hojomoApr 23
Julian Schwarzenbach
Brilliant comment in the FT
Apr 23 at 4:34amWeb
Show thread2?4>Apr 23
@jschwa1 excellent
Show threadMostlyTatoApr 23
@jschwa1
And all 100 per cent accurate.
Show threadmuzzleApr 23
@jschwa1 This joke dates back to at least the Iraq war. It's possibly even older.
Show threadJulian SchwarzenbachApr 23
@muzzle If this went back to the Ancient Greeks, it still does not mean it is not an effective description of the current situation
Show threadHans Zelf 🇪🇺🌻Apr 23
@muzzle @jschwa1 You think it's a joke? I think it's pretty adequate.
Show threadFardels BearApr 23

@jschwa1

Canada and Mexico could certainly help with the last paragraph.

Show threadHumainApr 23
@jschwa1 instead of USA though , should be at least for part of USA's mentions, "Trump's USA" or "Trump's government" .. i know it sorts of break the joke but I believe one goal of all of this is for the world to despise the USA as if the whole country as always been that way. (Which as been a favorite Russia, et al. , propaganda theme for many years)
Show threadOpen RiskApr 23

@jschwa1

except its not simply "a sad state of affairs", it is potentially a lethal one.

This level of inanity may eventually hit a complacent world that believes somehow choices, actions (and inactions) don't have consequences: its all a reality TV show, and there will always be a "deus ex machina" to sort things out.

It is empirically true that the modern world does have enormous capacity to absorb malgovernance. But this only primes us for much larger pain when we reach the limits.

Show threadVeadaApr 23
@jschwa1 That's about right.
Show threadPigletApr 23
@jschwa1 The United States would invade the United States to capture it's oil reserves.
Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 23
@piglet @jschwa1 Yes, more honest. And they're doing it.
Show threadgroff 🇺🇦Apr 23
@jschwa1 Why are so many people reposting the quote not saying who it came from? It was Mohamad safa, Lebanese Diplomat and PVA Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Show threadMargaret MoonshadowApr 23
@jschwa1 We are in hell.
Show threadEric LawtonApr 23

@jschwa1

"The first casualty of war is truth".

Except that Trump killed truth long before this particular war.

@blogdiva

Show threadnachtetApr 23

@jschwa1 and yet.. completely missing the plight of the Iranian resistance, the tens of thousands dead during protests and since the war, the ongoing slaughter, terror, abuse and torture of hospital staff, civilians and protestors of the regime (and the US history with said regime and the one before it), the net blackout, the increase of terrorists inside Iran and neighbouring states and the complete mess surrounding Netanyahu.

I really can't hear the "Hormuz-Oil" simplifications anymore.

Show threadnachtetApr 23
@jschwa1 Discussion of how to support Iranians towards democracy would be nice, too - how to bridge the factions supporting different options for interim leaders and who even would be viable, not in a "biggest asset for western trade" sense, but in a "biggest chance for reparation, peace and human rights" sense.