Dominique de Villepin calls it "Global Vietnam"
He warned against the Iraq war. He was right. This 1975 cartoon shows why. B-52 shadows as crosses, peasants dismissed, it's an "economy problem."
Same detachment, different country. Iran is a "global Vietnam" he says.
Will we listen this time?
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Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
28.11.2024 20:06
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In interview, Cardinal McElroy says U.S. entry into war with Iran ‘not morally legitimate,’ citing Catholic just war teaching - Catholic Standard
Cardinal McElroy: Trump's Iran War lacks moral legitimacy. “The criterion of just cause is not met because our country was not responding to an existing or imminent and objectively verifiable attack by Iran.”
10.03.2026 23:56
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Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."
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A Fight About the Future of War
For months we’ve watched ICE weaponize AI surveillance tools to intimidate & abduct people from communities across the country - the suppliers of these same tools are fueling U.S. attacks on Venezuela & Iran via Palantir’s Project Maven & Anthropic’s Claude AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...
10.03.2026 17:25
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🔥2022 James Talarico to Biden & Washington Dems: “Start using every tool in the toolbox to protect our freedom…. Be brave, be bold, be big. Be a little less Washington, and a little more Texas…. Fascism can’t be stopped by playing nice or playing safe.”
10.03.2026 17:22
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The misleading research guy? Ugh! He is worse than useless.
Trump said Covid-19 would go away. It wasn't but a few people. Containable. Masks not necessary. Don't have to stay home.
The Brookings Institute says 784,762 EXTRA deaths due to Trump's politicalization of a pandemic.
10.03.2026 16:14
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Extreme contrasts continue in ASIA
with cold in the West and unprecedented heat in Central.Southern and Eastern Asia.
Today up to 41.6C in INDIA (5 stations >41C !) and tomorrow we might see 42C.
Hundreds of stations have been at record levels for weeks for this time of the year.
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Also known as "using insider knowledge for war profiteering."
09.03.2026 23:21
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Great work by NYT showing Trump's war is the most unpopular ever. Supports my argument (see below) that in some ways the public rejection of Trump across the board is a very heartening development:
10.03.2026 11:05
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Investigation: DHS increasingly targeting U.S. citizens
A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds the department is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for filming or observing officers.
A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds DHS is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for simply filming or observing officers.
Belle Cushing is one of the reporters behind the investigation. She spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about it.
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Why on earth does anyone buy from Starbucks?
It's coffee is crap!
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Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"
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Not only did the US, per its own ‘intelligence,’ bomb this girls primary school, THEY BOMBED IT TWICE.
www.reutersconnect.com/item/the-pri...
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The U.S. government is in the hands of a disturbed authoritarian who is surrounded by people who either share his delusions, are too sycophantic to confront him, or believe the president’s delusions serve just fine as a vehicle for their own zealotry and ideological extremism.
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Turning Points and Authoritarian Escalations
Is America’s descent into autocracy accelerating or is Trump struggling to break through the democratic defenses? In Minneapolis, MAGA's worldview is being refuted.
In Minneapolis and elsewhere, the Trumpists have been encountering communities exhibiting the kind of cohesion and solidarity across racial, cultural, and religious lines they claim is impossible.
Nothing could be more terrifying to the blood-and-soil nationalists.
Wrote more about this here:
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Jakarta Declaration:
Why the World Must Act Now to Protect the Lands of Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples
Who are Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples living in isolation?
There are 196 confirmed Indigenous Peoples living in Isolation, located primarily in South America, Asia and the Pacific.
They’re Indigenous communities that consciously choose to live separately from, or without maintaining sustained contact with, the outside world.
As a result, they’re extremely vulnerabile to:
Disease
Violence
Territorial dispossession
The physical, cultural, and collective knowledge extinction of their people
Growing pressure on their territories
In many regions, their territories are increasingly threatened by:
Extractive industries — affecting nearly 90% of their territories
Infrastructure development
Expansion of external activities
These pressures are often enabled by state policies that fail to recognize and protect their rights. As the demand for transition minerals increases, the threats of forced contact are also set to increase.
The Jakarta Declaration is a major step forward for global efforts to protect uncontacted peoples’ rights. It's an Indigenous-led call to act now.
Their territories are under massive threat from extractive industries, development projects, missionaries, and more that can result in forced contact.
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Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
But let's not forget, while this is typical behavior we expect from the Right, Democrats, even ones who claim to be allies to LGTBQ communities like @warren.senate.gov , are green-lighting this! Our Director @evangreer.bsky.social talks about how in @teenvogue.com : www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.
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Some experts worry the younger Khamenei could take the step that experts say his father never did, and race to build a nuclear bomb.
"A war that was meant to prevent Iran from having a bomb could be the war that actually pushed Iran beyond the Rubicon to reach a bomb," said Danny Citrinowicz, an analyst at the Atlantic Council, a think tank, and former head of the Iran branch of Israel's military intelligence.
“A war that was meant to prevent Iran from having a bomb could be the war that actually pushed Iran beyond the Rubicon to reach a bomb.”
Danny Citrinowicz, analyst at the Atlantic Council and former head of the Iran branch of Israel's military intelligence
(www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...)
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