Aaron David Miller
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You need teams to advise the negotiators.
You need people who know culture, politics, history.
And again, it's such an obvious point.
Didn't anybody look at a map before they decided on February 28th to go to war?
Geography, an atlas.
You know, I sometimes think, Dave, that an atlas, a knowledge of history and common sense and judgment β
would really be enough to get you started.
And frankly, I don't think any of those things were evident.
Well, I think you saw partially what happened in January with a public declaration that help is on the way.
Yeah, when they're being killed.
I mean, it basically assumes the president is communicating the notion he's going to accept responsibility for redeeming and saving these people.
So, yeah, and then, of course, you've got the we're going to destroy civilization.
So, again, no, it's no way to run the railroad.
It, to some degree, even confounds our adversaries.
It undermines our alliances.
And it reflects the lack of discipline and structure.
You know, some people argue that it's the madman theory, right?
Trump may actually have referred to this as well.