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========== Trump has role models all around the world https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/donald-trump-europe-china.html Europeans are beginning to think of Trump as a problem to be contained, like Putin or Xi, rally than an ally. == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-28 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Trump has role models all around the world topic foreign wordrate 0 words 33 ID 1225570701120780 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1225570701120780 impress 13 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 13 oreach 8 posted "08/28/2020 09:53:11 PM" reach 8 type Link ========== Another job #1 for Biden There are so many! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-president-bidens-first-priority-must-be-restoring-foreign-confidence-in-the-us/2020/08/20/1ec9a722-e2fc-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html == topic foreign ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2020-08-21 ratio 3 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Another job #1 for Biden topic foreign wordrate 0 words 12 ID 1219598535051330 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1219598535051330 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 7 impress 34 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 29 likeusers 7 likeuusers 28 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 34 oreach 31 posted "08/21/2020 05:27:49 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 31 type Link ========== The club of strong leaders that Trump wants to join https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/20/europes-last-two-dictators-have-stood-together-decades-will-they-fall-together-too/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belarus-protests-lukashenko/2020/08/22/929975ee-e147-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html How can I help? Trump wonders. Just keep doing what you are doing! Putin replies. Trump is a wanna-be but not yet in the club. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-fascist-is-president-trump-theres-still-a-formula-for-that/2020/08/21/aa023aca-e2fc-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html == topic foreign ===== impact 27 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-08-21 ratio 3 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title The club of strong leaders that Trump wants to join topic foreign wordrate 0 words 38 ID 1219551998389317 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1219551998389317 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 30 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 1 likeuusers 25 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 30 oreach 27 posted "08/21/2020 03:56:42 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 27 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Why America's enemies love to sow distrust among Americans https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/chinas-dangerous-taiwan-temptation/2020/08/14/aeacae5e-de31-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html If American's can't agree on anything, they can't resist other countries. == topic foreign ===== impact 30 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2020-08-17 ratio 2 react 13 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Why America's enemies love to sow distrust among Americans topic foreign wordrate 0 words 23 ID 1216275428716974 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1216275428716974 audclicks 9 audreach 5 engaged 5 impress 43 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 2 likeuusers 24 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 43 oreach 38 posted "08/17/2020 01:55:50 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 38 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Freshman election interference. Expect them to get better quickly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/12/china-video-network-trump/ == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Freshman election interference. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 12 ID 1212425625768621 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1212425625768621 impress 14 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 9 oimpress 14 oreach 10 posted "08/12/2020 05:50:43 PM" reach 10 type Link ========== What's the simple solution to China? There isn't any. Even 30 years ago, Silicon Valley startups that graduated to the global stage soon learned that many of their major suppliers and customers were also competitors. That's just a fact of life. China can easily become a military superpower too, if it isn't already. That's not its weak spot, which is ideology and aversion to western ideals. Competition has to occur there, in tandem with cooperation on shared concerns like climate change. It's a long game, and intermittent small deals won't accomplish much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/11/we-need-broad-transpartisan-debate-how-engage-with-china-before-its-too-late/ == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title What's the simple solution to China? topic foreign wordrate 1 words 95 ID 1211411775870006 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1211411775870006 impress 11 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 11 oreach 8 posted "08/11/2020 10:27:37 AM" reach 8 type Link ========== Maybe Trump needs to send FBI agents to Moscow to learn how to help him better https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/world/europe/russia-extremisim-chat-group-sentence.html == topic foreign ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-10 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Maybe Trump needs to send FBI agents to Moscow to learn topic foreign wordrate 0 words 19 ID 1210719882605862 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1210719882605862 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 10 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 10 oreach 6 posted "08/10/2020 01:28:30 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 6 type Link ========== Sowing salt in foreign fields https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/06/trumps-foreign-policy-team-is-hedging-against-biden-win/ == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Sowing salt in foreign fields topic foreign wordrate 0 words 8 ID 1208681336143050 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1208681336143050 