Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mattyglesias: "Trump may not have legal authorization or a real strategy but by jingo he's Doing Something at last!" — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @ShibleyTelhami: Within days, Trump's strike will look more and more ineffective, forcing a decision: escalate or live with perception o… — PolitiTweet.org

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How exactly did these US strikes establish deterrence? Is this “punishment” sufficient to change anything? https://t.co/RDKzY4jynJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PaulSonne: Note that it's Medvedev, and not Putin, responding publicly to the US strike on the Syrian airbase. If Moscow is really mad,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NarangVipin: Great analysis by @Max_Fisher featuring comments by Dan Byman and my good friend and colleague @Talmadge4: https://t.co/dh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tcambanis: Iran, Russia aims in Syria differ. Maximalism of chemical attack stems from "total victory" not "state preservation" camp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshuahersh: Honestly is there any evidence the US hit anything other than concrete shelters and defunct planes? The runways are totall… — PolitiTweet.org

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DC guys love the appearance of action and toughness, punish its absence. Not a great way to measure a strategy’s success or failure. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Likely effect of Trump’s Syria strategy basically identical to Obama’s. Night and day commentary. Tells you a lot. https://t.co/x1tvw4BLIK — PolitiTweet.org

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If your standard for bold decisive leadership is doing something that will have the opposite of its intended consequence, this is great. — PolitiTweet.org

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A lot of folks very excited that America “punished” Assad. Okay, but we did it in a way that tells him benefits of using sarin exceed costs. — PolitiTweet.org

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Everything we know about the dynamics of war suggests Trump’s strikes will only deepen Assad’s calculus on using CW https://t.co/x1tvw4BLIK — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Trump is testing a theory on changing Syria's behavior: "limited, symbolic and punitive." Why I doubt it can work: https://t.co/5TOwDePyPc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @soniasodha: This is excellent https://t.co/2IbfC8Eeky — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I found this 1996 study — on "diversionary foreign policy" and US wars — pretty, um, interesting… https://t.co/dcxUxWM7Id — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here is the core problem that virtually ensures no US strikes — strong or "symbolic" — can change Assad's behavior… https://t.co/MjPFKRbaWl — PolitiTweet.org

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On what these strikes mean + what they'll do: Syria’s Conundrum: Limited Strikes Risk Entrenching Assad’s Strategy https://t.co/5TOwDePyPc — PolitiTweet.org

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I wrote this in August but the dynamics all still apply: virtually any escalation will only deepen the conflict’s self-perpetuation dynamics — PolitiTweet.org

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Syria’s Paradox: Why the War Only Ever Seems to Get Worse https://t.co/OcpGsDcDM4 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @stcolumbia: Amazing watching how willingly pundit Blob eats up symbolic, ineffectual strikes w/ more coordination w/ Russia than Congre… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PDWilliamsGWU: MUST READ article on conflict resolution; intervention; peacekeeping & the war in #Syria. Brilliant work @Max_Fisher htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is the quote of the day from our newsletter today. Perhaps you’ll find it relevant to the news on Syria.… https://t.co/jollHWVQAF — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrislhayes i think @JyShapiro has done research on the uniquely american practice of lofty justifications for war… https://t.co/066ne5ym11 — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrislhayes this developed in the early 1900s. US an island nation, so leaders needed morality/identity-based argu… https://t.co/1LEquZiJZL — PolitiTweet.org

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oh good, i was worried i might sleep ever again. thanks josh. https://t.co/entd1EPx1P — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mattdpearce: Cable TV is gonna play more videos of missile launches than any explanation of our long-term policy in Syria. — PolitiTweet.org

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@drfarls @_Aalln_ how short? is my memory playing tricks on me or did we do this in yugoslavia? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @drfarls: Again, suggests Syria received advance notice. #securitytheater https://t.co/hTEZj9x6jU — PolitiTweet.org

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Partisan tribalism is so powerful that it just started a war https://t.co/jeG88bTFoB — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @WordsofMcCarthy: War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god. — PolitiTweet.org