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I will die on this hill: Obama was right and Romney was wrong (and @tylercowen is wrong now) and Russia was not and is not “without question, our No. 1 geopolitical foe.”
(It’s China)
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
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I think what a lot of people want to say is that if Romney had made a different, more restrained claim about Russia, that claim would have been true.
And that’s fair enough — but Obama mocked him, rightly, because the actual thing he actually said was wrong.
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My biggest question about Russia/Ukraine predictions is why did *Putin* get this so wrong? Almost all wars involve someone seriously misjudging the situation and that’s why we have here.
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I know a *lot* of lawyers; it comes with the territory when you spend 20 years working for an impact litigation nonprofit. Ken is a Very Good Lawyer. I hope I never end up needing his services again, but if I do, I'm very glad I know where to find him.