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Bruce Miller's avatar

A big downside of having a gigantic military and intelligence capability - and industries that make big profits by lobbying for more of both - is the one in the old saying, "If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." The big cutbacks in time in the State Department mean that the people with the skills and inclination to work out diplomatic solutions - and who don't always assume that the best thing to do with a problem is drop bombs on it - are seriously underfunded.

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Glen Filson's avatar

Got to love it Punditman. Well said. My only quibble: Genocide joe confused Ukraine with Israel.

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Punditman's avatar

Just replying to this now, Glenn. You could be right about that too, but he repeatedly mixes up Iraq, Ukraine and performs all manner of ass-backward gaffes here: https://youtu.be/2rehq7Gv6fI?si=VKZ2LVZ6xRlJNg_m

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