Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @MazMHussain: GCC demands of Qatar: shutter Al Jazeera, expel Hamas/MB figures in Doha, cease criticism of Egypt, cut Iran ties: https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

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waiting for @tomgara to explain mustache politics of gulf crisis. qatari emir's mustache game weaker than his father's. emboldened saudis. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blakehounshell: Sounds like U.S. is on board https://t.co/V65FEbtLWL — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mlcalderone: Puncturing the myth that most Trump voters were working class https://t.co/X5ccU8h3GL https://t.co/p4w3fs5fs3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RichardJSpencer: More serious comment re Qatar: Tillerson's comments re "irritants" suggests White House buy-in to ostracism of Qatar h… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshuahersh: Via @AkbarSAhmed Bob Gates was at a US think tank event last week blasting away at Qatar https://t.co/coPU9RTDeI — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a risk, made riskier by this admin's penchant for sending mixed signals bc top officials not on same page https://t.co/al7cjpT8Tp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrendanNyhan: Not being staffed up at State etc increases risk of events spiraling in situations like this even if not initial intent o… — PolitiTweet.org

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Already seeing folks declaring that the GCC/Qatar breakdown is all about preexisting issues, which is an assumption that could be wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

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States tend to rapidly shift their foreign policy like this when something *unexpected* happens. Not just over long-running issues. — PolitiTweet.org

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Caveat to keep in mind: Long-running Saudi/Qatar disputes might be somewhat different from any proximate causes of today’s breakdown. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DMogahed I haven't seen anything on this yet. Reciprocation wouldn't be unusual, unless Qatar is hoping to resolve… https://t.co/TydvUjiD2R — PolitiTweet.org

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But without a functioning State Dept, you have to wonder who KSA would ask for the greenlight. And what s/he thought they were greenlighting — PolitiTweet.org

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Hard to imagine KSA doing this just after a formal US visit without *some* kind of green light. They’re all-in on rebuilding with the US. — PolitiTweet.org

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@liamstack We’re about 20 minutes from re-litigating the Syria redline for the trillionth time, I suspect — PolitiTweet.org

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This is where Trump gutting the State Dept has consequences. Did someone sign off on this? Is anyone around to get a handle on it now? — PolitiTweet.org

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For months, we’ve been wondering, “What happens when Trump faces a FP crisis not of his own making?” We may be about to find out. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mgerrydoyle depends who was doing the talking, i suppose — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m not saying a Saudi-Qatar war is coming, but if it were, this is what the ramp-up would look like https://t.co/f03i8uVnrR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DukeStJournal: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain cut all ties. Qatari citizens have 14 days to leave counties. Saudis shut down se… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @W7VOA: This puts US in an awkward position: @USNavy 5th Fleet based at #Bahrain while @CENTCOM has thousands of personnel in #Qatar. ht… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the basic background on Qatar/GCC dispute. Also UAE ambassador to US had his email hacked.… https://t.co/7Pvm0XA5F1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Emirati newspaper argued last week that shutting down Qatar's airspace could prevent it from hosting 2022 World Cup https://t.co/9EtzwxVa7R — PolitiTweet.org

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US officials *just* met with the Saudis and Egyptians. Have to wonder whether they gave US headsup or asked go-ahead https://t.co/Yp8wBhr6pt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RawyaRageh: #Egypt follows #Saudi, #UAE, #Bahrain in cutting ties w #Qatar. Arab crisis escalates. https://t.co/33MfqtlDoL — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @adamgoldmanNYT: If you call it radical Islamic terrorism it will magically disappear. — PolitiTweet.org

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First Rule of Far-Right Fight Clubs: Be White and Proud https://t.co/EnWFbSQHi6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Neil_Irwin: Mike Froman, trade rep under Obama, thinks there's a lane to do a quick NAFTA revision based on TPP principles. https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Let's see: A shadowy hacker "collective", targeting countries hostile to Russian allies, distributing findings to U… https://t.co/K7Dq65cGpd — PolitiTweet.org

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@dylanmatt @mattyglesias @awprokop i might have to delete this episode on principle, just because of this tweet — PolitiTweet.org