Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
It’s been interesting to observe the large numbers of people who suddenly think they’re experts on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine—both those on the left who blame it on Obama for intervening too much and those on the right who blame it on Obama for not intervening enough.
As someone who has spent his entire academic career analyzing and critiquing the U.S. role in the world, I have some news:
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This is, IMO, the best single thing I have read on this subject. The author did minimize the significance of something I speculated might have been strong so it isn't perfect, but it is definitely worth a read.
by A Guy Called LULU on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 4:52pm
I don't think Zunes should have put "invasion" in scare quotes. Also, "double standards" don't have a lot to do with it. The U.S. government may be hypocritical, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't oppose evil deeds when they occur. During the cold war, the United States was on the side of freedom in Eastern Europe, and on the side of tyrants and butchers in Latin America. The inconsistency doesn't mean that we shouldn't have supported the liberation of Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union was bad, and they were still right to oppose Washington's depredations in Central America, and to support Palestinian rights.
by Aaron Carine (not verified) on Sat, 03/15/2014 - 9:29am
Speaking of objecting to getting involved in invasions: 50,000 rally in Moscow against Crimea intervention
by artappraiser on Sat, 03/15/2014 - 12:30pm