David Frum

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RT @monacharen: So much great info here. China is a bad actor BUT has plenty of problems, including misallocation of capital and an aging p… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @therecount: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says he doesn't regret raising his fist in solidarity with Capitol insurrectionists on January 6:… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Yamiche: I’m honored to become the next moderator of @washingtonweek, a show that meant so much to Gwen Ifill when she helmed this chai… — PolitiTweet.org

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China may possibly have the biggest GDP of any single state on earth by 2030. China also probably had the biggest GDP of any single state on earth in 1830. Yet China's rulers still lost every foreign war they fought in the 19th century. https://t.co/zVWnVRHV32 — PolitiTweet.org

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FIFY "especially since she is telling the truth" — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy is certainly ... adaptable. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: The Kevin McCarthy of 1/6 was at least angry at his workplace being stormed by a mob of truth-denying Trumpists out for blood.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RadioFreeTom: @fightthefires I will quote @davidfrum's book on this: “Strange, feverish years, a time of unease and despair, punctuate… — PolitiTweet.org

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Above all: If democracies lose foreign wars, they recriminate, then rebuild. See USA/Vietnam. When authoritarian states lose, the regime collapses. See USSR/Afghanistan. It's not only the US Navy that deters China from attacking Taiwan. It's fear of the Chinese people. END — PolitiTweet.org

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Japan and South Korea pushed to become nuclear weapons states ... and - underscore this - not a single one of China's larger strategic problem solved, because Taiwan's ports all face the wrong way, west not east, meaning post-invasion China remains as landlocked as ever. 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

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But more important: 2) Suppose China did "win" such a conflict. What happens next? Violent disruption of the massive investment flows from Taiwan ... Perpetual military occupation of 24 million resistant Chinese speakers ... China's other neighbors all turn enemy ... 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

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And yes, China is much militarily stronger than it was in 1990. Two crucial "buts" however: 1) Even if China might hypothetically "win" in war game terms, any such attack cost China dear in ships and men - smashing up the Chinese armed forces for a long time to come. 2/x — PolitiTweet.org

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One PS to this article. A counter-argument I often hear is: yes, but in 1990, the US Seventh Fleet could have easily defeated a Chinese invasion of Taiwan - and now, it's not so clear that they could. 1/x — PolitiTweet.org

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I get that Democratic administrations never want to argue, "The foreign threat of the moment - while real - is less terrifying than out-of-power Republicans say it is." So I'll say it, here: https://t.co/zVWnVRHV32 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Buy American" will cost the US taxpayer another $100 billion a year. That unnecessary $200 billion could buy a *lot* of more authentic usefulness: carbon reduction, road improvement, cheaper college tuition https://t.co/zVWnVRHV32 — PolitiTweet.org

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By exaggerating the power of China, US policymakers risk harming this country by justifying protectionism and inflating the defense budget beyond reasonable levels. Trump added $100 billion / year in defense spending, most of it aimed at fighting China. https://t.co/zVWnVRHV32 — PolitiTweet.org

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Troubling — PolitiTweet.org

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While got-my-vax-first Fox News personalities are knowingly putting at risk the lives of millions of their own trusting viewers, it's hard for me to get too worked up that some people in some town in Massachusetts are wearing their masks a few days longer than strictly necessary. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's from the @guardian story about Murdoch's December 18, 2020 COVID vaccination. https://t.co/bQNrtbM9NW https://t.co/GnKowbPpx3 — PolitiTweet.org

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The value of this is being reminded how much Carlson's audience hates their grandchildren. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rupert Murdoch got the vaccination at a British health clinic three weeks before the Queen of England got hers. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democracy is a strength. Repression is a weakness. https://t.co/zVWnVRHV32 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jimsciutto: "We can't embrace the notion the election is stolen. It's a poison in the bloodstream of our democracy. We can't whitewash… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Acosta: Voter fraud: Pennsylvania man sentenced to 5-year probation after voting in name of dead mother for Trump. https://t.co/oCnH2j… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jon_rauch Also (and as important) American strength and dynamism can be badly UNDER-hyped — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jon_rauch: Is the competitive threat of China over-hyped, as it was in the 1950s (when some of Ike's advisers favored a preemptive nucl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EmmaKinery: *FDA TO APPROVE PFIZER VACCINE FOR AGES 12-15 NEXT WEEK: NYT — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheAtlantic The first thing is not to let overstated fears drive US policy toward self-harm, especially protectionism. https://t.co/zVWnVRHV32 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: "As Americans muster the courage and will to face Chinese realities, that reckoning needs also to appreciate the tremendou… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DKThomp: This is what laboratories of democracy is all about: a national competition between states to come up with the best incentive… — PolitiTweet.org