| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Air space provocations - Putin breathes new life into an | 2021-12-29 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1476050855379963904 | 1476050855379963904 |
| Was the demise of the USSR a good thing? Could it have | 2021-12-25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474749207969865728 | 1474749207969865728 |
| It all comes down to Kashmir. | 2021-12-17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471659628320595971 | 1471659628320595971 |
| Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran - Trump should be glad he's | 2021-12-12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470153385563226115 | 1470153385563226115 |
| Ever wonder what it was like in the California or Alaska | 2021-12-07 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1468262976465424386 | 1468262976465424386 |
| Trumpism thriving in France. | 2021-12-07 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1468009945941495810 | 1468009945941495810 |
| Foreign powers take advantage of a divided American | 2021-12-02 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466407218375319554 | 1466407218375319554 |
| "predatory political fringe threatens to metabolize the | 2021-11-26 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1464381387239157764 | 1464381387239157764 |
| Putin's plans to restore the Soviet Union as a world power. | 2021-11-20 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1461936312466882562 | 1461936312466882562 |
| You've probably forgotten about the Balkans. Expect to | 2021-11-18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461209857705472002 | 1461209857705472002 |
| Modi and Trump are great pals - they like the same kinds | 2021-11-16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460418116379312135 | 1460418116379312135 |
| Every issue is global now. | 2021-11-14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460008126560669700 | 1460008126560669700 |
| Another strong leader role model for Trump | 2021-11-14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459960043198038016 | 1459960043198038016 |
| Immigrants get to become frozen pawns in the game of | 2021-11-11 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458836483167559695 | 1458836483167559695 |
| Return of the Barbary Pirates | 2021-11-09 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457946518040711174 | 1457946518040711174 |
| Senate finally confirms a few ambassadors | 2021-10-27 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1453484754595037189 | 1453484754595037189 |
| No progress in 40 years of conflict. Another Kashmir? | 2021-10-21 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451180392086605831 | 1451180392086605831 |
| Kashmir - the eternal thorn in the side of India, Pakistan | 2021-10-20 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450703456025526272 | 1450703456025526272 |
| Czech blow against corrupt pseudo-populist Trumpism. | 2021-10-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448429337871405057 | 1448429337871405057 |
| Trump used to want a big military parade. If he is | 2021-10-13 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448427490569908228 | 1448427490569908228 |
| Maybe we should keep Columbus Day. Look how much Italy | 2021-10-13 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1448341403973537794 | 1448341403973537794 |
| Why people are desperate to leave Haiti. | 2021-10-10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447326994283188231 | 1447326994283188231 |
| Putin must think that Trump is still president. | 2021-10-07 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445943590518067202 | 1445943590518067202 |
| Change comes to German politics. | 2021-10-05 | 225 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445190867459788801 | 1445190867459788801 |
| Is Biden too Trumpy? | 2021-09-17 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438911365477920770 | 1438911365477920770 |
| How Putin holds power - with some improvements in standard | 2021-09-17 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438710782913507329 | 1438710782913507329 |
| Violent Islamic fundamentalism has waxed and waned over | 2021-08-30 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1432222184307523588 | 1432222184307523588 |
| Hungary and Orban - role models for the reactionary | 2021-08-10 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1425095700518510601 | 1425095700518510601 |
| A tarpit to avoid. | 2021-07-11 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1414253586935025665 | 1414253586935025665 |
| Don't like the truth? Just deny it! | 2021-07-10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413844027011526656 | 1413844027011526656 |
| Trumpist to the core! Lies, cheats, and steals. | 2021-07-09 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413591950607876101 | 1413591950607876101 |
| We can't stabilize every country in the world. We have | 2021-07-09 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413556520189521923 | 1413556520189521923 |
| Biden makes his mark on Putin, who says things he never | 2021-07-06 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412259928836755456 | 1412259928836755456 |
| There's more to Mexico than cartels and sombreros! | 2021-07-06 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412244393638072321 | 1412244393638072321 |
| No tears for Rumsfeld. | 2021-07-02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410759021670256641 | 1410759021670256641 |
| France tiring of Trumpism? | 2021-06-28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409338680959856643 | 1409338680959856643 |
| Does it make sense to intervene in ancient conflicts? | 2021-06-18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1405722464735285250 | 1405722464735285250 |
| Biden and Putin both seem to be using the summit mostly | 2021-06-15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404942098126622722 | 1404942098126622722 |
| Can international norms affect national behavior? | 2021-06-14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404233465629876224 | 1404233465629876224 |
