President-elect Joe Biden's foreign policy team will soon have access to the letters President Donald Trump exchanged with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, correspondence that belongs to the US government -- not Trump -- and could provide insight into one of the world's most enigmatic leaders.
I think they kinda see themselves as victims. I see this a lot. This idea that the IS is somehow the only thing holding back total evil. Sorta like white man's burden crossed with superhero comics. I guess that's how they justify atrocities they commit.
Yes. They also don't see themselves as shining knights or paragons defending the world order, like we often mock them. They actually see themselves as Jack Bauer. Complex, morally grey anti-heroes who are slightly better than the alternatives.
Americans have a stunningly poor ability to consider these situations from the position of the victims.
I think they kinda see themselves as victims. I see this a lot. This idea that the IS is somehow the only thing holding back total evil. Sorta like white man's burden crossed with superhero comics. I guess that's how they justify atrocities they commit.
Stolen and paraphrased from the Michael Brooks Tribute convo between Cornell West and Slavoj Zizek:
"They hold the story of Moses in their hearts and claim they are the Israelites, not stopping for a moment to consider if they are the Egyptians."
Yes. They also don't see themselves as shining knights or paragons defending the world order, like we often mock them. They actually see themselves as Jack Bauer. Complex, morally grey anti-heroes who are slightly better than the alternatives.