impress 14 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 10 oimpress 14 oreach 11 posted "08/07/2020 10:24:53 PM" reach 11 type Link ========== A major Biden priority - improving relations with our allies Contrary to Trump's fantasy, the United States has a lot less leverage acting alone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-has-wasted-his-chance-to-rally-us-allies-against-china/2020/08/01/445c4750-d272-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title A major Biden priority - improving relations with our topic foreign wordrate 0 words 27 ID 1205559423121908 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1205559423121908 impress 8 likeuimpress 4 likeuusers 4 oimpress 8 oreach 5 posted "08/03/2020 09:12:21 PM" reach 5 type Link ========== Trump's global legacy Trump's Make America No Different deflated hopes for a better life all over the world. What's the point of striving toward American ideals in other countries if the American government turns out to be no better than your local kleptocracy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/22/america-has-cashed-its-values-now-tyrants-elsewhere-can-flourish/ Another Trump victory - making America just like the rest of the world. == topic foreign ===== hide 1 impact 65 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 1 posted 2020-07-22 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Trump's global legacy topic foreign wordrate 0 words 59 ID 1196562364021614 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1196562364021614 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 8 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 42 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 37 likeusers 6 likeuusers 33 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 42 oreach 34 posted "07/22/2020 09:11:08 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 34 type Link ========== Action at last for Uighur concentration camps Or is it really about Chinese purchases of American farm products not up to Trump's expectations? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/world/asia/trump-china-sanctions-uighurs.html == topic foreign ===== comments 1 impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-07-10 ratio 6 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Action at last for Uighur concentration camps topic foreign wordrate 0 words 26 ID 1187276528283531 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1187276528283531 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 impress 23 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 16 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 23 oreach 18 posted "07/10/2020 12:57:30 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 18 type Link ========== How Trump is achieving his goal of getting the US out of the rest of the world But will the rest of the world then leave US alone? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/08/how-trump-is-losing-asia/ Trump isn't interested. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-06-21/the-mini-tragedy-of-john-bolton == topic foreign ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-07-08 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title How Trump is achieving his goal of getting the US out of topic foreign wordrate 0 words 34 ID 1185985545079296 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1185985545079296 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 6 impress 46 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 42 likeusers 4 likeuusers 39 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 46 oreach 40 posted "07/08/2020 09:09:30 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 40 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Why Trump gets along so well with Modi Great minds just think alike! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/07/threats-censorship-are-price-questioning-narratives-about-kashmir/ == topic foreign ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-07-08 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Why Trump gets along so well with Modi topic foreign wordrate 0 words 16 ID 1185479001796617 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1185479001796617 engaged 1 impress 23 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 19 oimpress 23 oreach 20 posted "07/08/2020 06:20:25 AM" reach 20 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Final solutions for troublesome minorities https://apnews.com/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2020-07-01 priority 1 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Final solutions for troublesome minorities topic foreign wordrate 0 words 9 ID 1180386182305899 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1180386182305899 engaged 2 impress 42 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 33 likeusers 2 likeuusers 31 oimpress 42 oreach 32 posted "07/01/2020 09:37:37 AM" reach 32 type Link ========== No peace prize in the Balkans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/26/trump-administrations-attempts-balkans-diplomacy-are-getting-more-complicated/ == topic foreign ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2020-06-26 ratio 6 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title No peace prize in the Balkans. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 9 ID 1176793359331848 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1176793359331848 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 32 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 25 likeusers 2 likeuusers 24 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 32 oreach 25 posted "06/26/2020 10:25:51 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 25 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How the Turkish Trump rallies his base - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/24/why-istanbuls-historic-hagia-sophia-could-be-fight-against-time/ == topic foreign ===== hide 1 impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2020-06-24 ratio 6 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title How the Turkish Trump rallies his base - topic foreign wordrate 0 words 11 ID 1174931166184734 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1174931166184734 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 34 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 1 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 34 oreach 27 posted "06/24/2020 04:02:20 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 27 type Link ========== Why would anybody want to succeed Trump? Success, if it is possible at all, will only come through national unity and effective working with allies. Instead, Americans don't trust each other and our allies don't trust us. