| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Why wouldn't Trump pardon Blackwater killers? Erik | 2020-12-30 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344418721431863305 | 1344418721431863305 |
| Another Trumpist faces tough times. | 2020-12-28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1343442501340839936 | 1343442501340839936 |
| No problem with arms for dictators if their check's good. | 2020-12-24 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1342133409653526528 | 1342133409653526528 |
| Distrust, fear, racism - no wonder Netanyahu gets along | 2020-12-23 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1341845549067071489 | 1341845549067071489 |
| Another Trumpist has worn out his welcome. | 2020-12-23 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1341742409315569678 | 1341742409315569678 |
| Is there a way to keep Turkey in NATO? | 2020-12-18 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339803290855305216 | 1339803290855305216 |
| The lesson here is that anybody and any principle is | 2020-12-18 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339736506806628352 | 1339736506806628352 |
| To end a war, secure the peace. Bringing too many | 2020-12-17 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339656827596771330 | 1339656827596771330 |
| Netanyahu is a Trumpist to the core. | 2020-12-07 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1335766353005821952 | 1335766353005821952 |
| Who's in favor of another mideast war? Lots of people, | 2020-11-29 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333141328180379649 | 1333141328180379649 |
| Iraq doesn't want to be part of Trump's last stand - | 2020-11-28 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1332499959371862018 | 1332499959371862018 |
| Trump and Netanyahu seize one last opportunity to make | 2020-11-28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1332499139712544768 | 1332499139712544768 |
| Trump's failures in the mideast - how can Biden recover? | 2020-11-23 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1330698905781112836 | 1330698905781112836 |
| Pompeo gets two birds with one stone. | 2020-11-21 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1329979878624509954 | 1329979878624509954 |
| Trump cuts troops in mideast | 2020-11-19 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1329328468723593219 | 1329328468723593219 |
| Trump wants to strike Iran while he still can, to make life | 2020-11-18 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1328866818778308608 | 1328866818778308608 |
| Promises kept! Victory in Afghanistan! | 2020-11-17 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1328786190250647554 | 1328786190250647554 |
| Netanyahu makes the most of the American presidential | 2020-11-17 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1328765090577870848 | 1328765090577870848 |
| Russia and Turkey 1; Armenia -1. | 2020-11-11 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1326666684283772928 | 1326666684283772928 |
| The Kabul government, Taliban, ISIS, al-Qaeda, and more - | 2020-10-25 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1320475902849863680 | 1320475902849863680 |
| Paying ransom to kidnappers - encourages more of the same. | 2020-10-24 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1319803775234654208 | 1319803775234654208 |
| We've still got land wars in Asia. The prospect is for | 2020-10-12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1315700872790196225 | 1315700872790196225 |
| Donald Trump's war FOR terrorism - foreign AND domestic. | 2020-10-12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1315689449947197446 | 1315689449947197446 |
| Do Taliban children write "Dear President" letters to Trump | 2020-10-11 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1315412335117254656 | 1315412335117254656 |
| Trump outsmarts the generals again! | 2020-10-09 | 114 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1314691668394663936 | 1314691668394663936 |
| Another Sarajevo? | 2020-10-08 | 132 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1314344459648237569 | 1314344459648237569 |
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========== Why wouldn't Trump pardon Blackwater killers? Erik Prince and Betsy DeVos fund campaigns, not Iraqi civilians. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-pardons-ryan-crocker-david-petraeus-nisour-square-iraq-20201227.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 47 time 2020-12-30 23:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344418721431863305 ========== Another Trumpist faces tough times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-economy.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 45 time 2020-12-28 06:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343442501340839936 ========== No problem with arms for dictators if their check's good. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-saudi-weapons-deal/2020/12/23/657cdc72-4565-11eb-8deb-b948d0931c16_story.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 42 time 2020-12-24 15:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1342133409653526528 ========== Distrust, fear, racism - no wonder Netanyahu gets along so well with Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/22/how-netanyahus-malicious-fear-mongering-could-backfire-him/ #PS1mideast ===== impress 54 time 2020-12-23 20:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341845549067071489 ========== Another Trumpist has worn out his welcome. https://apnews.com/article/israel-national-elections-elections-benjamin-netanyahu-national-budgets-35630fa4eee1679fe0265bffdb7181cc #PS1mideast ===== impress 48 time 2020-12-23 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341742409315569678 ========== Is there a way to keep Turkey in NATO? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/15/turkey-sanctions-trump-erdogan-putin/ #PS1mideast ===== impress 39 time 2020-12-18 05:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339803290855305216 ========== The lesson here is that anybody and any principle is expendable for a Trump press release. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/17/james-baker-trump-morocco-western-sahara-abraham-accords/ The conflict has been going on for a long time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polisario_Front and seems destined to continue. #PS1mideast ===== impress 50 time 2020-12-18 00:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339736506806628352 ========== To end a war, secure the peace. Bringing too many troops home too soon secures the war. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/opinion/afghanistan-war-biden.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 51 time 2020-12-17 19:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339656827596771330 ========== Netanyahu is a Trumpist to the core. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/netanyahus-reaction-to-bidens-victory-is-appalling/2020/12/06/c920146e-357b-11eb-b59c-adb7153d10c2_story.html He probably thinks Trump will be re-elected in 2024. He will be nothing but a problem for Biden. #PS1mideast ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 52 time 2020-12-07 02:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335766353005821952 ========== Who's in favor of another mideast war? Lots of people, it seems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/28/fakhrizadehs-killing-wont-end-iranian-nuclear-program-could-make-deal-more-likely/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/opinion/iran-nuclear-scientist-killed.html But wouldn't they rather it be conventional than nuclear? #PS1mideast ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 37 time 2020-11-29 20:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333141328180379649 ========== Iraq doesn't want to be part of Trump's last stand - against Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-iran-militias-violence/2020/11/27/d259fa62-2e6a-11eb-9dd6-2d0179981719_story.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 32 time 2020-11-28 01:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1332499959371862018 ========== Trump and Netanyahu seize one last opportunity to make mischief. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-nuclear-scientist-killed/2020/11/27/dede5c1c-30bb-11eb-9dd6-2d0179981719_story.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 36 time 2020-11-28 01:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1332499139712544768 ========== Trump's failures in the mideast - how can Biden recover? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-middle-east-legacy/2020/11/22/4563bec2-2a7d-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 45 time 2020-11-23 02:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330698905781112836 ========== Pompeo gets two birds with one stone. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/world/middleeast/pompeo-bds-golan-heights-west-bank.html Adds another roadblock to Biden's foreign policy and burnishes his own credentials with evangelicals, looking forward to 2024. #PS1mideast ===== impress 60 time 2020-11-21 02:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329979878624509954 ========== Trump cuts troops in mideast https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-afghanistan-troop-withdrawals-iraq-f386726f79ac6c65be97211d3a89b12d In gratitude Iranian militias in Iraq sent rockets into the Green Zone https://apnews.com/article/embassies-baghdad-iraq-iran-a804af41287f19a8fd348b8b5f96110d And in response, Trump asked for ideas for attacking Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear.html Are we having peace yet? #PS1mideast ===== impress 80 time 2020-11-19 07:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329328468723593219 ========== Trump wants to strike Iran while he still can, to make life difficult for Biden. So far he's been talked out of it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 41 time 2020-11-18 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328866818778308608 ========== Promises kept! Victory in Afghanistan! For the Taliban. They will keep their promises to their partisans too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-troop-cut-afghanistan-iraq/2020/11/17/ed6f3f80-28fa-11eb-b847-66c66ace1afb_story.html #PS1mideast ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 53 time 2020-11-17 19:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328786190250647554 ========== Netanyahu makes the most of the American presidential transition - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-israel-neighborhoods-middle-east-5cd205bc38f742a9ff831ac16b0f97bc #PS1mideast ===== impress 42 time 2020-11-17 18:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328765090577870848 ========== Russia and Turkey 1; Armenia -1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/opinion/armenia-azerbaijan-peace-deal.html #PS1mideast ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 101 time 2020-11-11 23:22 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326666684283772928 ========== The Kabul government, Taliban, ISIS, al-Qaeda, and more - too many players. Trump is right to wish that we could just leave them to fight it out - but wrong to think that we can just walk away and expect no consequences later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/22/taliban-isis-drones-afghanistan/ #PS1mideast ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 53 time 2020-10-25 21:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1320475902849863680 ========== Paying ransom to kidnappers - encourages more of the same. It was the mode of the Barbary Pirates until the Marines showed up on the shores of Tripoli. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/21/lebanese-spy-chiefs-washington-visit-spreads-hope-controversy-covid-19/ #PS1mideast ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 55 time 2020-10-24 00:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319803775234654208 ========== We've still got land wars in Asia. The prospect is for more, not fewer, no matter who is president. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/us/politics/trump-troop-withdrawals-war.html #PS1mideast ===== impress 48 time 2020-10-12 17:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1315700872790196225 ========== Donald Trump's war FOR terrorism - foreign AND domestic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/12/if-trump-is-so-tough-terrorism-why-did-taliban-just-endorse-him/ #PS1mideast ===== impress 46 time 2020-10-12 16:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1315689449947197446 ========== Do Taliban children write "Dear President" letters to Trump thanking him for his sacrifice in withdrawing American troops to make Taliban soldiers lives easier? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/10/10/afghanistan-us-troop-withdrawal/ #PS1mideast ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 40 time 2020-10-11 22:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1315412335117254656 ========== Trump outsmarts the generals again! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-troop-withdrawals-taliban-archive-afghanistan-01ac38c793ca71a2ec099c226e50e7c8 The Taliban thanked him for tweeting the good news that all American troops will leave by Christmas no matter what the Taliban do. #PS1mideast ===== engage 9 engage-rate 8% expands 9 impress 114 time 2020-10-09 22:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314691668394663936 ========== Another Sarajevo? Russia is bound to protect Armenia. The US is bound to protect Turkey. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/opinion/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan.html #PS1mideast ===== engage 15 engage-rate 11% expands 14 impress 132 time 2020-10-08 23:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314344459648237569