I have sympathies for this argument, taking into account the awful history of Saddam’s regime and its murder of hundreds of thousands of Kurds, Shiites and opponents. But that wasn’t why the US went into Iraq, killing many innocent people and destabilised it before leaving.

I say this as someone who read all his columns for Vanity Fair and his arguments in support of the war in Iraq. He seemed to invest in the war on terror rhetoric, as part of his opposition to mindless religion. His argument about Iraq has more in common w/ a responsibility to protect argument

Maybe the Democrats can focus on developing policies that address the concerns of voters, like the increasing costs of housing and living, the broader failure of neoliberal economic policies to maintain acceptable wages for workers etc.

It’s unbelievable that Klein seems to think politics is about discussion and doesn’t include political violence. He doesn’t see that politics is about control of power and the distribution of wealth. Political violence is a constant reality for many in the US.

This also misses the violence and murder that the US has inflicted on many other countries since WWII. It’s about time that the violence that the US does in Latin America and the Middle East ends up at home too.

This forgets the long history of political violence that has always been part of American politics. MLK, JFK, RFK, Lincoln, the many protestors and ordinary black people killed during the civil rights era. The list is endless. Let’s not pretend that this is unprecedented. Historical context is vital

That makes much more sense than for babies

I believe that. Maybe there is a niche audience there in the AFL dominant states

The big true crime audience is women. Is there an alternative niche for a male audience? There must be since Tom Clancy has sold a lot of books. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The historians I know will not be more charitable to him than the legal profession has been. On a serious note, Ben RS is learning the lesson that a big risk of suing for defamation is a court finding its true and making adverse findings against you in doing so. Same lesson Lehmann got

Are there enough dudes into true crime type things and AFL to be the audience? Genuine question. Maybe there is an audience and I just don’t realise it