"There was also an even funnier and lamer attempt that can barely even be called a “coup” in which a bunch of mercenaries with weird, tenuous ties to the Trump administration got shot or arrested in a boat off Venezuelan waters."
Everything has happened so much in the last six years that I completely forgot about this. Stupid Bay of Pigs!
Speaking of imperial aims have you seen the article “Empire Burlesque” at Harpers by Daniel Bessner? The article “Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce’s Dream Comes Undone” at CommonDreams.org by Andrew J Bacevich is an excellent companion to Bessner’s.
Yeah this is one of those comments that end up a personal ink blot test for people
Just the biggest collection of assholes in that header image.
"There was also an even funnier and lamer attempt that can barely even be called a “coup” in which a bunch of mercenaries with weird, tenuous ties to the Trump administration got shot or arrested in a boat off Venezuelan waters."
Everything has happened so much in the last six years that I completely forgot about this. Stupid Bay of Pigs!
Speaking of imperial aims have you seen the article “Empire Burlesque” at Harpers by Daniel Bessner? The article “Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce’s Dream Comes Undone” at CommonDreams.org by Andrew J Bacevich is an excellent companion to Bessner’s.