#BenRhodes #TheSPINisON "This is a peace mission." War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3mggsxp3ha225
Od Vietnamu po Írán: příběh americké výjimečnosti a jejích důsledků: Jeden z nejbližších Obamových poradců, Ben Rhodes, se ve své aktuální eseji vrací k postavě Roberta McNamary, aby na příkladu Vietnamu ukázal nedokončené americké zúčtování s vírou ve vlastní výjimečnost. Právě tuto slepou skvrnu pak spojuje s opakujícími se intervencemi Spojených států – téma aktuální v souvislosti s americko-izraelským útokem na Írán.… https://politiq.cz/2026/03/01/od-vietnamu-po-iran-pribeh-americke-vyjimecnosti-a-jejich-dusledku/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Komentáře #Politika #BenRhodes #Írán #Izrael :

Ein gutes Gespräch zu Israels Angriff auf Iran, Diplomatie und [historiachem] Kontext.

https://youtu.be/MBak_jde6Yg?si=frb6PjypWbZQb_Fz

#JonStewart #ChristianeAmanpour #BenRhodes #Israel #Iran

Israel, Iran and Trump’s Incompetence | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Dangers of Renewed Civil War in Syria
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/02/asad-abukhalil-dangers-of-renewed-civil-war-in-syria/
With 150 armed groups in Syria, the ruling HTS (Al-Qa`idah) doesn’t control the country, while Israeli bombing intends to expose the weaknesses of the so-called central government in Damascus. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The Syrian civil war…
#Politics #Afghanistan #Analysis #Bahrain #Egypt #GulfStates #History #Israel #Lebanon #Libya #MiddleEast #Palestine #SovietUnion #Syria #Tunisia #U.s. #AbdelFattahElSisi #AlQaeda #AsAdAbukhalil #Ay’atTahrirSham(hts) #BaAthParty #BarackObama #BasharAlAsad #BenRhodes #Christians #Druzes #GeorgeW.Bush #HafizAlAsad #HillaryClinton #Ismailis #Jews #OmarSuleiman #OsamaBinLaden #RafikHariri #Shiites #WalidJumblat
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Dangers of Renewed Civil War in Syria

With 150 armed groups in Syria, the ruling HTS (Al-Qa`idah) doesn't control the country, while Israeli bombing intends to expose the weaknesses of the so-called central government in Damascus. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The Syrian civil war was a Western (and Gulf) proj

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Ben Rhodes, the moment between the Trump assassination attempt and the Biden withdrawal, and our moment today

"How will we look back on this moment?", writes Ben Rhodes in the New York Review of Books of 15 August 2024. With its references to "the h...

OMG THE SEQUEL IS AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL #BenRhodes
BARTENDER ORDER ANOTHER ROUND OUR BOY HAS SOME TALKING TO DO #BenRhodes

Woot! #PodSaveTheWorld has dropped a new episode. I try to watch everybody but I do love the way #TommyVietor and #BenRhodes break down everything, well, in the world. It's a comprehensive analysis, so I can keep up with what's happening with all y'all and know how high my anxiety should be. 😂

Today, they're focusing on the #Trump audio, #Putin and #Prigozhin, and we might get some #China or #UK news also. Who knows? It's an adventure!

#politics #WorldPolitics
https://youtu.be/Lno11VHeQ3k

Trump Discusses Keeping ‘Secret Information’ About Iran in Leaked Audio

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Intriguing article about #AnthonyBourdain
“The tragic irony of Bourdain’s life and death is that the same interior darkness he succumbed to enabled the alchemy that he performed, again and again, on television: showing us three-dimensional human beings doing their best against often insurmountable odds.” #BenRhodes

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/11/anthony-bourdain-down-and-out-in-paradise-book/672284/

What Kind of Man Was Anthony Bourdain?

He was so damaged, and yet he showed us so much of the world.

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