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/16/world-trouble-awaits-biden-if-he-wins/ == topic foreign ===== comments 7 impact 128 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2020-06-17 ratio 2 react 32 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Why would anybody want to succeed Trump? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 40 ID 1169610966716754 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1169610966716754 audclicks 12 audreach 8 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 7 engaged 19 impress 74 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 71 likeusers 11 likeuusers 65 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 74 oreach 66 posted "06/17/2020 05:56:22 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 6 reach 66 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== While America is preoccupied, the world keeps turning - China has a plan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-20/china-has-a-new-1-4-trillion-plan-to-overtake-the-u-s-in-tech and so does North Korea https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/burden-sharing-talks-are-distracting-washington-seoul-north-korean-threat/ The first four years of Trump were so fruitful that they would welcome four more. They'd be thrilled if he carried out his threats to abandon our allies. == topic foreign ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-06-02 ratio 15 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title While America is preoccupied, the world keeps turning - topic foreign wordrate 0 words 49 ID 1157589654585552 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1157589654585552 engaged 1 impress 20 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 14 oimpress 20 oreach 15 posted "06/02/2020 07:47:20 AM" reach 15 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Time to respond to China? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/china-hong-kong.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-05-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Time to respond to China? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 8 ID 1155293701481814 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1155293701481814 impress 15 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 15 oreach 11 posted "05/30/2020 06:21:07 AM" reach 11 type Link ========== The Jakarta Method https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/united-states-cold-war.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-05-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title The Jakarta Method topic foreign wordrate 0 words 6 ID 1155061321505052 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1155061321505052 impress 13 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 oimpress 13 oreach 9 posted "05/29/2020 10:07:03 PM" reach 9 type Link ========== Which is worse - sincere criticism or insincere flattery? Dictators the world over have come to the same conclusion - pretend that Trump is a strong leader like them. Then go on and do whatever they were going to do anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/hell-hath-no-fury-like-president-suckered/ == topic foreign ===== comments 1 hide 2 impact 40 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 2 posted 2020-05-26 ratio 3 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Which is worse - sincere criticism or insincere flattery? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 44 ID 1152696991741485 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1152696991741485 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 5 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 35 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 3 likeuusers 27 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 35 oreach 28 posted "05/26/2020 07:19:37 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 28 type Link ========== Good at tearing things up https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/05/21/882d460a-9b68-11ea-b60c-3be060a4f8e1_story.html Maybe good at blowing things up, too - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-discussed-conducting-first-us-nuclear-test-in-decades/2020/05/22/a805c904-9c5b-11ea-b60c-3be060a4f8e1_story.html Even Warren Harding, the leading contender for worst American president until 2017, initiated the first global disarmament treaty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Conference == topic foreign 1 ===== comments 2 impact 169 impactrate 0 likeimpress 28 negative 0 posted 2020-05-21 priority 1 ratio 1 react 47 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Good at tearing things up topic foreign wordrate 0 words 36 ID 1149108648766986 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1149108648766986 audclicks 9 audreach 5 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 31 impress 93 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 28 likeuimpress 81 likeusers 28 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 93 oreach 83 posted "05/21/2020 09:31:00 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 83 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== The East is Red. And maybe the West will be too? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/19/post-american-world-is-now-full-display/ Xi rushes in where Trump fears to tread. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-xi-backs-who-led-review-of-covid-19-outbreak-proposes-aid-for-developing-world/2020/05/18/911a1544-98df-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html Knowing - better than Trump - how multilateral institutions were the basis for America's past global leadership, Xi intends to make them the basis for China's future global leadership. Starting by paying its UN dues in full - https://apnews.com/0141baf6080b228fd1ff62212a49b54a Unlike Trump - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/19/who-funding-trump/ == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 70 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2020-05-21 priority 1 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title The East is Red. