I don’t understand why the United States has abused it’s “sole super power” status since the fall of the Soviet Union. For whatever reason we did, I defy anyone to truthfully say that America is better off since we turned our diplomacy over to the defense department and broker diplomacy through the notion of force.
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As I commented when the hack first happened, there is no incentive for Equifax to care about you in this situation. You aren’t their customer. I am no fan of government control, but this seems to be a case where they should be involved. Not to control the marketplace but to establish rules for tort law so that you can hold the Equifaxes of the world accountable.
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The United States has used the barrel of a gun and the bombs of a drone as its foreign policy since the end of the cold war. We constantly hear that we want to solve the North Korea “crisis” but only threaten military action. It’s important to note that we have NEVER had diplomatic relations with North Korea. NEVER.
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For those whose experience with war consists of WWII movies or modern computer games, the notion of totally destroying a country may sound exciting. A country however is not merely some picture on a map. In the case of North Korea, it’s 25 million people. Old folks, parents and kids. …
Drone diplomacy since the end of the Cold War has cast the United States into the role of a big bully. We somehow want to negotiate for what is in our best interests, but won’t recognize that other countries want to do the same thing. What used to be called a “win-win”. Now it’s “do it our way or we’ll implement regime change.”
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I don’t really care about the Clintons. I understood why folks voted for Bill. He was a likeable guy who merely cared about be liked. No principles other than that. I never understood why folks liked Hillary. All I ever figured out was that she had something on them.…
From the moment of the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, in fact, everything the U.S. military touched in these years has turned to dust. Nations across the Greater Middle East and Africa collapsed under the weight of American interventions or those of its allies, and terror movements, one grimmer than the next, spread in a remarkably unchecked fashion.
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It is interesting to see what “thinkers” in other parts of the world concern themselves with regarding relations around the world. Agree or disagree with this opinion piece, it’s a government approved message and may give a hint into what’s going on in Iran.…
We used to use diplomats to discuss foreign policy. For the last 26 years we’ve been using the Department of Defense. Perhaps it’s time for diplomacy again.
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Freedom of speech is of no value if it only protect speech that we agree with..
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