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15 October 19
Dan Rather | There Are Some Things More Important Than Money
Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page
Rather writes: "We see a president who, for a lifetime, has put his own greed above all else, who now seems to be making decisions about the direction of our country by considering his own self-interest and that of his family."
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Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page
Rather writes: "We see a president who, for a lifetime, has put his own greed above all else, who now seems to be making decisions about the direction of our country by considering his own self-interest and that of his family."
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Soldiers. (photo: PA)
Spencer Ackerman and Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The retreat of U.S. forces in Syria away from the Turkish invasion is having a downstream effect benefiting the so-called Islamic State. The American surveillance aircraft that had been watching ISIS are now watching their own troops."
Esper said in a Monday statement that the Turkish invasion—which the administration is now claiming to have always opposed despite Trump’s public acquiescence to it—had endangered the anti-ISIS mission. Erdogan will bear “full responsibility” for any ISIS resurgence, according to the Pentagon chief.
At the Beirut Institute Summit in Abu Dhabi, Gen. David Petraeus, former director of Central Intelligence and, prior to that, commander of U.S. Central Command, which oversees the U.S. military operations in the Mideast, warned there was no walking away from the threat of ISIS or from the region.
“Trying to leave the Middle East is a little like Michael Corleone trying to leave the Mafia,” Petraeus said, referring to the Godfather movies. “You can try but you are going to keep being pulled back in.”
Sir John Scarlett, former head of the Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, said flatly there is “no substitute” for the U.S. in the region, notwithstanding Trump’s desire to bail out.
“It certainly does not appear there is a master plan,” said Petraeus.
“I am deeply concerned that a U.S. withdrawal will lead to an ISIS resurgence,” said Robert Ford, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria, and along with that will come huge ethnic displacement, refugee flows, and damage to U.S. credibility.
“Clearly ISIS is going to be resurgent after this,” Petraeus said, and there will be a new “tsunami of refugees.”
Some of the participants noted the irony of the way the situation is developing, as the U.S. will now, in practical terms, rely on the savage regime of Bashar al-Assad—which once it hoped to oust—to finish the job of eliminating ISIS fighters.
An engraving by Theodor de Bry depicting Christopher Columbus landing on Hispaniola on Dec. 6, 1492. (photo: Theodor de Bry/Library of Congress)
Here Are the Indigenous People Christopher Columbus and His Men Could Not Annihilate
Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post
Brockell writes: "In Hispaniola - what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic - Columbus encountered the Lucayans' cousins, the Taino."
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Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post
Brockell writes: "In Hispaniola - what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic - Columbus encountered the Lucayans' cousins, the Taino."
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Protestors gather outside the house (right) where Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed, during a community vigil for Jefferson on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, in Fort Worth, Texas. Jefferson, a 28-year-old black woman, was shot in her home by a white Fort Worth police officer during a welfare check. (photo: Smiley N. Pool/AP)
Fort Worth Officer Who Killed Black Woman in Her Home Charged With Murder
Tom Dart, Guardian UK
Dart writes: "The Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson inside her bedroom after arriving to conduct a welfare check was charged with murder on Monday night, authorities said."
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Tom Dart, Guardian UK
Dart writes: "The Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson inside her bedroom after arriving to conduct a welfare check was charged with murder on Monday night, authorities said."
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On Oct. 13, Simone Biles became the gymnast with the most medals earned at the world championship level at the World Gymnastics Championship in Stuttgart, Germany. (photo: Matthias Schrader/AP)
New GOAT: Simone Biles Makes History Winning 25th World Championship Medal
Karu F. Daniels, The Root
Daniels writes: "Numbers don't lie. And neither does the number of medals won. Simone Biles is living proof of this as the agile athlete makes sports history for winning the most medals of any gymnast. Ever."
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Karu F. Daniels, The Root
Daniels writes: "Numbers don't lie. And neither does the number of medals won. Simone Biles is living proof of this as the agile athlete makes sports history for winning the most medals of any gymnast. Ever."
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A woman holds placards depicting pictures of jailed Catalan separatist leaders Jordi Turull and Carme Forcadell in Barcelona on October 14, 2019. (photo: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)
ALSO SEE: Barcelona Braces for More Protests After Catalan
Separatists Sentenced to Prison
Spain Gives Lengthy Sentences to Catalan Leaders for Secession Attempt
Aritz Parra and Ciaran Giles, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017."
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Aritz Parra and Ciaran Giles, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017."
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Hurricane Florence. (photo: BBC)
If Facts Don't Make You Prepare for a Hurricane, What Does?
Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "If anyone in the United States knew firsthand that climate change was here, it would be the residents of New Hanover County, North Carolina, home to Wilmington and one of most vulnerable places in the country to hurricanes and sea-level rise."
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Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "If anyone in the United States knew firsthand that climate change was here, it would be the residents of New Hanover County, North Carolina, home to Wilmington and one of most vulnerable places in the country to hurricanes and sea-level rise."
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