Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This is rooted in two ideas, both false. First, that USFP is driven primarily by the sitting president's personality traits and worldview. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

1. Every president's first year brings an avalanche of takes to articulate his "doctrine." Bad news: that is not how foreign policy works. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mwhanna1: The way that images of civilian victims from the Arab world are processed are too often dependent on their utility to politic… — PolitiTweet.org

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@CherylRofer Was just thinking about that. Flattered you remembered it! — PolitiTweet.org

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The idea that symbolic military action will have magical effects on global allies & adversaries has no basis in fact or empirical support. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AthertonKD: What if, instead of praising the "beauty of our weapons," pundits on cable news said "Tomahawk can't destroy airfields, thi… — PolitiTweet.org

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After years of folks arguing we had to bomb Syria to reassure global allies, that theory, now tested, is rapidly pr… https://t.co/tK1mnlBl9k — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MicahZenko: US dropped 26,172 bombs in 2016: https://t.co/aDIKZLFEcJ How does 59 more suddenly demonstrate US "resolve," "credibility,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blakehounshell: Not much coming out about the Xi visit. Seems like reports about "tweet able deliverables" may have been wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattduss: @Max_Fisher Among the reasons it's interesting: Muqtada's relative Musa Sadr helped legitimize Allawis as Muslims, shoring up… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ScottShaneNYT: When you write something so you'll get it yourself: Weren’t Syria’s Chemical Weapons Destroyed? It’s Complicated https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Mustafa_salimb: Muqtada Al-Sadr said in a statement Trump attitude will turn Syria into new Vitnam.Calls on Assad to resign — PolitiTweet.org

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Iraq-watchers: Am I wrong to be surprised by this? https://t.co/iOQOtVvgnu — PolitiTweet.org

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@wnomikos @zackbeauchamp yes that is a good point. fair to wonder whether he intended to make this political invest… https://t.co/vPVPndfVKc — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackbeauchamp @mwhanna1 ABCH always be calling hanna — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanielWickham93: Excellent piece by @Max_Fisher on what the study of war tells us about Trump's intervention in Syria https://t.co/qxT6… — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackbeauchamp particularly given that SAOs have been explicitly saying the exact opposite, that it’s a one-off — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackbeauchamp yeah but you need to do something to establish escalation intent. put assets in-theater, make a poli… https://t.co/o3Mp1tIjAD — PolitiTweet.org

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Seems like the “do something” fallacy taken to its absurd extreme — PolitiTweet.org

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Still confused by argument that the US established anti-CW deterrence by demonstrating it will retaliate with negligibly damaging strikes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth reading today on Syria: 1. @drfarls https://t.co/fQ7dbrFHHT 2. @abuaardvark https://t.co/oyg7BHNDY6 — PolitiTweet.org

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

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

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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

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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