michaelshurkin.bsky.social
Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, NOT a political scientist. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
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Anyway, I think the real work in the US war of Independence was done by de Grasse and the French Navy.
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Lafayette was a loser. He had a shot of saving the French Revolution but fled. Then he had a shot at taking over in 1830 but chickened out.
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Totally. Except this can't be blamed on Macron. Unless you really really want.
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It's a low bar, I know, but any politician who is not a firehose of lies and has something remotely akin to principles has my heart.
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That has occurred to me. It soon will make me sound like one of those cranky old Englishman nostalgic for the Pax Britannica.
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I feel a lot more empathy for Weimar Germans and the whole question of "how this happened."
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With good @rikefranke.bsky.social content at 25:16
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Thanks!
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Desperately.