| Trump is the most influential American president since FDR. | 2021-06-13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403963786386571270 | 1403963786386571270 |
| Stalin would be so proud! | 2021-05-26 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397383226910412804 | 1397383226910412804 |
| Stalin is gone but Lukashenko is still here! | 2021-05-26 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397355277213519874 | 1397355277213519874 |
| WHAT is the "power of our example"? | 2021-05-25 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1397301796540846084 | 1397301796540846084 |
| The Soviet Union collapsed - into Russia and its sphere | 2021-05-25 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1396985352498278401 | 1396985352498278401 |
| Stalin Jr acts - Putin his model. | 2021-05-24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396953134350573569 | 1396953134350573569 |
| The end of civilization - tribal warfare with weapons of | 2021-04-09 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380507342781829120 | 1380507342781829120 |
| Domestic unrest? Provoke a foreign incident. A standard | 2021-04-04 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378774740387553287 | 1378774740387553287 |
| Cease-fire in Kashmir? For how long? | 2021-04-02 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1377982446092836865 | 1377982446092836865 |
| Military dictatorships aren't so bad! | 2021-03-31 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1377137186554880005 | 1377137186554880005 |
| When cult of personality is unfettered - | 2021-03-25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375155846250815488 | 1375155846250815488 |
| Soviet revisionism is back in style under Putin. | 2021-03-14 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370963311580225537 | 1370963311580225537 |
| Identitarians - a German movement that resonates with some | 2021-03-12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370453418846789632 | 1370453418846789632 |
| AfD - leading the way for GOP. | 2021-03-12 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370452054703964161 | 1370452054703964161 |
| Time to revoke the license to start and continue endless | 2021-03-06 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368009422048350210 | 1368009422048350210 |
| The United States has values - but also interests. | 2021-03-03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367124904248705027 | 1367124904248705027 |
| GOP needs to step up to bipartisan foreign policy. | 2021-03-01 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366227156280307714 | 1366227156280307714 |
| Generals are getting better at spinning coups as democracy. | 2021-02-28 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365931348716703749 | 1365931348716703749 |
| It's not easy getting out of North Korea. | 2021-02-27 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365526943840436226 | 1365526943840436226 |
| Highly irregular - in any administration except Trump's. | 2021-02-22 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363706733835608064 | 1363706733835608064 |
| Alliances are a benefit, not a burden. | 2021-02-18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362258464748105736 | 1362258464748105736 |
| North Korean economy - based on exporting hackers and | 2021-02-18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362249065346424834 | 1362249065346424834 |
| Economic sanctions often make things worse. | 2021-02-15 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361455212016246785 | 1361455212016246785 |
| No wonder Trump and Kim got along so well! | 2021-02-12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360246285521985537 | 1360246285521985537 |
| GOP doing its best to empower China over USA. America | 2021-02-08 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358834727260573697 | 1358834727260573697 |
| Nobody is safe - anywhere. | 2021-02-03 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357022146195726336 | 1357022146195726336 |
| "Policy planners have sucked the income from the bottom | 2021-01-26 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1354066212783759361 | 1354066212783759361 |
| Why wouldn't the worst president, a self-serving | 2021-01-19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351412253682065409 | 1351412253682065409 |
| US engagement doesn't turn dictators into democrats. | 2021-01-18 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350974727779708929 | 1350974727779708929 |
| Will North Korea be the cauldron that boils over into | 2021-01-18 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350973825295511552 | 1350973825295511552 |
| Trump has checked out, but Pompeo is actively building | 2021-01-17 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350869432768241664 | 1350869432768241664 |
| Biden has his work cut out on day one. | 2021-01-16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350429888612716545 | 1350429888612716545 |
| Chinese propagandists want Trump to tweet more. | 2021-01-15 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350197447117553665 | 1350197447117553665 |
| There was a China strategy - but Trump didn't care. | 2021-01-15 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350174158726971393 | 1350174158726971393 |
| Leave no bridge unburned! | 2021-01-15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349963649176096770 | 1349963649176096770 |
| What next for Johnson and Netanyahu? Jumping on the | 2021-01-14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349731822863699986 | 1349731822863699986 |
| Whatever happened to... | 2021-01-14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349510231982686208 | 1349510231982686208 |
| Not all Trump appointees were corrupt and incompetent. | 2021-01-13 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349475036487315457 | 1349475036487315457 |
| These restrictions should never have been accepted. | 2021-01-10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348144408466624514 | 1348144408466624514 |
