I don’t know why people are up in arms about Trump abandoning the Kurds—screwing over those who trust us is basically an American tradition at this point, particularly in the Middle East. Just ask Gaddafi.
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We also screwed over Kurdish and Shiite rebels during Desert Storm.
Imagine if we opted to focus on domestic issues rather than engaging in foreign warmongering. But alas, America is an empire in decline, doing declining empire things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/turkey-kurds.html
Imagine if we opted to focus on domestic issues rather than engaging in foreign warmongering. But alas, America is an empire in decline, doing declining empire things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/turkey-kurds.html
NY Times
Military Leaders Fear They’ve Seen This Before. It Ended in the Iraq War.
Officials are sounding alarms that clearing the way for Turkey to bomb the Kurds could have long-term repercussions, just as the desertion of allies did three decades ago.
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Reminder that these Hong Long protests initially began as a reaction to a bill that would have granted the Hong Kong government the right to extradite criminals to nations with which it lacks an extradition treaty if it so choses. This doesn’t constitute an official extradition treaty, though, since it leaves it up to the HK government. Despite HK technically being part of China, no official extradition treaty exists between the two governments. All of this came about after a HK man killed his pregnant, 19-year-old girlfriend while visiting Taiwan, since HK lacks an extradition treaty with Taiwan as well. For whatever reason, Taiwanese authorities have stated that they won’t seek this guy’s this extradition, even if the legislation passed.
Well, in light of the protests, the extradition bill has been pulled. People in HK are concerned it could resurface, sure. They’re not big on China being able to extradite Hongkongers who dissent against the country’s perceived authoritarianism. But the protests are about more than this—Hongkongers are far more Western and liberal than mainland Chinese. The protesters are thus rebelling against the Chinese government overall. Given that, is it surprising that liberal internationalists have seen this as an opportunity to support the protests?
Hongkongers are this trapped between two empires—an unenviable position indeed!
Well, in light of the protests, the extradition bill has been pulled. People in HK are concerned it could resurface, sure. They’re not big on China being able to extradite Hongkongers who dissent against the country’s perceived authoritarianism. But the protests are about more than this—Hongkongers are far more Western and liberal than mainland Chinese. The protesters are thus rebelling against the Chinese government overall. Given that, is it surprising that liberal internationalists have seen this as an opportunity to support the protests?
Hongkongers are this trapped between two empires—an unenviable position indeed!
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Man, I really hope it does. Consider me back on the Trump train if so.
https://www.vox.com/2019/10/9/20903541/trump-proclamation-legal-immigration-health-insurance
https://www.vox.com/2019/10/9/20903541/trump-proclamation-legal-immigration-health-insurance
Vox
A federal court just blocked Trump’s attempt to quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65%
The policy would have made the goals of immigration restrictionists a reality.
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While opening a new personal bank account today, the bank employee told me that there was a problem. She explained that I was on an OFAC watchlist. I looked up OFAC—it’s a govt agency that goes after terrorist groups.
Ten minutes later, she told me that it was an error.
OFAC appears to target foreign entities, and its list is public, so there was never any real chance that I was on there.
Regardless, that was a very, uh, interesting ten minutes.
Ten minutes later, she told me that it was an error.
OFAC appears to target foreign entities, and its list is public, so there was never any real chance that I was on there.
Regardless, that was a very, uh, interesting ten minutes.
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I haven’t done anything illegal, let alone been charged with anything, but the DHS now views lawful identitarians as a threat to national security. So it’s not too far-fetched to consider a future in which those with the “wrong” opinions are denied access to the banking system.
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These people would genocide us in a heartbeat if they had the chance lmao
https://twitter.com/mainepenceanime/status/1182494289131163649?s=21
https://twitter.com/mainepenceanime/status/1182494289131163649?s=21
Twitter
Massachusetts16-A1
"What do you get when you cross a black trans woman with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash? YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE!" https://t.co/gBUj1gLsDT
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It was an unbelievably successful troll—so successful the White House had to clarify that I attended a public tour, and wasn’t invited.
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This has so far been the largest media appearance I’ve done. Close to five million people watched it. The editing, ominous music etc. were clearly intended to arouse fear in the audience; but stripped of the editing, what I had to say was something that resonates with most Trump supporters.
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This interview was released over a year ago. How time flies when you’re having fun (being an underpaid dissident assailed from all sides).
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I still haven’t seen anything from NHK and Univision. Both video interviews were supposed to have aired by now.
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I’ll have to email the journalists. I always ask them to send me the pieces once they’re complete, but they never do. The gall!
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