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 64 ID 1148990952112089 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1148990952112089 audclicks 8 audreach 4 engaged 5 impress 41 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 24 likeusers 2 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 41 oreach 37 posted "05/21/2020 05:37:47 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 37 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Human nature abhors a political vacuum. Xi rushes in where Trump fears to tread. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-xi-backs-who-led-review-of-covid-19-outbreak-proposes-aid-for-developing-world/2020/05/18/911a1544-98df-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html Knowing - better than Trump - how multilateral institutions were the basis for America's past global leadership, Xi intends to make them the basis for China's future global leadership. Starting by paying its UN dues in full - https://apnews.com/0141baf6080b228fd1ff62212a49b54a Unlike Trump - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/19/who-funding-trump/ In contrast to Xi, Trump shows his leadership by example - not following his own guidelines about wearing a mask - https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/11/the-president-of-the-united-states-should-not-wear-a-mask/ == topic foreign ===== comments 2 impact 95 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-05-18 ratio 4 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Human nature abhors a political vacuum. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 79 ID 1146432012367983 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1146432012367983 audclicks 5 audreach 4 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 7 impress 54 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 4 likeuusers 46 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 54 oreach 49 posted "05/18/2020 09:52:03 AM" postotherclicks 4 reach 49 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Always fighting the last war https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/think-we-have-military-primacy-over-china-think-again/2020/05/12/268e1bba-948b-11ea-9f5e-56d8239bf9ad_story.html Always remembering the lessons of the last war and always forgetting to update them for new circumstances of new technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 35 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-05-12 priority 1 ratio 3 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Always fighting the last war topic foreign wordrate 0 words 29 ID 1142157886128729 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1142157886128729 audclicks 8 audreach 6 engaged 7 impress 53 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 47 likeusers 3 likeuusers 43 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 53 oreach 44 posted "05/12/2020 09:44:37 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 44 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The new face of war. Shooting bullets is the old way, relegated to poor countries with surpluses of expendable young men. Aging populations in developed counties can't afford that. They are finding other ways. How should we respond? Generals traditionally are stuck fighting the last war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/08/why-pandemic-should-transform-way-america-thinks-about-war/ == topic foreign ===== impact 49 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-04-09 ratio 2 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title The new face of war. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 49 ID 1116541018690416 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1116541018690416 audclicks 5 audreach 3 engaged 5 impress 35 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 28 likeusers 4 likeuusers 28 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 35 oreach 29 posted "04/09/2020 12:03:55 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 29 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Leading the retreat from greatness https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/pompeos-pandemic-performance-ensures-his-place-among-the-worst-secretaries-of-state-ever/2020/03/29/4302528c-7052-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html == topic foreign ===== comments 1 impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2020-03-30 ratio 1 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Leading the retreat from greatness topic foreign wordrate 0 words 8 ID 1108865566124628 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1108865566124628 audclicks 9 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 17 impress 55 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 13 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 55 oreach 48 posted "03/30/2020 05:56:42 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 7 reach 48 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Not all the world stops for a virus. For some, it's an opportunity to act. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/world/africa/al-qaeda-somalia-shabab.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/world/middleeast/trump-iran-iraq-coronavirus-militas.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-03-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Not all the world stops for a virus. For some, it's an topic foreign wordrate 0 words 18 ID 1103386176672567 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1103386176672567 impress 19 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 6 oimpress 19 oreach 10 posted "03/23/2020 07:27:03 AM" reach 10 type Link ========== How strong leaders run the internet https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/business/china-coronavirus-internet-police.