| No interest in improving relations between US and N Korea. | 2021-01-09 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347895678798729216 | 1347895678798729216 |
| There's a good reason Trump and Modi get along so well. | 2021-01-08 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347687205565730816 | 1347687205565730816 |
| The architect of Trump and Biden's China policy. | 2021-01-08 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347568331662921732 | 1347568331662921732 |
| What else is in the covid bill? | 2021-01-04 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1345957904528986112 | 1345957904528986112 |
| How nice not to bother with elections that might be rigged! | 2021-01-01 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344876058332467200 | 1344876058332467200 |
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========== Air space provocations - Putin breathes new life into an old cold war tactic. https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-estonia-latvia-7e07e8518cf4c42259f007bc697f7328 #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 25 time 2021-12-29 04:42 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476050855379963904 ========== Was the demise of the USSR a good thing? Could it have been avoided? https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-voting-rights-moscow-2f0a5907e9172c5a7c14451d39752f5d #PS1foreign ===== impress 32 time 2021-12-25 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474749207969865728 ========== It all comes down to Kashmir. https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-kashmir-prayer-d45a677b528fb0cc06fca75544ce524b #PS1foreign ===== impress 26 time 2021-12-17 01:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471659628320595971 ========== Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran - Trump should be glad he's not president! https://apnews.com/article/iran-space-launches-nuclear-deal-72a010e26d3ff0395fd09b7c1b3e51d5 #PS1foreign ===== impress 41 time 2021-12-12 22:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470153385563226115 ========== Ever wonder what it was like in the California or Alaska gold rushes? You can relive that experience. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/world/congo-cobalt-investor-hotel.html But watch your back. These are not Sunday School teachers. #PS1foreign ===== impress 18 time 2021-12-07 16:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468262976465424386 ========== Trumpism thriving in France. https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-elections-paris-campaigns-4e5c33b9feccc477e53b62dca0dff4a8 #PS1foreign ===== impress 14 time 2021-12-07 00:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468009945941495810 ========== Foreign powers take advantage of a divided American government and population that can't even pay its bills or protect itself from disease. https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-seoul-south-korea-lloyd-austin-43cd78f6ba607300e11c7e5bc0962a3c https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-iran-dubai-iran-nuclear-dd40e4a610c2f35aff25353bbcf3a91c https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-russia-ukraine-moscow-aae934e3b73e428da957e9b1b6ddc4f1 #PS1foreign ===== impress 14 time 2021-12-02 14:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466407218375319554 ========== "predatory political fringe threatens to metabolize the demoralized middle" Sound familiar? To see what happens , just go south. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/23/latin-america-braces-booster-shot-toxic-political-polarization/ How long until a dictator in every country again? These democracies had been making such good progress . #PS1foreign ===== impress 28 time 2021-11-26 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464381387239157764 ========== Putin's plans to restore the Soviet Union as a world power. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/russia-putin-belarus-ukraine.html #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2021-11-20 05:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461936312466882562 ========== You've probably forgotten about the Balkans. Expect to be reminded! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion/bosnia-dodik-dayton-accords.html Almost everybody has an interest in stirring up trouble there. #PS1foreign ===== impress 34 time 2021-11-18 05:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461209857705472002 ========== Modi and Trump are great pals - they like the same kinds of entertainment! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/why-an-indian-films-success-box-office-should-worry-us-all/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 36 time 2021-11-16 01:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460418116379312135 ========== Every issue is global now. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Are nation-states becoming obsolete? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/biden-foreign-policy.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 17 time 2021-11-14 22:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460008126560669700 ========== Another strong leader role model for Trump https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-moscow-latvia-lithuania-513f4212d26474f0d474152f28868fc4 He's as backward-looking as Trump! #PS1foreign ===== impress 19 time 2021-11-14 19:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459960043198038016 ========== Immigrants get to become frozen pawns in the game of sanctions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belarus-threaten-europe-gas/2021/11/11/970c725c-42df-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 71 time 2021-11-11 16:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458836483167559695 ========== Return of the Barbary Pirates To fight international hostage-taking, the US needs to close Guantanamo https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo Americans working abroad must realize that their high salary is partial compensation for their high risk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/hostage-taking-americans-foreign-governments/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2021-11-09 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457946518040711174 ========== Senate finally confirms a few ambassadors https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-new-zealand-turkey-biden-cabinet-europe-dd868b9b8a9d3747e125d3e93d0d1eb9 But Ted Cruz blocks the rest https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-ambassadors-cruz/2021/10/27/c196b770-359d-11ec-9a5d-93a89c74e76d_story.html For a Trumpist he tries awfully hard to be tough on Russia, in a way that mainly impinges on allies like Germany. