When I was 10 years old, a motivational speaker came to our school and asked us, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Now, we know the drill. So many hands shot up. Doctor, engineer, pilot.Surprisingly, my hand didn't grow up. And it's not that I didn't know what I wanted to become. It's that I couldn't quite name it yet.You see, I had an image in my head. I imagined that I was sitting in a large conference room wearing very nice suits and debating with people all day long. As I grew older, I came to ...

RT Trevor Sutcliffe (@TrevorSutcliffe)Exactly, "being normal" about Israel would mean correctly recognizing that Israel is a massive strategic liability that is detrimental to our national interests and acting accordingly by completely cutting off all forms of aid and being willing to sanction them when appropriate. ...

It doesn't take a lot of work to see the connection between the personal financial interests of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared, and the national interests of Saudi Arabia. So, Rachel Maddow asks, why isn't that more of a scandal as we're all wondering why the U.S. attacked Iran? MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more ...

Unlike in the years after the invasion of Iraq, the suspicion that Israel dragged America into war is not seeping into debate. It is rushing in to fill the vacuum left by Donald Trump’s failure to rally Americans behind any core national interests https://t.co/50GL9BWxF1Illustration: David Simonds ...

There is no global parliament to pass rules that reflect the will of 8bn people. Instead, international law is about finding a balance between universal values and national interests, and it is hard to reach a consensus or enforce laws https://t.co/7MaCfkpQoe ...

Political Analysis - President Trump's worldview often prioritizes personal grievances over national interests [1] - This prioritization can even outweigh shared outlooks [1]