The Decider
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Just posting, maybe with a historical tinge
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Preventive war is dumb
This is why I just post about stuff that happened 50+ years ago
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is why I just post about stuff that happened 50+ years ago
It’s always gender
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It’s always gender
Reposted by The Decider
“I shuddered over the implications of it, for it implied that we could not adopt an adequate defense position without working our people up into an emotional state, and that this emotional state, rather than a cool and unemotional appraisal of national interest-
July 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“I shuddered over the implications of it, for it implied that we could not adopt an adequate defense position without working our people up into an emotional state, and that this emotional state, rather than a cool and unemotional appraisal of national interest-
Another instance of Kennan complaining about how sensitivity to domestic opinion shapes us foreign policy
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Another instance of Kennan complaining about how sensitivity to domestic opinion shapes us foreign policy
Ok these dream segments of the diary are the best part, lmao
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Ok these dream segments of the diary are the best part, lmao
You just can’t beat this level of TMI
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
You just can’t beat this level of TMI
Deleterious effects of the war in Vietnam on us foreign relations
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Deleterious effects of the war in Vietnam on us foreign relations
Early disillusionment with Vietnam policy
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Early disillusionment with Vietnam policy
Reaction to Johnson’s inauguration
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Reaction to Johnson’s inauguration
Kennan describes his weird relationship with California
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Kennan describes his weird relationship with California
It’s worth remembering that watergate(like Iran-Contra and other subsequent episodes of malfeasance) wasn’t predetermined to end with Nixon’s removal
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s worth remembering that watergate(like Iran-Contra and other subsequent episodes of malfeasance) wasn’t predetermined to end with Nixon’s removal
Really interesting insight from teddy’s trip to the USSR(this was in 1974, after the Yom Kippur war).
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Really interesting insight from teddy’s trip to the USSR(this was in 1974, after the Yom Kippur war).
One wonders indeed!
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One wonders indeed!
It’s all gender (This is a Schlesinger diary entry)
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It’s all gender (This is a Schlesinger diary entry)
Reaction to Nixon’s resignation speech
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reaction to Nixon’s resignation speech
Kennan’s encounter with a Soviet scientist
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Kennan’s encounter with a Soviet scientist
Damn Kennan’s diaries are lowkey juicier than Arty Schlesinger’s
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Damn Kennan’s diaries are lowkey juicier than Arty Schlesinger’s
George Kennan’s reaction to the long hot summer of 1967
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
George Kennan’s reaction to the long hot summer of 1967
The eternal 2020 election
NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether states can count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
The RNC and the Libertarian Party are challenging a Mississippi law that allows ballots to be counted so long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
The RNC and the Libertarian Party are challenging a Mississippi law that allows ballots to be counted so long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Count Late-Arriving Mail Ballots
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The eternal 2020 election
Yea, sending the seventh fleet into the Taiwan street was really more about preventing Chiang from attacking the mainland
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yea, sending the seventh fleet into the Taiwan street was really more about preventing Chiang from attacking the mainland
This is actually very important to understand
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is actually very important to understand
Idk why this exchange is so funny to me
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Idk why this exchange is so funny to me
What’s most interesting to me is that Nasser was really the archetype for both, and US interactions with Nasser accordingly mirror US interactions with Gaddafi and Saddam(each necessarily containing their own idiosyncrasies).
It strikes me as bizarre there were two countries (Libya and Iraq) whose dictators we were feuding with long before I was born and who were toppled within my lifetime.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
What’s most interesting to me is that Nasser was really the archetype for both, and US interactions with Nasser accordingly mirror US interactions with Gaddafi and Saddam(each necessarily containing their own idiosyncrasies).
I don’t know as much about Venezuela admittedly, but I’d contest the idea that Libya under Gaddafi wasn’t as much or more centralized. Both autocratic petrostates.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I don’t know as much about Venezuela admittedly, but I’d contest the idea that Libya under Gaddafi wasn’t as much or more centralized. Both autocratic petrostates.