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 time 2021-10-27 22:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453484754595037189 ========== No progress in 40 years of conflict. Another Kashmir? https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-united-nations-algeria-morocco-507429fe13915902668f589179ce0c67 At least Morocco and Algeria aren't nuclear. #PS1foreign ===== impress 107 time 2021-10-21 13:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451180392086605831 ========== Kashmir - the eternal thorn in the side of India, Pakistan - and Afghanistan. https://apnews.com/article/science-religion-india-shootings-kashmir-dd3779ecc2b66918125628cba564adb1 #PS1foreign ===== impress 86 time 2021-10-20 06:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450703456025526272 ========== Czech blow against corrupt pseudo-populist Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/world/europe/czech-populism-strongmen.html Will it work in Hungary and Poland? #PS1foreign ===== impress 55 time 2021-10-13 23:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448429337871405057 ========== Trump used to want a big military parade. If he is re-elected he might study Kim to up his game. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/13/north-korea-shirtless-soldiers-video/ That's a REAL cult of personality! #PS1foreign ===== impress 56 time 2021-10-13 23:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448427490569908228 ========== Maybe we should keep Columbus Day. Look how much Italy is like America. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-europe-italy-rome-violence-2f61aafb5a9c219f5856c3ea4b3273aa And to think people made fun of Berlusconi. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 61 likes 1 time 2021-10-13 17:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448341403973537794 ========== Why people are desperate to leave Haiti. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/09/haiti-kidnapping/ Is their only hope that the Taliban take over and hang accused kidnappers from streetlight poles? #PS1foreign ===== impress 30 time 2021-10-10 22:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447326994283188231 ========== Putin must think that Trump is still president. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/politics/nato-expels-members-russian-mission/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 77 time 2021-10-07 02:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445943590518067202 ========== Change comes to German politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/cdu-germany-elections.html Can another party maintain stability as well as the CDU? It's like the former conservative Republican Party, replaced by a cult of personality and with no clear home for its former members. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 225 time 2021-10-05 00:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445190867459788801 ========== Is Biden too Trumpy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/is-biden-normalizing-trumps-foreign-policy/ Of is it just that Biden's focused on his domestic agenda and can't afford any more hot issues just now. What will he say about climate? #PS1foreign ===== impress 69 time 2021-09-17 17:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438911365477920770 ========== How Putin holds power - with some improvements in standard of living and fear of change. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/world/europe/russia-election-vote-putin.html After all, the next guy could be worse! #PS1foreign ===== impress 85 time 2021-09-17 03:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438710782913507329 ========== Violent Islamic fundamentalism has waxed and waned over the centuries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Has it entered another waning phase? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/terrorism-afghanistan-Islamicism.html Ordinary people get tired of continuous cultural revolution. #PS1foreign ===== impress 41 time 2021-08-30 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432222184307523588 ========== Hungary and Orban - role models for the reactionary Dixiecrat Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/tucker-carlson-viktor-orban-hungary-right-wing-populism/ There doesn't seem to be a real conservative among them. #PS1foreign ===== impress 73 time 2021-08-10 14:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425095700518510601 ========== A tarpit to avoid. https://apnews.com/article/business-caribbean-haiti-election-2020-011ce271fe57211c29ffb0e5eef9c506 The last time the Marines landed, they gave up and left after 20 years without accomplishing anything permanent. Just like Afghanistan. Let armed intervention, if it happens at all, be led by the UN. #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2021-07-11 16:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414253586935025665 ========== Don't like the truth? Just deny it! https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-massacres-d44b5a7a42c5dea226a7a881aa164981 That's what the GOP does. #PS1foreign ===== impress 32 time 2021-07-10 12:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413844027011526656 ========== Trumpist to the core! Lies, cheats, and steals. