“The divide between international relations theory and practice is problematic in normal times, and downright dangerous in turbulent ones,” write Stacie Goddard and Josh Kertzer. https://t.co/Yn7QvbXUWE
@EndWokeness I thought the appeasement analogy only worked for Russia-Ukraine! Fun to witness Lindsey Graham use it on Iran too. Man, analogies are so flexible; I love when you can use one to describe all of world politics today
The @nytimes reports that the Trump administration was "unaware of any new intelligence" showing that Iran was rushing to a bomb—which was Israel's justification for starting the war when it did. But Trump gave up on trying to restrain Netanyahu
Ah, Yuval Levin makes this point more eloquently:
“This is the trap that our 21st-century presidents have tended to fall into. They win elections because their opponents were unpopular, and then—imagining the public has endorsed their party activists’ agenda—they use the power of their office to make themselves unpopular. This is why the public moved left on key issues during Trump’s first term and right during Biden’s.” https://t.co/N1xI6TmEfu
@tylercook41 Correct. I am afraid of the people playing patty-cake in the reading room while I am reading about war, as they hold the confidence of the Lord and I am but a mere peasant. Who am I to shush them?