Republicans and their buddies behaving badly:
BREAKING: VP Pence is sending a letter to House cmte. chairs saying that he will not comply with their document requests in the impeachment inquiry. https://t.co/kdrUxkkyai https://t.co/XPMYQEGpV7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 15, 2019
Note, these documents will show that the White House decided to ignore the will of Congress to carry out his extortion. https://t.co/TmtldiHHSm
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 15, 2019
My latest: Rudy Giuliani told me he views his work in Ukraine as “intertwined” with his work as Trump’s personal attorney. He added that he would “need an independent opinion” to confirm what information, if any, he could divulge. https://t.co/0eNQM0lbmp
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 15, 2019
A Jared Kushner company is seeking $100 million from a Saudi-tied fund .This was a year ago. No one blinked, no outrage. BTW, they got the funding https://t.co/cjrJmQqhXe
— rmc (@Thelast_try) October 15, 2019
Confirmation that this entire scheme is a Russian mob disinformation campaign https://t.co/xSo7JRD3RS
— Scott Stedman (indefinite hiatus) (@ScottMStedman) October 16, 2019

George W. Bush, with the enthusiastic support of the Democrats [ the Authorization to go to War passed 98-0 in the Senate and 420-1 in the House] began the destabilization of the Middle East when he invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.
It’s all gone downhill since then for us.
After Afghanistan, we illegally invaded Iraq, and then ginned up civil wars in Libya and Syria (resulting in the formation of ISIS).
We gave Saudi Arabia a green light to invade Yemen and have since stationed 5000 US troops in Saudi Arabia.
That’s the same thing old man Bush did which led directly to the formation of bin Laden’s al Qaeda and the attack on the World Trade Center.
Those who argue, like Mayor Pete does, that pulling US troops out of Syria has “destabilized the region” are either badly misinformed or flat out liars.
Note: Two days ago the Israelis met with the Russian’s to try and secure a deal concerning the status of the Golan Heights (which Trump bestowed upon Israel) and Russian support for Hezbollah and Hamas.
The worm turns.
We need to junk the Carter Doctrine once and for all.