It's possible to admire Obama's defence of American democracy and remember that after Russia invaded in 2014, Ukraine asked for Javelins and other lethal defensive weapons. Obama refused, fearing escalation. As Poroshenko told Congress: “One cannot win a war with blankets.”

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Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

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World War 2 was not fought to protect us from brown people. Nor from Muslims. Or communists. It was a war against fascism. Against the far right.

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I wouldn’t say 77 million American voters are stupid. But they have been subject so much relentless propaganda by their billionaire-owned media that they have voted entirely against their interests. We in the UK are far from immune to this.

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I want to believe in “a better America” and to agree with those who say “this is not who we are as a country.” But, hope is not a strategy. It’s not enough to say it, it has to BE it, and until then, the world must treat with 🇺🇸 as it currently IS - depraved, disloyal, disruptive and dangerous.

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