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Robert Young Pelton
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Geography is important.
Really exciting video game music is important.
Taiko drummers..and horns....even better.
Iran boats first Kung Fu free, special forces promotional film
Cartwheels allowed. Still no Kung Fu.
When the Saudi truck pulling roof jumping, windshield car smashing special forces show up in Iran...who will win?
Emirati Army video seems to be concerned about how fast the Royal Family will be able to flee.
time for America to stock up on new recruits.
@JZarif JZarif, Iranian Foreign Minister keeps calling the Trump people "#B_Team", short for; Bin Salman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bolton and Bin Zayed. He studied in San Francisco and Denver. His thesis: "Self-Defense in International Law and Policy for an intl law and policy PhD.
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Robert Young Pelton
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Interesting read on the effect of data visualization by @EvanMPeck Ever since cave art all the way through to propaganda. Visuals using the same data can have different impact on different audiences. medium.com/multiple-views…
Propaganda uses sophisticated visuals and simple information to inflame, motivate or excite people. Polling and research organizations can skew research to convince people that their perceptions are different than reality. facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-…
There is a small industry on showing people that what they fear is not what may harm or kill them. I am part of that industry. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/smashi…
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Robert Young Pelton
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My view of Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East. OK go ahead and call me jaded and cynical.
Simple Jared and Mo Bone Saw agree: Throw OPM at people. All their problems will go away.
The Trump mantra is that people are essentially corrupt and craven: "Putting economics first, before a political process, is more than a tactical error, yet another in a long line of failed attempts to advance towards a permanent two-state solution" politico.com/magazine/story…
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Robert Young Pelton
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Some internet sleuthing on UAE's involvement in violating the UN Arms Embargo in Libya. Not like it is a mystery...Jordanian/American Rami Ghanem was convicted in the US in Dec 2018 of 7 counts of arms dealing. Case# CR 15-00704 centpapiers.com/plus-de-mirage…
The story of Libyan and UAE arms smuggling started in Los Angeles in 2014. Rami Ghanem wanted to buy sniper rifles and night vision. The case expanded to discovering millions of rounds of ammunition, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles sold to dictators. justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/a…
Although the UN meticulously documents the weapons that fuel the fighting in Libya, they have done nothing to actually stop the violence. The US when it chooses has been more effective in shutting down proliferators but not the countries that pay for them. undocs.org/S/2016/209
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Now a shooting war with #Iran appears to have been avoided, at least for the weekend, it's vital we pause and ask ourselves the basic questions: What's the strategy? Is there even one? How did we get into this mess? And, how do we get out of it?

Time for a #geopolitics thread!
Right, so, here's the bottom line: The US has worked itself into a position whose likely outcomes are (a) war (b) internal regime change or (c) lasting damage to U.S. global leadership. I think we're heading for the latter. But first, I want to back up and review how we got here
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So the @StateDept uses taxpayer money to fund online attacks on @HRW because the organization is researching the human cost of US sanctions in #Iran.

Is this even legal?
“Iran Disinformation Project” website says it was launched in 2018 and is funded by @StateDept Global Engagement Center to expose disinformation coming from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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They use @StateDept funding to attack and smear diaspora Iranian journalists, analysts, academics, and activists, some living in exile.

Here are two BBC Persian journalists @BBCArdalan and @BahmanKalbasi constantly attacked by this project and also by those who run it.
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What adjectives to use to describe #Iran’s regional posture? -- a good question at @IISS_org panel discussion I chaired on Oct 22 featuring @DEsfandiary, former US Amb to UAE @SafiraLeaf & @AliVaez. Video here: bit.ly/2OSUsZB; highlights below, h/t @LiDanieRae 1/11
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1⃣June 30 Khorramshahr, SW #Iran Today
Locals demonstrating for the second day, protesting poor water quality.
Protesters chanting:
"We will not succumb to humiliation"
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2⃣June 30 #Abadan, SW #Iran
Abadan also joint to Khorramshahr
Protesters chanting:
"Our enemy is right here; they lie & say its America"
This is the people's answer to the regime's ridiculous "Death to America" chants.
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Protesters are booing & forcing riot police to leave the scene out of their fear of confronting the angry crowd.
Interesting is how people are overcoming their fears and no longer tolerating such measures.
#Iranprotests continue
@FoxNews @AP
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Raman Ghavami
@Raman_Ghavami
#Iran,
For the second day upper-middle class in Tehran are protesting and asking everyone to close their shops and businesses.
This development will make the regime weaker than before as some parts of the middle class were the supporter of a faction within the establishment.
Protests are spreading and security forces can’t stop them. We may see the end of Islamic Republic of Iran soon if Trump refuses to negotiate with Tehran.
Central Tehran is also on the streets protesting Iran’s policies. Tehran’s Bazar demanding changes and the number of protesters growing.
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