thecynicist.bsky.social
Political analyst focused on global conflict and security, Afghanistan, the Middle East and US politics. Purveyor of quality nonsense. Rare Afghan with two names.
"All the pieces matter."
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Also UK friends: it's time to get hold of yourselves and rejoin the EU because girl you're in danger
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Embarrassing behavior.
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Remember former British friends on the left trying to defend Blair after Iraq because He'S sO sMaRt please
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Noted area war criminal, Tony Blair.
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Don't coddle fascists. And I can just tell that Starmer is making Tony Blair's deluded mistake of thinking he can ride the tiger.
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Donald Trump's problem is not insanity. It's untrammeled greed and lust for power.
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If Starmer hasn't understood that Musk and co. are gunning to bring their fascist project to the UK, I can't help him.
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America is only a democracy of a few decades (don't @ me, this country operated under apartheid until the end of segregation) so...it really won't take much to dismantle it.
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If we can't drive Trump and Musk from power in this time period, where the outrage is most acute, the opportunity to do so will be lost for years.
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على راسي 🫶🏽🤲🏽🫂
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This is Ignatius Reilly, Iggy for short
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My rabbit is a more intelligent potato than Nate Silver. Proof of potato loaf:
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His IQ is so high though definitely higher than a potato
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Mubarak when he was popular, not on January 25, 2011
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Very Mubarak-era vibes in America right now.
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The goal has to be to remove them from power.
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These men are not going to leave power voluntarily.
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There’s no such thing as a vaccine skeptic. You either understand science is more real than you or you become a profiteering shill
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No one can say I don’t enrich the man’s life
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Remember Gaza?
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I will make an exception for @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social book on Afghanistan because he was one of the few who realized fairly early on that the war in Afghanistan was lost, long before it clicked for policymakers.
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Is every book on Afghanistan written by a Westerner this clownish?
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No issue is more Charlie Brown had hoes on the internet than Islam. People can say whatever they want
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How's that for contemplative
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How are these people not embarrassed to be alive.
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Please hire me @bencollins.bsky.social this planet is not serious.
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This planet is ludicrous and our species sucks.
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Don't ask how the Nazis happened. This is how it happens: by averting our eyes and failing to name what we see.
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It's a Nazi salute. Just say it's a Nazi salute. Because these people are Nazis.