Jason Buttrell
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We're doing it again. Okay, but why? Does it have anything at all to do with there's certain sides of people at the table that now are looking for peace and not war? Yes. Oh, crap. I wasn't supposed to say that. No, no, no. We're just going to do it again.
We're doing it again. Okay, but why? Does it have anything at all to do with there's certain sides of people at the table that now are looking for peace and not war? Yes. Oh, crap. I wasn't supposed to say that. No, no, no. We're just going to do it again.
We're doing it again. Okay, but why? Does it have anything at all to do with there's certain sides of people at the table that now are looking for peace and not war? Yes. Oh, crap. I wasn't supposed to say that. No, no, no. We're just going to do it again.
We're going to vote again so that they look like the bad guys, the ultimate evil guys twisting their mustachios, and we look like the guy that's coming to save the chick that's tied up on the railroad. That's why we want to do it.
We're going to vote again so that they look like the bad guys, the ultimate evil guys twisting their mustachios, and we look like the guy that's coming to save the chick that's tied up on the railroad. That's why we want to do it.
We're going to vote again so that they look like the bad guys, the ultimate evil guys twisting their mustachios, and we look like the guy that's coming to save the chick that's tied up on the railroad. That's why we want to do it.
I mean, I can't. I mean, it's sad to say that that that that's what we have to admit now after this many years and this much escalation. I think that now going back to the UN vote, which is what everybody was clutching their pearls on, that we kind of, well, we did vote along with Russia and not condemning this invasion because we've already done it in the past.
I mean, I can't. I mean, it's sad to say that that that that's what we have to admit now after this many years and this much escalation. I think that now going back to the UN vote, which is what everybody was clutching their pearls on, that we kind of, well, we did vote along with Russia and not condemning this invasion because we've already done it in the past.
I mean, I can't. I mean, it's sad to say that that that that's what we have to admit now after this many years and this much escalation. I think that now going back to the UN vote, which is what everybody was clutching their pearls on, that we kind of, well, we did vote along with Russia and not condemning this invasion because we've already done it in the past.
Everyone understands, Stu's giving me the stink eye and I'm just gonna like say this anyway. Because, yes, obviously everyone agrees that the invasion shouldn't have happened. All the people should not have died. This is a bad thing. And Russia did do that. But why say it again? That's not how you advance in any kind of negotiation. That's not how you do it.
Everyone understands, Stu's giving me the stink eye and I'm just gonna like say this anyway. Because, yes, obviously everyone agrees that the invasion shouldn't have happened. All the people should not have died. This is a bad thing. And Russia did do that. But why say it again? That's not how you advance in any kind of negotiation. That's not how you do it.
Everyone understands, Stu's giving me the stink eye and I'm just gonna like say this anyway. Because, yes, obviously everyone agrees that the invasion shouldn't have happened. All the people should not have died. This is a bad thing. And Russia did do that. But why say it again? That's not how you advance in any kind of negotiation. That's not how you do it.
Most of these articles are not putting the main headline that the United States offered a counter-resolution that did get voted on, not in the General Assembly, but amongst the Security Council, which did pass. which took out all the inflammatory language. It did not finger point back and forth. It acknowledged the fact that this invasion sucks, the war sucks, and all these people have died.
Most of these articles are not putting the main headline that the United States offered a counter-resolution that did get voted on, not in the General Assembly, but amongst the Security Council, which did pass. which took out all the inflammatory language. It did not finger point back and forth. It acknowledged the fact that this invasion sucks, the war sucks, and all these people have died.
Most of these articles are not putting the main headline that the United States offered a counter-resolution that did get voted on, not in the General Assembly, but amongst the Security Council, which did pass. which took out all the inflammatory language. It did not finger point back and forth. It acknowledged the fact that this invasion sucks, the war sucks, and all these people have died.
What do you get out of finger pointing?
What do you get out of finger pointing?
What do you get out of finger pointing?
It's because the style is transactional. It's business. You're never going to get anywhere with some of these countries and get anything pulled off like the Abraham Accords. When you come in and say, look, I'm directing these negotiations. Why? Because we're the United States of effing America. Yeah, and we're better than you. And we're so much better than you. That gets nowhere.
It's because the style is transactional. It's business. You're never going to get anywhere with some of these countries and get anything pulled off like the Abraham Accords. When you come in and say, look, I'm directing these negotiations. Why? Because we're the United States of effing America. Yeah, and we're better than you. And we're so much better than you. That gets nowhere.