most memorable part of Kennedy’s speech is of course “Robert Bork’s America” but he actually starts his diatribe with an even more substantive point that has since been underplayed. “The man who fired Archibald Cox does not deserve to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States”

Bork looks cracked out in this pic

Literally just made this shit up lmao

This reminds me how Reagan would go around saying made up Lenin quotes

Does anyone remember when Tate was beefing with Greta Thunberg

Thinking about how before the Afghan and Contra wars, the Saudis were part of a last ditch attempt to secure aid for South Vietnam

Once(don’t remember if this was on here or the other place), I deleted a post because I didn’t think anyone would get the joke. Then someone commented on another post of mine ‘cowardly delete’ because it was about Menachem Begin. They were implying I was afraid to criticize Israel lol

Hate it when I’m forced into political exile twice over

Uruguay’s Foreign Minister tells the US ambassador that arbitrary detentions are necessary, because Uruguay is a frontline state in the third world war against the forces of international communism.

Everybody clowns on chart bros, I think clowns like this are far more deserving of ridicule

Actually existing woke Junta

Kissinger whining to delegates from Uruguay‘s military junta about congressional interference in foreign policy

They could have done this with RFK, he should never even have been put up for a vote

Load bearing footnote

The CRA needed Republican votes, but Republicans did not pass the CRA.

Literally only takes minimum pushback to make him fold, lmao

Lol at this interaction

Promise I’m still working on this

“Bundy said that he literally could not follow the ambassador’s argument” still cracks me up

Reagan, South Africa specialist

Crowd work conservatism

Glass houses, stones, and such

Pre contemporary LOAC was wild dawg

Wait a sec, where have I heard this before

I know ww2 strategic bombing was questionable but that reap the whirlwind quote goes hard

A line that’s stuck with me since I first read it comes from Timothy Naftali’s book, Blind Spot: “The Johnson administration viewed the deaths of U.S. citizens caused by these state-sponsored groups as the unavoidable casualties of the Cold War.” This is the mindset that shaped policy and discourse

Maybe we should stop placing erratic psychos in charge of national security decisions

Kilmeade would have encouraged the 1863 draft riots

It’s like he’s ontologically a rapist, he can’t conceptualize his relations to other human beings in any other way

Please do circles next

Globalism FTW

Buckley, who can hardly conceal his excitement at the politicide here, is emblematic of a broader trend in American political discourse. He minimizes the agency of the local actors involved, and credits the US for developments deemed favorable

In 1967, William Buckley had Vance Hartke(D-IN) on Firing Line to discuss the Vietnam war. In a bit of an odd detour, they begin arguing over the Indonesian massacres, which Buckley believes were a strategic victory induced by America’s show of resolve in Vietnam

Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon all contributed to the saga in their own ways. But it was Eisenhower, coming off the failure of Truman’s support for French revanchism, who backed Diem’s government to the hilt. It was during this period the insurgency in the South developed.

Love that he’s still defensive of Ike(“kennedy got us in” despite Eisenhower’s admin having sponsored the creation of South Vietnam as a country, though that would implicate VP Nixon too)

There’s a lot going on in this Nixon rant

Hell is not hot enough