I think we have all seen this sort of thing play out in the last few years. Republicans are shocked and worried , or at least some token ones are. Then they all magically fall into line and vote as a block
Maybe the convention lost them more voters than gained ? Widely circulated videos of democrat delegates making fun of the protest that was naming the dead kids might have lost Michigan all by itself .
Sometimes history shows oligarchs breaking stuff to make more money for themselves: trade patterns, movement of people, social safety nets, previous methods of doing business.
I think we all got so used to the modern times that it’s hard to image this still happening, but on a bigger scale.
Or, it could be mostly empty threats now, designed to manipulate the markets. We saw Trump scares during his last term in office, particularly near the end, that would deliberately scare enough people to make bank in stocks and bonds. Scaring a nation is very profitable.
I read he is blocking the National Assembly building to avoid the martial law being lifted; both parties, including his, will vote to lift it should they get inside
He is right about the Palestinian humanitarian orgs, been doing that for a year. I don’t know about the military, unless he means Biden is probably not doing all he can to prevent them from being misused domestically. Don’t know anything there
I see what you did wrong there, you assume we have a working, strong, beautiful , lively and critical, independent ( one of these adjectives) media whose owners have a moral compulsion to help.
Where in fact all we got going for truth is a handful of perpetually near broke, small and weak outlets who are run on coffee fumes and dreams, not necessarily in that order
I’m very sure the majority of USA news corps are going to say something about terrorists striking the poor, peace loving Israelis. They don’t have to lie.
Leave out context and details and secondary sources , blogs and social media will use that for their own reasons
If Trump really does remove large parts of government and raises the tariffs that way, things are going to get interesting in the Houston area. A
I’m wondering if the people behind him really do want to do all this or if he is full of hot air. I doubt, for all his bluster he that independent. If they want to do this, then it must be a deliberate decision to paralyze the country for some reason. Why, I have no clue.
I guess we find out in January and February what so many of our futures will be
Yes, I am beginning to understand the takeover of media was more insidious. I knew about the market forces but I did not realize much how the different monopolies worked together, both in practice and accidentally, to squish the survivors, who were struggling but could have recovered.
I’m a little out of the loop, but I think the main barriers to peace here are the meddling of the foreign powers, all of them have their own agenda which is often in conflict themselves even if some are allies elsewhere.
I think it would have been negotiated out of pure exhaustion years ago otherwise
With that many people and organizations and groups and hopes and dreams and atrocities, monsters and good deeds: it’s just not swept under the rug later.
It’s my understanding that this is much more complex than most media report. And, as an outsider who spent some time reading about this the last ten years, I came to the conclusion that all 50 ( lost count) sides and groups have good and bad mixed into them.
So energetic!!