@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 8- Which is worse: the external power seeking to seize control of a country’s government, or the government that closes the electoral path in order to prevent it? @BernieSanders
@RealJamesWoods 1- People often judge an act not by the gravity of its consequences, but by whether the person carrying it out is seen as a hero or an enemy within their own political narrative. Ortega’s abolition of the ballot box is visible and therefore appears “ugly.” @BernieSanders
@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 7- That is precisely the problem: when morality changes according to the image of the person committing the act rather than the consequences of the act itself, it ceases to be morality and becomes the aesthetics of propaganda.
@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 6- In Nicaragua, the phrase “US backed opposition” carries a far heavier historical meaning than it would in many other countries.
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@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 5- For this reason, the concern that a US-backed opposition could return to power and place the country’s resources and political direction at the service of foreign interests is not entirely without historical foundation. @BernieSanders
@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 4- In its judgment of 27 June 1986, the International Court of Justice ruled that the United States had violated Nicaragua’s sovereignty and its obligation not to intervene in the internal affairs of another state.
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@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 3- The United States’ financing and arming of the Contras, as well as its support for military and paramilitary operations against Nicaragua, is not merely a propaganda claim made by the Sandinistas. @BernieSanders
@RealJamesWoods@BernieSanders 2- Yet when powerful states shape the politics of other countries through economic sanctions, intelligence operations,media funding,and proxy forces,the same interference is presented as more refined and acceptable simply because its carried out in a suit and tie @BernieSanders
Bir gün dindar bir insan ellerini semaya açıp dua etmiş ve yeryüzündeki fakirlik sona ermiş.
Ardından başka bir dindar dua etmiş ve bütün savaşlar bitmiş.
Bunu gören politikacı da ellerini semaya kaldırmış. Duası kabul olduğunda ise bu kez dindarlar ortadan kaybolmuş.
@DrewPavlou 3- However, since many of the places mentioned in the Odyssey are mythological, their exact locations cannot be identified on a modern map.
@DrewPavlou 2- The Odyssey, on the other hand, recounts a journey beginning in Troy and continuing through real and mythical locations across the Aegean and Mediterranean before ending in Ithaca, off the western coast of Greece.
7- Selecting one convenient population snapshot and one preferred name, then presenting them as proof of permanent national ownership, isn't scholarship. It's nationalist propaganda disguised as history.
1- This isn't serious history; it's a politically motivated distortion built by cherry picking facts and stripping them of context. Istanbul’s population changed significantly across different periods. them as proof of permanent national ownership, is not scholarship.
6- Pretending that the city had only one legitimate name is not historical accuracy; it is an attempt to manufacture exclusive ownership through terminology.
A multicultural city can have several names and a changing demographic structure.
5- Constantinople and Kostantiniyye were certainly used, but Istanbul was also widely used throughout the Ottoman period and appeared in official state language.
4- That doesn't mean half of Istanbul was ethnically Greek and Armenian throughout Ottoman history. By 1914, their combined share was closer to one third, not one half. The name argument is equally manipulative.
3- Some nineteenth century records grouped people according to religion rather than ethnicity and, in certain limited datasets, Orthodox Christians and Armenians together approached half of the recorded male population.
2- Istanbul’s population changed significantly across different periods. Claiming that “half of them were Armenian and Greek” without giving a date, defining the city’s boundaries, or explaining the census method is intellectually dishonest.