punditman says… In case you missed it, check out Part One of this awesome series that broke the Internet with 5 likes, 5 comments (one was mine) and 6 restacks (two were mine). Punditman is so going viral! Last week the internet's finest journalist,
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.
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
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.
Got to love it Punditman. Well said. My only quibble: Genocide joe confused Ukraine with Israel.
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