If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn’t work, according to one senior diplomat.
If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn’t work, according to one senior diplomat.
This should have happened in 2001 when the US tried to strongarm support for it’s invasion of Iraq under false pretenses.
Lord, that shit was infuriating. I hope Powell is roasting in hell if there is one.
I was watching it from afar. As I recall, he bailed on his presentation and got back to it after being talked to (and threatened?) and presented his schlock. Now, not saying the guy was at all blameless, but I watched him presenting and thought to myself, ‘this guy doesn’t believe this stuff at all’.
It pissed me off that the folks in the US were not seeing the whole picture.
Well if it makes you feel any better my 21 year old butt was drinking wine and yelling at my TV with my roommate in KCMO.
To be fair the year for that was 2003 not 2001.
2001 is when we invaded afghanistan in response to 9/11. 2003 is when we lied about WMD and invaded Iraq to finish the job George hw bush failed to do in the first gulf war.
Goddam, you’re right… How those years blend…