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RT @_whitneywebb: When the people making the cuts don't have to divest from the companies they run or have a stake in, or declare conflicts…
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RT @stavroulapabst: This way of war — unofficial boots on the ground — could go sideways, while giving governments political cover Read my…
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.@BlackwaterDude1: “I call [private contracting] outsourcing the morality of combat operations to private contractors.” “It is a big moral conundrum on what to do or what not to do [in a conflict zone]. And when you outsource that morality… it’s a bad way to go.”
We all know it from Iraq: unofficial American boots on the ground in Gaza could go sideways, while giving governments (Israel/US) political cover to keep prolonging conflict on their own terms. @stavroulapabst
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RT @RStatecraft: We all know it from Iraq: unofficial American boots on the ground in Gaza could go sideways, while giving governments (Is…
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RT @stavroulapabst: “When you tie lethality to profit margin [through contracting], you're incentivizing the potential to start and elongat…
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RT @RStatecraft: Great quotes from @seanmcfate @BlackwaterDude1 here on bringing private US soldiers from North Caroline and into the Gaz…
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“When you tie lethality to profit margin [through contracting], you're incentivizing the potential to start and elongate conflicts for interest, for profit."
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"Witkoff said there would be no U.S. troops or financial involvement in this Trump [Gaza] plan, but then talked about the “American personnel” who would be needed to protect the U.S. investment" ??
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RT @KelleyBVlahos: Excellent piece by my colleague @stavroulapabst w/ interviews with two sharp former contractors (and authors) including…
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RT @RStatecraft: "PMCs are being used as proxy armies so the American public doesn’t protest getting into the next forever war" -- @Blackwa…
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.@rawanabhari: “Trump’s proposal to occupy Gaza…and relocate 2 million people to Egypt and Jordan isn’t just logistically impossible; it’s a declaration that Palestinian displacement is the goal, not the consequence, of U.S. policy.”
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Unbelievable
Trump: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for people of the area."
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RT @BasharZapen: “40% of kidney failure patients have died due to a lack of dialysis machines.” The genocide never stopped.
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RT @stavroulapabst: “The predominance of Snowden in the hearing was not lost on media observing the spectacle”
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“The Senate Intelligence Committee is absolutely obsessed with Edward Snowden -- well over a decade after the fact -- and browbeating Tulsi Gabbard into repudiating her past support of Snowden." -- @mtracey
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“The predominance of Snowden in the hearing was not lost on media observing the spectacle”
Snowden, Snowden, Snowden! Tulsi grilled on little else at her confirmation hearing today. @stavroulapabst
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RT @AnnelleSheline: "A crash program for Iron Dome will be great for arms contractors, but will do nothing to improve U.S. defenses," @Will…
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