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Jan 20, 2025 | 
alternet.org | Andrew J. Bacevich |Tom Dispatch
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although my respect for MLK is enduring, when it comes to that upward-trending curve connecting past to present, his view of human history has proven to be all too hopeful. At best, history’s actual course remains exceedingly difficult to decipher.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Andrew J. Bacevich
2 days agoIn a move that perfectly encapsulates the peculiarities of our times, Donald Trump launched a meme coin on January 17th, 2025, just a few days before his presidential inauguration. Within less than 24 hours it has reached a staggering market capitalization of $4.8 billion and a fully diluted …
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
juancole.com | Andrew J. Bacevich |Juan Cole
( Tomdispatch.com ) – “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although my respect for MLK is enduring, when it comes to that upward-trending curve connecting past to present, his view of human history has proven to be all too hopeful. At best, history’s actual course remains exceedingly difficult to decipher.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Andrew J. Bacevich
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
telepolis.de | Andrew J. Bacevich
Der Albright-Spruch von der "unverzichtbaren Nation" ist ein Relikt. Die US-Regierung gibt sich weiter Illusionen hin. Was sie hingegen tun sollte. Gastbeitrag. Joe Biden ist weder ein origineller Denker noch ein tiefgründiger Denker. Zugegeben, nur wenige Persönlichkeiten, die in den Schützengräben der zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Politik arbeiten, können behaupten, beides zu sein.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
heise.de | Andrew J. Bacevich
Der Albright-Spruch von der "unverzichtbaren Nation" ist ein Relikt. Die US-Regierung gibt sich weiter Illusionen hin. Was sie hingegen tun sollte. Gastbeitrag. Joe Biden ist weder ein origineller Denker noch ein tiefgründiger Denker. Zugegeben, nur wenige Persönlichkeiten, die in den Schützengräben der zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Politik arbeiten, können behaupten, beides zu sein.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
responsiblestatecraft.org | Andrew J. Bacevich
Joe Biden is neither an original thinker nor a profound one. Granted, few if any figures laboring in the trenches of contemporary American politics can claim to be either. On that score, it would be unreasonable for us to hold Biden’s lack of depth and originality against him. He is, after all, just an Average Joe. Somewhat more problematic is Biden’s penchant for appropriating the words of others without attribution. The habit has not enhanced his reputation.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
thenation.com | Andrew J. Bacevich
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
juancole.com | Andrew J. Bacevich |Juan Cole
( Tomdispatch.com ) – One way of understanding the ongoing bloodbath pitting Israel against Hamas is to see it as just the latest chapter in an existential struggle dating back to the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. While the appalling scope, destructiveness, and duration of the fighting in Gaza may outstrip previous episodes, this latest go-around serves chiefly to reaffirm the remarkable intractability of the underlying Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
quincyinst.org | Andrew J. Bacevich
One way of understanding the ongoing bloodbath pitting Israel against Hamas is to see it as just the latest chapter in an existential struggle dating back to the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. While the appalling scope, destructiveness, and duration of the fighting in Gaza may outstrip previous episodes, this latest go-around serves chiefly to reaffirm the remarkable intractability of the underlying Arab-Israeli conflict.
