Chris Blanchard
@cmblanchard.bsky.social
Citizen. MENA Analyst on a Hill. Objectively speaking. Views expressed are my own.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I saw Paul Bremer at the airport once. I wish I had acted excited to meet him and then whispered this softly in his ear.
March 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I saw Paul Bremer at the airport once. I wish I had acted excited to meet him and then whispered this softly in his ear.
See also: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Behind the scenes, GOP senators challenge legality of Trump’s aid cuts
A handful of Republican senators, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined Democrats to quietly express alarm about how President Donald Trump is freezing foreign aid.
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February 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Likely will need to be revised now that review was declared complete and unspecified thousands of programs have been cancelled.
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Likely will need to be revised now that review was declared complete and unspecified thousands of programs have been cancelled.
3rd parties may note the first three bullets reject any territorial division, call out Israel, and double down on state control of weapons. For others statements on supporting womens roles, nondiscrimination, free expression, and transitional justice will stand out. The devil remains in the details.
February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
3rd parties may note the first three bullets reject any territorial division, call out Israel, and double down on state control of weapons. For others statements on supporting womens roles, nondiscrimination, free expression, and transitional justice will stand out. The devil remains in the details.
Possible this is being over reported/misreported? The AANES/SDC/SDF meeting points seemed to state willingness to integrate subject to negotiation. So the de facto status quo. a bid to remove pretext for Dialogue exclusion? See also this interview w SDC www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Syria’s Kurds to ‘lay down weapons when ISIS fight is over’ | The National
Disarmament of paramilitary groups at heart of post-Assad future, senior Kurdish politician tells The National
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February 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Possible this is being over reported/misreported? The AANES/SDC/SDF meeting points seemed to state willingness to integrate subject to negotiation. So the de facto status quo. a bid to remove pretext for Dialogue exclusion? See also this interview w SDC www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
This is much ado over the 2017 status quo.
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is much ado over the 2017 status quo.