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-03-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title How strong leaders run the internet topic foreign wordrate 0 words 9 ID 1098238320520686 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1098238320520686 impress 12 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 12 oreach 6 posted "03/16/2020 06:55:42 PM" reach 6 type Link ========== Looking beyond today - turning a crisis into an opportunity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/16/how-china-is-planning-use-coronavirus-crisis-its-advantage/ == topic foreign ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-03-16 ratio 13 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Looking beyond today - turning a crisis into an topic foreign wordrate 0 words 13 ID 1098082707202914 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1098082707202914 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 23 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 23 oreach 13 posted "03/16/2020 01:34:38 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 13 type Link ========== How Modi's supporters celebrated Trump's visit. That's the way to run a country! Biggest crowds ever! https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/india-narendra-modi-trump-muslim-hindu-riots-20200226.html https://apnews.com/beec7c393e2ae30b9effc02741f019f3 https://apnews.com/1ecd0989fd8f33b1f33d23d9b15d55e8 https://apnews.com/fc33669f25c98b0762917ea093f21916 Perhaps the cops weren't able to help in the riots because they were all part of the crowd along Trump's parade route. Modi is as eager to bury the legacy of India's Founders as Trump is America's. == topic foreign ===== impact 106 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2020-03-02 ratio 4 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title How Modi's supporters celebrated Trump's visit. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 56 ID 1087710808240104 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1087710808240104 audclicks 7 audreach 5 engaged 14 impress 86 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 80 likeusers 10 likeuusers 81 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 86 oreach 84 posted "03/02/2020 10:45:26 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 3 reach 84 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== For dead Gandhi's memory, lip service. For living Muslims, club service. https://apnews.com/75fcfa1b92b991ccf4144fa6247e3e6c https://apnews.com/730225d9de15b84bd0ef71dd1d3bb32f If the Modi equation is India = Hindu = Hindi And Gandhi's assassin is a saint, https://www.indiawest.com/news/india/mahatma-gandhi-s-assassin-was-a-saint-claims-bhopal-bjp/article_922d7406-78cb-11e9-b917-3f0d0ba5bdf1.html Then what's the Trump equation? America = Christian = English = White or America = Evangelical = English = White or what? Whose assassin should be a saint? Lee Harvey Oswald? or James Earl Ray? After all, there were fine people on both sides! https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/full-text-trump-comments-white-supremacists-alt-left-transcript-241662 Turns out they both believe in the caste system - and in saying one thing and doing the opposite. https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/narendra-modi-two-caste-society-casteist-bjp https://www.fastcompany.com/90427855/while-trump-boasts-of-economic-growth-inequality-deepens == topic foreign ===== impact 65 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-02-27 ratio 7 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title For dead Gandhi's memory, lip service. For living topic foreign wordrate 0 words 93 ID 1084760835201768 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1084760835201768 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 4 impress 55 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 3 likeuusers 46 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 55 oreach 52 posted "02/27/2020 10:20:12 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 52 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== It's not just us https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-security/australia-spy-chief-warns-of-unprecedented-foreign-espionage-threat-idUSKCN20I1CY Although the biggest offender in Australia is likely China. == topic foreign ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-02-26 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title It's not just us topic foreign wordrate 0 words 16 ID 1084321181912400 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1084321181912400 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 18 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 15 likeusers 1 likeuusers 15 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "02/26/2020 08:42:47 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 16 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Learning how to rewrite history together. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/modi-is-pretending-to-be-gandhis-heir-hes-the-exact-opposite/2020/02/20/1e6763c8-5369-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/opinion/trump-india.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/something-has-to-be-done-trumps-quest-to-rewrite-history-of-the-russia-probe/2020/02/15/ea7a1b06-4f61-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html == topic foreign ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-02-22 ratio 7 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Learning how to rewrite history together. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 9 ID 1081282252216293 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1081282252216293 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 4 impress 47 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 3 likeuusers 41 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 47 oreach 43 posted "02/22/2020 05:39:31 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 43 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== More private diplomacy. It's all about ambiguity and plau$ible deniability. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-ukraine-swirl-giulianis-work-for-candidate-in-dominican-republic-caused-unease/2020/02/19/82794c22-4c21-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html That's the Trumpist/Putinist way. == topic foreign ===== comments 2 impact 34 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2020-02-20 ratio 3 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title More private diplomacy. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 17 ID 1079405469070638 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1079405469070638 audclicks 6 audreach 4 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 14 impress 67 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 11 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 67 oreach 64 posted "02/20/2020 08:36:34 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 64 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== When they get away from home, they know it's wrong. Why can't they remember that at home? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/politicians-get-out-of-washington--and-find-foreign-policy-consensus/2020/02/18/08e63c1e-5291-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html == topic foreign ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2020-02-18 ratio 14 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title When they get away from home, they know it's wrong. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 20 ID 1078239149187270 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1078239149187270 engaged 2 impress 33 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 29 likeusers 2 likeuusers 28 oimpress 33 oreach 29 posted "02/18/2020 07:24:56 PM" reach 29 type Link ========== Convergence of America and Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/opinion/international-world/putin-russia-government.html == topic foreign ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-02-18 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Convergence of America and Russia topic foreign wordrate 0 words 8 ID 1077924932552025 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1077924932552025 engaged 1 impress 23 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 19 likeusers 1 likeuusers 19 oimpress 23 oreach 20 posted "02/18/2020 09:17:58 AM" reach 20 type Link ========== Trumpian leadership in action! You're in charge when things are going well. You set up a fall guy if there's any doubt about the outcome. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/08/world/asia/xi-coronavirus-china.html == topic foreign ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-02-08 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Trumpian leadership in action! topic foreign wordrate 0 words 28 ID 1070574306620421 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1070574306620421 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 24 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 20 likeusers 1 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 24 oreach 21 posted "02/08/2020 08:58:58 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 21 type Link ========== It's not just Trump that got a license to do whatever he wants. America's enemies see that they can do whatever they want as long as they give him a photo-op before the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trumps-foreign-policy-is-all-politics-no-policy/2020/02/06/a126ed2c-492a-11ea-bdbf-1dfb23249293_story.html == topic foreign ===== hide 1 impact 241 impactrate 1 likeimpress 29 negative 1 posted 2020-02-07 ratio 1 react 65 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title It's not just Trump that got a license to do whatever topic foreign wordrate 0 words 37 ID 1069385860072599 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1069385860072599 audclicks 26 audreach 17 engaged 36 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 120 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 95 likeusers 28 likeuusers 94 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 24 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 120 oreach 116 posted "02/07/2020 08:50:52 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 15 reach 116 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== All they had to do was talk! The best kind of torture - promptly effective, no lasting visible marks. https://apnews.com/391029217b9966851a2c71184f5c5654 == topic foreign ===== comments 1 impact 40 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-02-04 ratio 3 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title All they had to do was talk! topic foreign wordrate 0 words 22 ID 1067296196948232 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1067296196948232 audclicks 13 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 9 impress 66 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 3 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 66 oreach 62 posted "02/04/2020 10:02:58 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 4 reach 62 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Chekhov's gun https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/opinion/putin-government-change.html == topic foreign ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-01-27 ratio 6 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Chekhov's gun topic foreign wordrate 0 words 5 ID 1061403780870807 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1061403780870807 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 4 impress 35 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 4 likeuusers 31 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 35 oreach 32 posted "01/27/2020 07:42:45 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 32 type Link ========== Why Trump wants to withdraw from the world https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/africa/shabab-kenya-terrorism.html But al-Shabaab is affiliated with al-Qaeda. It seems doubtful that withdrawal from Africa will be the end of it for America. == topic foreign ===== impact 70 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2020-01-24 ratio 2 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Why Trump wants to withdraw from the world topic foreign wordrate 0 words 32 ID 1059328744411644 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1059328744411644 audclicks 8 audreach 6 engaged 16 impress 55 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 13 likeuusers 52 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 55 oreach 53 posted "01/24/2020 12:42:42 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 53 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How strong leaders rule under Potemkin democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putins-plans-for-post-presidency-could-see-him-wielding-influence-for-life/2020/01/16/bf18f6a4-37dc-11ea-a1ff-c48c1d59a4a1_story.html == topic foreign ===== comments 1 impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2020-01-16 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title How strong leaders rule under Potemkin democracy. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 10 ID 1053307651680420 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1053307651680420 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 impress 43 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 39 likeusers 6 likeuusers 37 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 43 oreach 38 posted "01/16/2020 04:44:01 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 38 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== This is my Putin's world! And to Trump's listening ears - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/14/this-is-putins-world-now/ == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 14 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-01-14 priority 1 ratio 6 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title This is my Putin's world! topic foreign wordrate 0 words 15 ID 1051310558546796 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1051310558546796 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 6 impress 59 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 4 likeuusers 54 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 59 oreach 55 posted "01/14/2020 03:21:32 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 55 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Regime change doesn't work. There are seldom quick, easy, cheap, lasting solutions to political problems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/09/regime-change-rarely-succeeds-when-will-us-learn/ It's almost the 60th anniversary of Bay of Pigs. Then, as now, American officials were tempted to believe foreigners who said their homeland was ripe for invasion and counter-revolution. It's seldom true, and even when it is, the counter-revolution might not be the one we counted on. The regime change in Afghanistan in 1989-92 eventually led to the Taliban and 9/11. == topic foreign ===== impact 40 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-01-10 ratio 3 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Regime change doesn't work. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 79 ID 1047099995634519 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1047099995634519 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 4 impress 24 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 19 likeusers 3 likeuusers 18 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 24 oreach 19 posted "01/10/2020 08:14:04 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 19 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How a do-nothing Congress follows us into endless wars. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-iran-crisis-isnt-a-failure-of-the-executive-branch-alone/2020/01/09/cc0f3728-3305-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/we-have-no-idea-what-were-doing-in-iraq-we-didnt-before-we-killed-soleimani/2020/01/09/c39e6cb4-328b-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html But Congressional paralysis is facilitated by election structures that reward partisan obstructionism and penalize bipartisan problem solving. Those election structures have to be resolved in each state. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html == topic foreign 1 ===== comments 6 impact 248 impactrate 0 likeimpress 22 negative 0 posted 2020-01-10 priority 1 ratio 0 react 62 reactrate 0 shares 13 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 21 title How a do-nothing Congress follows us into endless wars. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 40 ID 1047066695637849 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1047066695637849 audclicks 21 audreach 10 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 6 engaged 28 impress 54 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 22 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 18 likeuusers 43 matchedotherclicks 21 oimpress 54 oreach 47 posted "01/10/2020 07:30:22 AM" postotherclicks 10 reach 47 sharesimpress 13 sharesusers 10 type Link ========== Would dissolution of the UK be good for everybody? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/brexit-scotland-northern-ireland.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-01-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Would dissolution of the UK be good for everybody? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 12 ID 1047006892310496 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1047006892310496 impress 13 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 oimpress 13 oreach 9 posted "01/10/2020 06:17:26 AM" reach 9 type Link ========== Why Trump likes sanctions. Especially big noisy ones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-sanctions-as-a-favorite-form-of-retribution--against-friend-and-foe-alike/2020/01/08/0b9ad6ee-317c-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html == topic foreign ===== hide 1 impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2020-01-09 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Why Trump likes sanctions. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 11 ID 1046493885695130 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1046493885695130 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 14 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 matchedotherclicks 1 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 14 oreach 10 posted "01/09/2020 04:53:41 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 10 type Link ========== No inconvenient truth goes unpunished. A lesson for civil servants in the Trump administration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-number-cruncher-told-the-truth-he-became-his-countrys-public-enemy-no-1/2020/01/02/06a484c4-2d8e-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-01-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title No inconvenient truth goes unpunished. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 17 ID 1040633349614517 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1040633349614517 impress 11 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 11 oreach 7 posted "01/03/2020 11:05:34 AM" reach 7 type Link ========== If Trump really wants to get out of the Middle East, he should do so now before it gets any worse. That means abandoning everything from Turkey to Pakistan to Yemen, ceding the area to the influence of Russia and China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/03/what-trump-has-said-about-iran-what-it-means-now/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/suleimani-iran-iraq-strike.html Can any Iraqi politician argue now to keep American forces in Iraq? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/us-iraq.html Can any Arab politician argue against obtaining nuclear weapons? