philipandrewgarber.bsky.social
Artist, program consultant, photographer, and disabled person. Founder: AMCAC.org. BFA Photo & Video 2017/School of Visual Arts, MA International Affairs 2023/The New School.
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"The Founders believed the branches of government would jealously guard their own power."
Oops.
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The way people picked sides in these conflicts is so goddamn primitive. "I stand with Gaza so Ukraine is evil".
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Right? It's infuriating... Second to the sanewashing that I now increasingly believe to have happened.
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Ok, I typically disagree when people say NYT is doing something egregious, but damn.
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I have forever found myself in a lonely place - I am against the genocide of civilians (and acknowledge this is taking place), and understand the need for combatting Hamas/Hezbolah.
Israel could conduct targeted warfare. They choose not to.
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Call me an edgelord, but Canada needs the military force to be able to do this (and ofc never have to). This unipolar world is getting me queasy.
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"Your silence is complicity." No, I just figure that Instagram stories just make poor kevlar.
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I've been increasingly believing that Bibi will dial down the bloodshed on his part for Trump - Gives the uncommitted faction a gotcha, thus keeping Dems fractured.
Nixon and Vietnam?
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Goddamnit. People would've loved this. In my light reading, Raytheon's insurance has stopped covering weight-loss drugs, as has the NYC civil servants insurance plan.
Defeat from the jaws of victory, as usual.
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It's like reading tea leaves, but we gotta.
Stupidest timeline.
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What the actual fuck is happening to us. We fell for junior league fascism.
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I've been saying it feels like 1910 for years.
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I think that would be a stretch.
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How would A5 apply here? Due to American deaths?
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If nukes are as likely as you think, I'm moving to a cabin in Maine. But I don't think it is quite that dire.
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Definitely not, they have nukes and a superpower behind them.
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Do you have sources? I just think back to Bill Clinton's "Who's the fucking superpower?!" comment during his term IRT Israel.
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I used to agree with this, but over the course of the current war, I've really doubted how much control the US has over Israel.
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Stay out now, or in the event of a war between Iran/IS?
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This is exactly why nuclear weapons are attractive to many countries (Ukraine/Russia Budapest Agreement, anyone?), but so dangerous.
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This is the crux of why the US supports Israel IMO - On top of economic and domestic factors.
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I agree fully. Don't corner the bear.
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Right now, we need strategic reserves.
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I wish I shared your certainty.
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True - I'm a proponent of limiting US assistance to defensive-defensive (as opposed to offensive-defense like we see in Lebanon, at least IS would claim) weapons support.
Why?
I don't like the idea of a nuclear power being cornered, even if I'm not a fan of the nation (maybe moreso then!).
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Israel meaning the State of Israel + Palestinians, or let Israel the state sort it out? Because I have a funny feeling I know how the state wants to sort this out.
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Also, I think the only path to Palestinians having any seat at the table comes from regime change in both Tehran and Tel Aviv. Both of those are massive but doable changes in the region IMO. Iran seems more willing, less possible; Israel seems less willing but more possible...
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In my lightly educated opinion, it's a mess.
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Good point - I did. I meant to say is *if* a two-state solution is dead (and I think it is), the South Africa model is best. Ultimately that + the Rwandan phenomena of radical forgiveness... But that's a huge ask and no one has the right to ask for it except the Palestinians themselves.