Remember when Jared Kushner solved the Middle East?

May 17, 2021May 15, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

For 15 years, the AP’s top-floor office and roof terrace were a prime location for covering Israel’s conflicts with Gaza’s Hamas rulers, offering 24-hour live shots of militants’ rockets arched toward Israel and Israeli airstrikes hammering the city. https://t.co/GSi3n2Sm8G

— Julie Pace (@JuliePace) May 15, 2021

‘I’m only 10 years old’

May 17, 2021May 15, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

People need to watch this video.https://t.co/j0QXDZIS4s

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 15, 2021

Good

March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Army denies medals, Special Forces insignia to soldier Trump pardoned for alleged murder https://t.co/mElfG86R0T via @usatoday

— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) March 17, 2021

A pardon for the worst kind of men

December 28, 2020December 27, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

“I know that these men were undeserving of pardons because I was a member of The FBI Evidence Response Team that traveled to Iraq and investigated the site of these killings,” writes @tfoconnor83 https://t.co/BwvGTbbyAc
— CNN Opinion (@CNNOpinion) December 24, 2020

No more

June 5, 2020June 4, 2020 ~ susie

Your reminder that Congress banned the export of tear gas to Hong Kong police last year in a show of solidarity with pro-democracy protesters.

If we can do it for them, we can do it for us. https://t.co/PcZD8lgybK
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 3, 2020

The quality of mercy

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 ~ susie

Why the land mine, a persistent killer of civilians, is coming back under Trump https://t.co/W1a5VLTezN
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) February 2, 2020

Draw your own conclusions

January 14, 2020January 13, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

The NBC scoop about Trump authorizing Soleimani killing last spring looks much worse when read with the NYT's weekend tick-tock. The picture is utterly damning, and suggests a decisionmaking process that has been wholly perverted. Here's my close reading: https://t.co/gDac57qrff
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 13, 2020

.@RepEliotEngel, chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, just confirmed @SecPompeo will *not* appear at this week's hearing.

This is lunacy. Given all we've learned about the depths of deception here, officials simply must explain themselves to Congress:https://t.co/gDac57qrff pic.twitter.com/0baWHoZE7d
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 13, 2020

The Trump who cried wolf

January 6, 2020January 5, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

.@brianstelter: “Pres. Trump squandered his credibility at the very start of his presidency and many officials in his administration followed him down a path of deceit.

If your skepticism was at a 7 before, it should be at a 9 now because… governments lie in wartime.” pic.twitter.com/aGbb3Tx05h
— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2020

Trump’s heroes

November 18, 2019November 17, 2019 ~ susie

Breaking News: President Trump, overruling military leaders, cleared 3 service members accused of war crimes, including a Navy SEAL whose rank he restored https://t.co/V34hKk9Gqi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/gcaw/status/1196062954652946432

Yesterday, Trump pardoned Edward Gallagher over Pentagon objections:
– He shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking with other girls.
– Stabbed a wounded teen to death as he was being treated by medics.
– Shot an unarmed man in a white robe. https://t.co/xxE0oLChGC
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) November 16, 2019

That “decorated Navy SEAL” murdered a teenage girl for little more than sport and was reported by a half dozen of his own men for abusing prisoners and civilians. https://t.co/oNfqOZkugJ
— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) May 19, 2019

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

October 14, 2019October 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Breaking News: America’s former Kurdish allies in Syria made a deal with Damascus — a Washington foe — after the order to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria.https://t.co/MPY1r1uhv7
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2019