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/qassim-suleimani-death.html America can do without all that oil, though Europe can't, so it means abandoning Nato and Europe too and leaving them to make their peace with Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-killing-of-irans-top-commander-rattles-european-allies/2020/01/03/0012822e-2e19-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html We hardly have any friends in the region https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/02/us-has-no-friends-left-iraq/ except the Kurds, who we already abandoned, and one more - above all else, getting out of the Middle East means abandoning Israel to its fate, since American support for Israel will always be a useful recruiting tool for violent mideastern extremists who will demonstrate their anti-American zeal anywhere they can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israelis-quietly-hail-soleimani-killing-as-they-brace-for-retaliation/2020/01/03/fcbfbc46-2e08-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html Abandon the Middle East and America won't have to worry about defending any allies anywhere, as there won't be any, since the rest of the world will see the uselessness of American alliances. Of course that means nobody else will care about what happens to America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/03/trump-just-upped-ante-middle-east-is-he-ready-what-comes-next/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/03/what-trump-accomplished-by-killing-soleimani/ Retaliation might be indirect - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/03/cyber-attack-should-be-expected-us-strike-iranian-leader-sparks-fears-major-digital-disruption/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/trump-iran-suleimani.html The loss of one man won't slow down Iran or QUDS - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/iran-soleimani-revolutionary-guard.html The Soleimani attack is not polling well with Congress, but probably polls well with Trump's base, who are thinking "mission accomplished," a year before the election. But oil prices shot up immediately and the longer-term economic repercussions are hard to foresee. The one thing Trump fears more than another foreign defeat prior to an election is a slumping economy prior to an election. Most of the Democratic candidates did not want to talk about foreign policy - but now they have to. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/us/politics/democratic-candidates-qassem-soleimani.html Although Art 1 sec 8 says "Congress shall have Power To declare War," Trump didn't bother telling Congress in advance; he thought that was the same as telling Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-endorses-tweet-comparing-top-senate-democrat-to-iranians/2020/01/03/3103a226-2e43-11ea-9b60-817cc18cf173_story.html Even Rand Paul isn't buying Trump's action - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-order-to-strike-iranian-leader-sparks-fresh-debate-in-congress-over-war-powers/2020/01/03/c8921b82-2e47-11ea-9b60-817cc18cf173_story.html Pence tried to imagine a connection with 9/11 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/03/pences-problematic-tweet-tying-qasem-soleimani/ After all his talk about endless wars, Trump has chosen to provoke the next one. He's in an impossible situation in an election year - attack Iran and be blamed for starting a war, or withdraw ignominiously and be blamed for that. But he does not have the competence or patience to tread a fine line as suggested here - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/iran-airstrike.html == topic foreign 1 ===== hide 1 impact 121 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2020-01-03 priority 1 ratio 7 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title If Trump really wants to get out of the Middle East, topic foreign wordrate 0 words 402 ID 1040569116287607 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1040569116287607 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 27 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 27 oreach 23 posted "01/03/2020 09:33:27 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 23 type Link ========== Something is happening here, and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr Trump? Mr Putin, Mr Xi, Mr Kim, Mr Erdogan, have all figured it out. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/bob-dylan-trump-xi-jinping-vladimir-putin-mr-jones-20191227.html Foreign policy is more than slogans and photo-ops. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/americas-enemies-are-calling-trumps-bluffs/2020/01/02/f3294192-2da5-11ea-9b60-817cc18cf173_story.html Experts expect nothing but trouble in an election year. Three days in, we've already gotten it from Korea, Iraq, and Iran. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-01-01/column-happy-new-year-for-now == topic foreign ===== hide 2 impact 24 impactrate 0 negative 2 posted 2020-01-02 ratio 3 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Something is happening here, and you don't know what it is, topic foreign wordrate 0 words 60 ID 1040028366341682 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1040028366341682 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 15 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 15 oreach 12 posted "01/02/2020 08:32:06 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 12 type Link ========== Chinese Belt and Road Inititiative in Malayasia https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2020-1-january-february/feature/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-threatens-pave-planet == topic foreign ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-01-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Chinese Belt and Road Inititiative in Malayasia topic foreign wordrate 0 words 10 ID 1040023459675506 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1040023459675506 impress 11 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 11 oreach 8 posted "01/02/2020 08:24:36 PM" reach 8 type Link ========== Reprogramming children - that's one way to wipe out a culture. Just ask any native American. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/world/asia/china-xinjiang-children-boarding-schools.html == topic foreign ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-01-01 ratio 6 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Reprogramming children - that's one way to wipe out topic foreign wordrate 0 words 19 ID 1039118689765983 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1039118689765983 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 34 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 3 likeuusers 30 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 34 oreach 31 posted "01/01/2020 09:16:48 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 31 type Link