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    Citizenschallenge-v.3 started the topic Ben Rhodes discusses White House dysfunction in the forum Politics and Social Issues 5 years, 3 months ago

     

    I’ll admit, I complain and at times make unfair over-generalities. Ā Nuances are for more serious discussions, or something like that. Ā Having said that I just listened to this interview with Ben Rhodes and I’m very impressed with his summary. Ā Great example of the great minds that are still out there – but when it comes to the general public, the mob, that’s another story, and another discussion.

    MSNBC – Aired on 11/07/19.
    Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser, talks with Rachel Maddow about the alarming depictions by a purported “senior official in the Trump administration” of chaos and presidential recklessness on matters of life and death and decisions that have real world consequences.

    foreignpolicy doe com sure has a hard-on against the guy. Ā But then reading the articles, which would make case studies in biased self-deception in action, so not sure it means much.

    “A stunning profile of Ben Rhodes, the asshole who is the presidentā€™s foreign policy guru.”

    “Ben Rhodes Led From Behind in Life”*

    *the perspective and tunnel vision is astounding – and this trash is the best that Teabagger Trumpters, Koch brains can come up with.

    I don’t pretend to know anything about Rhodes, except the few things I’ve read and heard, to me he sound thoughtful and with a sober humanistic perceptive,

    https://www.theatlantic.com

    What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
    A human-rights iconā€™s fall from grace in Myanmar

    BEN RHODES
    SEPTEMBER 2019 ISSUE

    A Fatal Abandonment of American Leadership
    The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi drives home the consequences of the Trump administrationā€™s refusal to champion democratic values around the globe.

    BEN RHODES
    OCTOBER 12, 2018

    Inside the White House During the Syrian ‘Red Line’ Crisis
    We in the Obama administration stepped up to the brink of military action against Assad. And then, suddenly, we stepped back.

    BEN RHODES
    JUNE 3, 2018

    Trump’s Cuba Policy Will Fail
    The architect of Obama’s Cuba opening argues that the presidentā€™s rollback is a pointless mistake.

    BEN RHODES
    JUNE 16, 2017
    Yeah, guess he is sort of a humanist, that’ll put one on the current Right Wing hit list.