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On allies’ defense expenditure, “the results are far more meagre than Americans have a right to expect,” argues fmr. Pentagon official @ElbridgeColby. “We don’t need lectures, I think we need real actions by Europeans… Right now we see a lot of rhetoric, but very little action.” https://t.co/kAmcNi0FCM
Christiane Amanpourx.comLawrence
Max Boot • Invisible Armies
Been hearing the comp to Kennan is unfair, no one is, impossible standard, etc. Thoughts on why the comparison is relevant in Sullivan’s case (1/8): https://t.co/t8dyZnk4MO
Charlie Kirk is on fire supporting @ElbridgeColby, and for good reason. There’s no shortage of editorials on why he matters for DoD policy and planning.
But they’re missing seven CRITICAL points🧵 https://t.co/lVuqv95kan
Professor John Mearsheimer warns that Israel is in "deep trouble" after Hanniyeh's assassination. With no military solutions to external threats, internal chaos threatening civil war, & crippling dependence on US support, their problems are "unfixable & they're digging deeper." https://t.co/oTKO2isJMe
Sina Toossix.comThus it is not clear whether the absence of wars involving the great powers is an enduring trend or something of an aberration. Some judge this trend as likely to last, arguing wars between countries have become less common because actual or potential costs have gone up, especially in those instances in which nuclear weapons could be introduced.
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
Chomsky and Robinson also acknowledge that other great powers acted in much the same way that the United States has, and these states also invented elaborate moral justifications—the “white man’s burden,” la mission civilisatrice, the need to protect socialism—to whitewash their atrocious conduct. Given that this behavior preceded the emergence of... See more