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-campaign-2016-31d9ab971742b99c666c23143589ae56 #PS1foreign ===== impress 41 time 2021-07-09 20:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413591950607876101 ========== We can't stabilize every country in the world. We have to focus where it matters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/us-foreign-policy-should-get-over-fear-of-instability/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 33 time 2021-07-09 17:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413556520189521923 ========== Biden makes his mark on Putin, who says things he never said about Trump. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/putin-biden-geneva-summit-cyberwarfare-arms-navalny-20210617.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 23 time 2021-07-06 03:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412259928836755456 ========== There's more to Mexico than cartels and sombreros! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/03/opinion-rethinking-mexico-and-its-ties-to-silicon-valley/ And it's a lot closer than the Far East. #PS1foreign ===== impress 21 time 2021-07-06 02:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412244393638072321 ========== No tears for Rumsfeld. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iraq-government-and-politics-79145696fdfd387c61fee7ff1ff7eabc There are other governments the US could overthrow - to be replaced by] worse, as in Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan and ... If self-serving opportunists can take over the US government, why not elsewhere else? #PS1foreign ===== impress 16 time 2021-07-02 00:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410759021670256641 ========== France tiring of Trumpism? https://apnews.com/article/europe-immigration-elections-migration-government-and-politics-ff993d4af2c5fe7a7d8222a4165d0d18 #PS1foreign ===== impress 15 time 2021-06-28 02:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409338680959856643 ========== Does it make sense to intervene in ancient conflicts? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/ethiopia-tigray-crisis.html There is nothing you can do that is not taking sides. But sometimes you have to take sides in a holocaust. #PS1foreign ===== impress 37 time 2021-06-18 03:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405722464735285250 ========== Biden and Putin both seem to be using the summit mostly to fortify their political positions at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-biden-summit-geneva/2021/06/15/52b17694-cd22-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 38 time 2021-06-15 23:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404942098126622722 ========== Can international norms affect national behavior? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-us-un-cyber-norms/2021/06/12/9b608cd4-866b-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 32 time 2021-06-14 00:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404233465629876224 ========== Trump is the most influential American president since FDR. He convinced the Europeans that America is an unreliable ally. They are afraid the next abler bolder Trumpist will be even worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shadow-g7/2021/06/12/9b1166e4-c9ec-11eb-93fa-9053a95eb9f2_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 45 time 2021-06-13 06:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403963786386571270 ========== Stalin would be so proud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/25/belarus-confession-video-forced/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 42 time 2021-05-26 02:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397383226910412804 ========== Stalin is gone but Lukashenko is still here! https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-business-187dbc95a9a0f70c58ee610c67ff372d He still calls the secret police "KGB". Even Putin moved on from that. #PS1foreign ===== impress 53 time 2021-05-26 00:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397355277213519874 ========== WHAT is the "power of our example"? https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-world-america-shackelford-20210519-p7twh7swkjdtdc4keg57uyoi2u-story.html Putin has a different idea. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 40 time 2021-05-25 21:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397301796540846084 ========== The Soviet Union collapsed - into Russia and its sphere of influence. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-soviet-union-is-gone-but-it-s-still-collapsing Perhaps the driving factor was Russians' fear of becoming a minority in their own country. They still have lots of foreign workers from Central Asia. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 66 likes 1 time 2021-05-25 00:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396985352498278401 ========== Stalin Jr acts - Putin his model. https://apnews.com/article/europe-belarus-media-business-government-and-politics-934283a5f4763a421391d8a55a89ad55 https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b2d994b96eb029b #PS1foreign ===== impress 30 time 2021-05-24 22:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396953134350573569 ========== The end of civilization - tribal warfare with weapons of mass destruction? https://apnews.com/article/technology-environment-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-health-cbcafe70b4724a7605d56d40fa294027 https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 62 time 2021-04-09 13:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380507342781829120 ========== Domestic unrest? Provoke a foreign incident. A standard part of the dictator's playbook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/how-russias-military-activity-near-ukraine-is-poised-test-biden-administration/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 58 time 2021-04-04 18:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378774740387553287 ========== Cease-fire in Kashmir? For how long? https://apnews.com/article/south-asia-pakistan-india-kashmir-asia-4a251b6e100daa987f0cedf4c2525c01 No solution is politically acceptable to all parties, so the cease-fire