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Someone may steal it for him.

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:10:04 +0000

In reply to As a by product of his self

Someone may steal it for him.

As a by product of his self

Flavius — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 13:57:38 +0000

As a by product of his self defense Trump is undermining the constitutional separation of powers .And using not only those of the executive to do that but also his-admit it- well honed rabble rousing skills.

The Entertainment Power strikes back!

Back in the day it was well known that if you'd want to strike at the King, be sure you're successful.

Ir's the bottom of the ninth, score tied , nobody out and Donnie at second. Fortunately he's too fat to steal third!

Biden is focusing on the

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 03:23:33 +0000

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Biden is focusing on the tweet threatening war crimes, but so far is only targeting the "irrational" behavior:

The more the walls close in on this guy, the more irrational he becomes. https://t.co/Nba7Color1
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 5, 2020

Interesting analysis

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 02:57:32 +0000

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Interesting analysis recommended by Laura Rozen, by Reza Marashi of the National Iranian American Council, long twitter thread here giving many examples to back up his opinion that

the only discernible common thread in Trump’s decision-making is proving that he is different than Obama

and

when Trump’s desire to be the anti-Obama is mixed with the foundational Islamophobia that he has repeatedly displayed at home and abroad, a clear picture of where he's coming from on Iran emerges.

except he then goes on to explain how

That being said, Trump isn't the only one in his administration with a personal grudge. The majority of his top advisors on Middle East policy are white men with military backgrounds who view the Iranian govt through the prism of “payback” after losing in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
— Reza Marashi (@rezamarashi) January 4, 2020

From the outset of Trump's presidency, career U.S. govt officials have told me: “These guys are looking to settle scores, American interests be damned.”
— Reza Marashi (@rezamarashi) January 4, 2020

that is continued on his feed....

Here's a nasty Catch 22 if

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 02:27:05 +0000

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Here's a nasty Catch 22 if one were to insert a President Pence into this current situation to replace a President Trump who is isolationist one day and making crazy choices and threatening war crimes the next. Looking a little like a President Pence would be like having a Dick Cheney world deja vus allover again, no guessing games about him but still plenty of disinfo. He did a long feed of tweets today elaborating many examples of why Soleimani's Quds was an enemy of America, including this nonsense about 9/11:

Assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) January 3, 2020

From @lawrence_wright, one of the leading authorities on 9/11: https://t.co/9T4Q7TGYh5
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) January 4, 2020

And maybe worse than Cheney, maybe more anti-Muslim Christian Dominionist than he lets off, appearing secular but making Christian Dominionist choices in foreign policy?

this is a good question but I

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:51:15 +0000

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this is a good question but I would hope they answer no because I don't like the idea of Twitter being the one deciding who's crazy and incapable of executing their job and I do like him revealing his incompetence in public:

Dear Twitter, does threatening a war crime violate the site's ToS? Asking for the whole world.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 4, 2020

well, one could segue to "is

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:33:51 +0000

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well, one could segue to "is it an impeachable offense to threaten war crimes?"

WAR CRIME

"Making the clearly-recognized historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples ... the object of attack"

Geneva Convention Protocol I
(also: U.S. Department of Defense, Law of War Manual, 5.18) pic.twitter.com/yqKLA6JHbY
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 4, 2020

Hmmm.

moat — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:14:13 +0000

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Hmmm.
He is watching a show he made be produced. That's it.

No reason to ask why.

Unless you were interested in the causes of things.

reminds me of how he started

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:12:44 +0000

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reminds me of how he started out ridiculing Kim as rocketman, then he gradually fell in manlove, then looks like last month it was back to rocketman-was that because Kim called him a dotard? He's nobody's girly man? Can be just as tough as Mullah Omar blowing up big buddhas, so there!

Something like that.

moat — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:06:19 +0000

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Something like that.

But the present action is more along the lines of deepening Shia and Sunni divisions.

So the wars underway in Syria and Saudi Arabia will get a new flavor.

And Jordan too. They have been hoping for a development that won't be happening now.