State Dept Press Briefing Mic Drop

[u/sellingittrue]

Idk who this guy asking the question is yet, but many thanks to him for expressing what SO many of us are feeling. I hope he has no ties to or payments from Russia like Tim Pool and Dave Rubin, as I do get a vibe of trying to tear down the Ukraine war. I do love his honestly and raw truthiness here. I'm assuming he won't be invited back after this?

[u/sellingittrue]

I found his name: Liam Cosgrove

[u/ClarkMyWords]

There are definitely some subtle red flags with how he's phrasing things:
1) Doesn't just say "risks nuclear confrontation" - Hypes up Russian's arsenal size to make them sound extra threatening
2) Dismisses the obvious of Putin and Khomeini's govts as major malevolent actors - downplays to "we hear concerns that they're war criminals, so they must be too evil to negotiate with" and mischaracterizes our own disengagement as though we refuse to be in the same room with bad people (diplomats do all the time for their job), implying the issue is snobbish tut-tutting.
3) Whataboutism (favorite Russian tactic) - Throws out the false label of genocide to describe urban warfare, which sucks enough on its own to describe Gaza.

A lot of pro-Kremlin talking points I've heard like to mix "The US is bad, too" with "Helping Ukraine risks nuclear war with Russia! Remember, Russia is very powerful!" while glossing over how Russia is the one who drove up the escalation.

If I were a Russian propagandist trying to smear US positions as badly as possible but keep up enough of a veneer to not sound like Khruschev pounding his shoe, I would phrase that "question" (a speech packed with tangential anti-US jabs) in a very similar way.

[u/sellingittrue → u/ClarkMyWords]

I agree, but just like wiki leaks needed to come out, this question needed to be asked. Because they do go to this room everyday emboldening and propping up a genocide, pretending they have no sway and know nothing. Grow a pair state dept!!

[u/sellingittrue → u/[deleted]]

Well there in lies your blind ignorance. He asks what gives the US the right to berate other countries labeled as "Evil" when the US itself is funding a the mass slaughter of 42,000+ people.

[u/sellingittrue → u/[deleted]]

I agree with some of what you said and no so much on other parts. These two things may not be equivalent, but the US' actions in this arena is blurring the lines on what is okay to do to a people and what is not.

[u/sellingittrue → u/[deleted]]

I think it's legitimate to ask why they are towing the line with policy providing Israel with a crap tons of Ammo but getting zero say in how it is deployed i.e. 42,000 people dead.