line will remain the de-facto solution. #PS1foreign ===== impress 46 time 2021-04-02 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377982446092836865 ========== Military dictatorships aren't so bad! https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-cabinets-health-coronavirus-pandemic-fdeb61a84563bca5ed9ddf9dd437a8c9 Trump probably envies Bolsonaro. #PS1foreign ===== impress 57 time 2021-03-31 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377137186554880005 ========== When cult of personality is unfettered - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/modi-cult-of-personality/2021/03/18/dc7ee180-8773-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html Trump is no doubt green with envy. But we need India's help to contain China. #PS1foreign ===== impress 53 time 2021-03-25 18:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375155846250815488 ========== Soviet revisionism is back in style under Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/world/europe/russia-stalin-exile.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-14 05:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370963311580225537 ========== Identitarians - a German movement that resonates with some American white supremacists. https://www.dw.com/en/how-dangerous-is-the-identitarian-movement/a-49580233 #PS1foreign ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-12 19:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370453418846789632 ========== AfD - leading the way for GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opinion/germany-afd-covid.html Leading the way down the path of fantasy and conspiracy and irrelevance. #PS1foreign ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-12 19:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370452054703964161 ========== Time to revoke the license to start and continue endless wars without Congressional approval. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-syria-middle-east-iraq-jen-psaki-a805b773aa73aa28c4363f3a8f011720 #PS1foreign ===== impress 32 time 2021-03-06 01:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368009422048350210 ========== The United States has values - but also interests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/democracy-is-eroding-around-world-biden-has-his-work-cut-out-him/ As in WWII, sometimes we have to recruit the bad to oppose the worse. On the whole, though, there's more bad AND more worse - Trump gave them all permission. #PS1foreign ===== impress 34 time 2021-03-03 14:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367124904248705027 ========== GOP needs to step up to bipartisan foreign policy. Projecting America's internal divisions into foreign policy only benefits Xi and Putin. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/chris-coons-china-biden-cancun-cruz-marco-rubio-20210225.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-01 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366227156280307714 ========== Generals are getting better at spinning coups as democracy. Credibility problems? Just lie bigger! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/25/myanmar-coup-overthrow-military-thailand/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 37 time 2021-02-28 07:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365931348716703749 ========== It's not easy getting out of North Korea. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/asia/north-korea-trolley-russian-diplomats-intl-hnk/index.html But better sooner than later. #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2021-02-27 04:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365526943840436226 ========== Highly irregular - in any administration except Trump's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/dan-gertler-sanctions.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 47 time 2021-02-22 04:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363706733835608064 ========== Alliances are a benefit, not a burden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/lloyd-austin-nato-biden-administration/2021/02/16/813113d6-7083-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 32 time 2021-02-18 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362258464748105736 ========== North Korean economy - based on exporting hackers and importing stolen cash. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/north-korea-hackers-banks-theft/2021/02/17/3dccf0dc-7129-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 30 time 2021-02-18 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362249065346424834 ========== Economic sanctions often make things worse. They are inspiring others to invent alternatives to dollar financing - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americas-closest-allies-are-working-hard-to-find-ways-to-undermine-the-us-dollar/2019/06/13/c5c2cf80-8e1c-11e9-b08e-cfd89bd36d4e_story.html They seldom change behavior or regimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/us-sanctions.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 49 time 2021-02-15 23:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361455212016246785 ========== No wonder Trump and Kim got along so well! https://apnews.com/article/world-news-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-economy-e5c1edf367462e06a22d3c73c63a500f They both like to blame other people for their mistakes. #PS1foreign ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-12 15:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360246285521985537 ========== GOP doing its best to empower China over USA. America last! https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracy-theory-biden-foreign-policy-20210204.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 28 time 2021-02-08 17:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358834727260573697 ========== Nobody is safe - anywhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/freedom-house-transnational-repression-authoritarian-dissidents #PS1foreign ===== impress 46 time 2021-02-03 17:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357022146195726336 ========== "Policy planners have sucked the income from the bottom to the top" https://apnews.com/article/world-news-india-coronavirus-pandemic-new-delhi-parades-654ef151a8af6de8c264c29363d0607b Sound familiar? It should! Modi and Trump were pals. