US Foreign Policy 3.0: We're The Mets of International Diplomacy

[Kepler]

Maybe the Chinese pilots just fly as poorly as they all drive…

That's our mookie!

[Drew S.]

Sounds like things are going to hot up this week in the South China Sea. I’ll be very disappointed if every Australian P-8 flight isn’t escorted by American fighters.

Super hornet time https://news.usni.org/2022/06/07/chi...estern-pacific

[Kepler]

The Revolution will not be televised, brothers and sisters, but it will be Crowdfunded:

[aparch]

The Revolution will not be televised, brothers and sisters, but it will be Crowdfunded:

GoFundMe? More like Go****You.

[Kepler]

Fred Kagan is awful and if you read between the lines of this the glowering neocon cancer still pulsates, but it's worth a look.

[rufus]

Fred Kagan is awful and if you read between the lines of this the glowering neocon cancer still pulsates, but it's worth a look.

That may be, but he ain't wrong here.

Can't wait to see a Republican Congress led by Russia Rand Paul and Gym Jordan refuse to appropriate more military aid to Ukraine.

Exactly what Putin's banking on.

[aparch]

Exactly what Putin's banking on.

Yep.

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...59968628518914

Hoping the GQP takes back over and sanctions get lifted. Its a war of attrition right now, and one Russia can, [and is looking forward to], continue[ing] to sacrifice warm bodies toward until January when the new congress starts.

[aparch]

Russia threatening to pull an Amber Heard: s*it in our bed and cry "victim!"

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...00301442035714

[Swansong]

Russia threatening to pull an Amber Heard: s*it in our bed and cry "victim!"

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...00301442035714

Let's see how this goes over. It's not like Russia has extra military to toss around at the moment.

[RaceBoarder]

Russia threatening to pull an Amber Heard: s*it in our bed and cry "victim!"

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...00301442035714

It seems as Russia is spread thin enough with Ukraine as is... Call their bluff and dare them to do it.

Either they will send a few superficial jeeps and guns that can easily be smashed by a small town SWAT Military (may as well put this stuff to actual use) or if they send enough to warrant actual military attention, it should cripple them in Ukraine.

Either way, nothing lost for us really and only benefit to be had.

Edit: Swansong beat me to the punch.

[Handyman]

Yep.

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...59968628518914

Hoping the GQP takes back over and sanctions get lifted. Its a war of attrition right now, and one Russia can, [and is looking forward to], continue[ing] to sacrifice warm bodies toward until January when the new congress starts.

And again, this war wont last long enough to see that happen. Biden will never sign off on ending sanctions and the GOP will never have a veto proof majority. The sanctions are stuck until 2024. Congress can bleat on as much as they like, they pass nothing without Presidential signature.

The Law is a *****

IEEPA, which became law in 1977, gives the pres?id?ent sweep?ing powers to impose economic sanc?tions on persons and entit?ies upon determ?in?ing that there exists an “unusual and extraordin?ary threat, which has its source in whole or substan?tial part outside the United States, to the national secur?ity, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.” Over the years, it has been invoked to deal with the prolif?er?a?tion of chem?ical and biolo?gical weapons and weapons of mass destruc?tion, hostile foreign govern?ments, terror?ism, transna?tional crime, cyber?at?tacks, human rights abuses, corrup?tion, inter?fer?ence in U.S. elec?tions, poten?tial intru?sions into U.S. commu?nic?a?tions tech?no?logy, and perceived threats from the Inter?na?tional Crim?inal Court.foot?note2_tp5m?f9r

Putin is a ****ing moron. Congress won't be able to stop jack and squat when it comes to sanctions.

edit: apparently the Brennan Center's font is not friendly with our craptastic board. My apologies...

[rufus]

Yeah, but Congress controls the purse strings. No more military aid or any sort of support for Ukraine.

[Handyman]

And I already discussed why they will whine and cry but will sign off on it. Even BoJo isn't that dumb.

[Drew S.]

More military than foreign policy, but the third military flight in a week crashed in Southern California tonight. The other two were an F/A 18 last week and an osprey last night.

edit: apparently tonight is another osprey.

[Russell Jaslow]

More military than foreign policy, but the third military flight in a week crashed in Southern California tonight. The other two were an F/A 18 last week and an osprey last night.

edit: apparently tonight is another osprey.

I knew guys in the Marines who said they would never fly on an Osprey.