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🧵2012:
"The documents [from the Gorbachev Foundation archives] clearly suggest that many contemporary conflicts in the Middle East were fomented by the Soviet empire, particularly in the final years before its break-up. And the events he describes have had a significant impact upon the current state of the region—from the conflict in Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, to the development of a de facto alliance between the European Union and the Arab states."
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-cold-wars-arab-spring
The dominant narrative of modern Middle East history emphasizes the depredations visited upon the region by European colonization and accepts as a truism that the former colonial powers prioritized the protection of their material interests—in oil, above all—above the dignity and self-determination of the region’s inhabitants. Thus did botched decolonization result in endless instability. The …
🧵See also: Active Measures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_measures
How these tactics work to divide America and disrupt democracy: https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/how-russia-divides-america/
"Ignore Republican accusations laundered through the press.
Call out the con and stay focused on what matters. Trump is a corrupt loser who will only betray America again. Everything else is just a deflection from that undeniable fact.
Pass the test.
Our democracy depends on it."
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