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 likes 1 time 2021-01-26 13:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354066212783759361 ========== Why wouldn't the worst president, a self-serving opportunist, have the worst secretary of state, a self-serving opportunist? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/mike-pompeo-secretary-of-state.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-19 06:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351412253682065409 ========== US engagement doesn't turn dictators into democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-joe-biden-should-update-obama-strategies-for-this-new-era/2021/01/17/ff1a6d52-5679-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-18 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350974727779708929 ========== Will North Korea be the cauldron that boils over into WW III? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/15/why-north-korea-could-become-one-bidens-biggest-challenges/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-18 01:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350973825295511552 ========== Trump has checked out, but Pompeo is actively building his credentials for 2024. He can claim foreign policy actions that Hawley, Cruz, Don Jr, etc, can't. Like them, though, he has to figure out how to get Trump out of the way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pompeo-undercut-biden-foreign-policy/2021/01/16/8c430e12-55be-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-17 18:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350869432768241664 ========== Biden has his work cut out on day one. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-europe-global-trade-iran-nuclear-1d91fb4b403c609f359f99bcc3beec36 Trump has changed America's standing in the world more than any president since FDR. #PS1foreign ===== impress 34 time 2021-01-16 13:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350429888612716545 ========== Chinese propagandists want Trump to tweet more. But Chinese better not try the same in China. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/trump-china-censorship.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-15 21:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350197447117553665 ========== There was a China strategy - but Trump didn't care. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-had-a-china-strategy-after-all-but-trump-didnt-follow-it/2021/01/14/846e97d4-56ad-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-15 20:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350174158726971393 ========== Leave no bridge unburned! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/mike-pompeo-state-department.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-15 06:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349963649176096770 ========== What next for Johnson and Netanyahu? Jumping on the Trump train doesn't look to have been such a good idea. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-global-trade-iran-nuclear-nobel-prizes-ebe713fca7d1c8b5790fea9a7cad829b #PS1foreign ===== impress 31 time 2021-01-14 14:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349731822863699986 ========== Whatever happened to... https://apnews.com/article/kim-yo-jong-north-korea-39b37a67d2fad24f6be3cbaa42fb051f #PS1foreign ===== impress 25 time 2021-01-14 00:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349510231982686208 ========== Not all Trump appointees were corrupt and incompetent. By accident, he found good appointees faster than he fired them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/biden-shouldnt-replace-this-trump-administration-official/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-13 21:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349475036487315457 ========== These restrictions should never have been accepted. But lifting them now to make problems for Biden is the wrong time. https://apnews.com/article/beijing-alex-azar-china-taiwan-mike-pompeo-7e537eb813c2fda52d23c474b70e6ef4 #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-10 05:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348144408466624514 ========== No interest in improving relations between US and N Korea. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-south-korea-north-korea-united-states-nuclear-weapons-dc3bc69cca0eeec4a83cda87549c522d #PS1foreign ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-09 13:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347895678798729216 ========== There's a good reason Trump and Modi get along so well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/08/trump-capitol-mob-india-modi-political-violence/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 68 time 2021-01-08 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347687205565730816 ========== The architect of Trump and Biden's China policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/matthew-pottinger-exits-but-his-china-strategy-is-here-to-stay/2021/01/07/0a54df32-512e-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 63 time 2021-01-08 15:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347568331662921732 ========== What else is in the covid bill? https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/dalai-lama-tibet-china-us-stimulus/2021/01/01/a6a94980-4abd-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 62 time 2021-01-04 04:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345957904528986112 ========== How nice not to bother with elections that might be rigged! https://apnews.com/article/health-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-4a2394b394ed02f1ea0fc57e48896ea4 How Trump must envy Kim! #PS1foreign ===== impress 48 time 2021-01-01 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344876058332467200