Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This practice of framing a wish as a prediction began under Obama and really needs to stop https://t.co/6HEXC6xcgf — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @AP: BREAKING: Tillerson says it is clear 'to all of us that the reign of the Assad family is coming to an end' — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@chrisalbon Multiple essay-length subsections, one of which is just a copy-paste of my "Bernie would've won" take — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here Is My Furious Takedown Of The Zero People Defending United [25k shares] — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @nktpnd: I Can't Believe It's Not Strategic Patience! — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Actually, The United Story Proves All My Preexisting Political Views Are Correct — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @BrendanNyhan: Partisanship is a hell of a drug https://t.co/WJ0GPalmMP https://t.co/pMwVCMnKP1 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mattyglesias: If today's Sam Bernardino shooter has yelled "allahu akbar" it would dominate the politics but it's just domestic violenc… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@DavidKenner I think it’s right next to the two-state window and the North Korea window. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Even very limited military strikes create this sort of unintended escalation in the best of circumstances, which this is not. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

These and other little fuck-ups, already mounting, mean Trump’s promise of more strikes could get tested sooner than he’d hoped. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

When that ambiguous policy turns out to not be real, what will they conclude about the value of deliberate US policy on Syria deterrence? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Entirely plausible that other states — Syria, Iran, Russia — will misread this as a deliberate attempt to create an ambiguous US deterrent. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

In the US context, it’s pretty clear Spicer just goofed & obfuscated. But other states don’t have such clarity on our internal dynamics. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Even if he fully walks it back, there’s a long history of states deliberately provoking such incidents to create ambiguity in deterrence. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Yes, he can walk it back, though he’s already trying to cover up the snafu by only partially modifying https://t.co/vvNooH0rKf — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Spicer probably didn’t realize this would be a huge policy shift. Will other states know to take him, ahem, serious… https://t.co/1dq5bMCSWA — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias some blame the heavy role of Gulf states in shaping the conflict, while others cite ideologies that a… https://t.co/IK1s59nDru — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias imagine an unwinnable, destabilizing, multi-sided, intervention-heavy war, waged primarily through su… https://t.co/5gMAjEUDco — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @DavidKenner: This is setting Trump up for further intervention in Syria. Chances the Assad regime abandons chlorine attacks are… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mwhanna1: My piece with @AbuJamajem on last week's strikes // Syria: A Journey into the Unknown https://t.co/Ir4GdJcLDc via @waronthero… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias congratulations on your new washington post column — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mattyglesias: They demonstrated resolve and sent a strong message not only to the one passenger, but also North Korea. https://t.co/3qe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rickgladstone: Limited symbolic punitive strike by Trump unlikely to alter Assad's thinking, war scholars say. @Max_Fisher https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here is a great way to undermine the deterrence value of your own action https://t.co/iUB5pRFVWf — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

😱 https://t.co/dzycZa6lEa — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Joshua_Pollack: @Max_Fisher Here. I figured out how to referee it. You're welcome. https://t.co/dXjQZllNGj — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@Joshua_Pollack The quadruple-feint in the opening of the piece is great — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@CharlesPPierce Sure, but little evidence that this determined the administration's decision on this or any other u… https://t.co/mWFqA3R7R9 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@loosebricks This is another odd thing about the "it was Congress's fault" arguments: they imply that strikes would… https://t.co/H84cEFiW24 — PolitiTweet.org