@cvkrishnan Well the enemy here is the U.S. liberal deep state. Vance is standing up against a USAID journo who is counter attacking his guy. That IS back bone. We need to understand that an empire is being dismantled and is striking back, backbone is to stay focused on that.

@ImperiumHindu @TheWand68425335 @TheButterThief You keep saying “getting condoned” when that is clearly wrong - it is getting *forgiven*. This isn’t a minor distinction. What do you want - for the guy to be sacked? Play this out- what will DS do for MAGA as a whole once you set that norm that you will buckle to cancellation

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 He didn’t support it- he explicitly said he DISAGREES and that no one should be fired for stupid tweets (implying it WAS stupid).

@ImperiumHindu @TheWand68425335 @TheButterThief I honestly think this is v because of lack of clarity on liberal DS as an enemy. Let me take an example. If a Pakistani dug up posts by a MAGA guy to demand his scalp, would you recognise the attempted play and refuse to join in?

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 ..performatively abandon him, to do so is to give a win to the empire striking back and they will smell blood in the water. Keep the eye on the ball - the dismantling of the DS

@vakibs @ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 Yes and they are counter attacking, an empire won’t collapse without a fight. And then the silliest thing to do is to join forces with the enemy. Friend enemy distinction always has to be in mind; AND one negotiates more favourable terms with the friend. That’s how strategy works

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 …way to avoid these controversies. How one resolves issues and negotiates differences with an ally is different from how one deals with the differences with an enemy. In every political issue first see which side is the enemy and that tells you HOW to pursue your legit interest

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 US liberal Deep State empire is an enemy. That enemy is being torn down. They are counter attacking. Extremely foolish behaviour to ally with the enemy, to sort out the difference with the one who is tearing down the enemy and is hence a partner/ ally.

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 …right leadership behavior in that context? To pretend all that context doesn’t exist and throw your guys under the bus? Or to fight for them even while setting norm - which he did, he didn’t say the guy did something good, they “forgave” him (implying that it was bad behaviour)

@TheWand68425335 …state shares MAGA views and supports MAGA agenda even when Opposition creates a ruckus.

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 He didn’t do that. That’s a needless insult to the man. He has decided to go forgive a person for an anti Indian tweet, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about his wife and kids.

@ImperiumHindu @TheButterThief @TheWand68425335 He isn’t a clown. Seems like a very smart politician. Indians would do well to establish a good relationship with Trump and Vance