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blm

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4. Spreading that Friedman quote.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 06:05 PM

Saturday

Thomas Friedman:
'...on top of that an arbiter who tries to make a profit from each side in the process — as Trump has done. This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine-trump.html

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Thomas L. Friedman: The 'Useful Idiots' From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

behind a paywall but... Skittles Saturday #1

It went into how war wasn't the same thing as real estate. applegrove Saturday #2

this is TRUMP we're talking about Skittles Saturday #3

The article says real estate is a positive sum game. War with an aggressor is zero sum. applegrove Saturday #5

Spreading that Friedman quote. blm Saturday #4

Unpaywalled version from a different syndicated outlet: Emrys Saturday #6

Thanks. applegrove Saturday #7

My pleasure Emrys Saturday #8