> .. the Bush administration’s expectations for the war proved too optimistic.. #OperationIraqiFreedom removed an important counterbalance to #Iranian power and plunged the region into decades of instability, the ill effects of which are continuing to resonate for the United States, Europe, and the world.
> In our outrage over Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.. few are pausing to ponder the question of how this war ends.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/29/how-will-the-war-in-ukraine-end/
#GeorgeBeebe #Ukraine #RussianInvasion

> .. #budgets, of course, are reflections of a government’s priorities. You can’t do everything.. so you have to make choices about what’s more important.. #PresidentBiden has asked for $33 billion more for mainly military aid.. to Ukraine. Contrast that with the $22 billion asked for for all of the #USA dealing with #COVID.. rejected by the #Republicans and some Democrats, far less than the $33 billion..
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/3/russia_us_escalate_likelihood_direct_clash
#GeorgeBeebe #DN! #Ukraine #Biden #BudgetPriorities

> .. #SocialMedia, #Twitter and other platforms.. encourage outrage.. what gets attention online, not people who are saying.. “Look, we have to look at this in a balanced way. It’s complicated. We need to understand the dynamics of all of this.” It doesn’t.. lend itself toward that kind of complexity and reasoned evidence. The people that get attention are the ones that scream the loudest.. provoke the most #outrage.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/3/russia_us_escalate_likelihood_direct_clash
#GeorgeBeebe #DN! #Ukraine #Biden #BudgetPriorities