BrianMCarroll
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At #wpgfringe I'm 1/2 of The_Couple_from_Ottawa™. In #Ottawa I write for @apt613. Sometimes, late at night, I talk to myself.
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...and certainly not with a ground campaign that risks a nuclear exchange with the Soviets. The uprising is crushed and the cost of all that prideful rhetoric about supporting a Hungarian rebellion is borne not by American Cold Warriors, but by Hungarians only. Unless Trump is...
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
...and certainly not with a ground campaign that risks a nuclear exchange with the Soviets. The uprising is crushed and the cost of all that prideful rhetoric about supporting a Hungarian rebellion is borne not by American Cold Warriors, but by Hungarians only. Unless Trump is...
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...is seriously contemplating a ground war in Iran, there is nothing he can do to protect Iranians on the ground from Khameini's bullets. But as with Eisenhower and Dulles seventy years ago, he isn't measuring the cost of his hype on Iranians. He's talking trash; others can pay if they believe him.
January 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
...is seriously contemplating a ground war in Iran, there is nothing he can do to protect Iranians on the ground from Khameini's bullets. But as with Eisenhower and Dulles seventy years ago, he isn't measuring the cost of his hype on Iranians. He's talking trash; others can pay if they believe him.
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Reminded me of Bush 1 telling the Kurds to rise up after the first Gulf War, then sitting back and watching Saddam gas them.
January 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Reminded me of Bush 1 telling the Kurds to rise up after the first Gulf War, then sitting back and watching Saddam gas them.
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Yup. Same dynamic.
It's easy to rhetoric. And the cost is borne by others who believe you.
It's easy to rhetoric. And the cost is borne by others who believe you.
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Yup. Same dynamic.
It's easy to rhetoric. And the cost is borne by others who believe you.
It's easy to rhetoric. And the cost is borne by others who believe you.
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Absolute agree with the article you've written. Too bad all my Trump loving neighbors will respond by saying, "Yeah maybe this isn't what I thought America First meant, but as long as we keep that trans kid off the swim team I'm good with it".
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Absolute agree with the article you've written. Too bad all my Trump loving neighbors will respond by saying, "Yeah maybe this isn't what I thought America First meant, but as long as we keep that trans kid off the swim team I'm good with it".