The fruits of small-group decision making led by “a very stable genius” #GI4059 #GI4055 #Gi5051
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Trump entered government last year with a broad attack on the “deep state” that others have called the DC foreign policy “blob”, cutting out the career government employees that had populated agencies and departments and that he argued acted in conspiracy to undermine his previous administration and prevent changes to US foreign policy. Within months of his inauguration, Trump gutted the national security council, and later the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, proceeded with major layoffs called at the Department of State. There were few signs that key parts of the state department beyond Rubio’s immediate circle were brought into the policy planning: there were no operations to evacuate citizens and at-risk embassies remained staffed even through the beginning days of the war. But even as the US’s intention to go to war had been telegraphed, the closely held decision to launch the strikes meant that official directions had not been handed down to the state department and other key agencies.
‘No clear goal’: lack of Iran war plan has unleashed chaos and could stymie US military for decades, say critics #GI4055 #GI4059
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
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Trump’s approach to foreign policy follows the pattern of domestic abuse: Gillian Tett’s cutting and biting analysis of a turbulent week in American “diplomacy”
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When a simulated nuclear attack went awry #GI4055
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'Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond', writes @radchenko.bsky.social
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Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war #GI4059 #GI4055 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Some fascinating stats at end of episode:
- on 11 September 2001 there were only 16 people on the US no-fly list
- the US operated in 78 states in the war on terror
- the 9/11 wars (to use Burke’s terminology) took over 900,000 lives in direct combat and probably 3 million indirectly
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