These were the striking words of Wendy Sherman on Lawrence O'Donnell last night, the former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs.
As she said, it's a complex world. There are no simple solutions much less a simple slogan or single one sentence that is going to solve the problems of a complex world.
She made this point in the aftermath of yet another terrorist attack where suicide bombers have now hit the Instanbul airport in Turkey that killed 36 people while wounding 140.
The Turkish government blames ISIS.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36658187
Well a lot of people like simple solutions and single one sentences that are supposed to be silver bullets. At least in the UK they did. We see how well that worked.
Speaking of serious, sober people who know what they're doing, Donald Trump in response to Turkey declared: 'There's something going on.'
Reacting to the bombing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport that killed at least 28 people and injured 60 others, Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that the United States "must do everything possible" to prevent similar acts of terrorism in the United States.
"Yet another terrorist attack, this time in Turkey. Will the world ever realize what is going on? So sad," Trump tweeted.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-turkey-terrorism-224910#ixzz4CxkjbktX
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He then called for waterboarding, 'and tougher.'
"Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reiterated his call for the return of waterboarding and the use of other harsh interrogation techniques following the deadly terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday."
“You have to fight fire with fire,” Trump told supporters during a rally in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
The pronouncement drew cheers and chants of “USA! USA
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/28/trump-waterboarding-istanbul-attack/
Ryan Cooper has a good explanation of why President Obama's approval rating is up again.
"The economy is doing reasonably okay, particularly compared to several years ago, and as Obama himself is not running for re-election, some of the partisan hatred has passed to Clinton. But perhaps more importantly, Obama's personality is extraordinarily well-suited for this political moment. Like him or hate him, you have to admit that he is even-keeled almost to a fault. Always cool, always considered, Obama never flies off the handle and rarely expresses any emotion aside from a wry humor. In a chaotic world, Obama is a reassuring presence."
"This kind of clamor and chaos seems to be happening every other week in 2016. Even aside from the horrifying spree killings and endless war in the Middle East, the tectonic plates of politics in Western nations are crumbling. Open bigotry and ethnic nationalism are making huge political inroads, and pointless austerity has badly damaged or destroyed the political establishment in many countries — Spain, to pick one example out of many, just had its two hung parliaments after not a single one since the end of the Franco dictatorship."
"A deranged maniac is about to become the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party. It seems a safe bet at this point that Trump is not going to discover some inner reservoir of quiet intelligence. He's a hair-trigger showboating ignoramus to the bone. And as the campaign goes on, and Trump says goofy, alarming nonsense in response to one crisis after another, Obama's quiet, competent reserve is going to look increasingly appealing."
http://theweek.com/articles/632607/hillary-clinton-secret-weapon-name-barack-obama
Of course, as usual, Cooper has to say something negative about Hillary in the comparison.
"Hillary Clinton will only benefit partially from this, of course. She simply does not have Obama's unflappability. "
But what she does have going for her is she's a sober, serious person who knows what she's doing. She's qualified for the job and won't panic markets and the international order.
The appeal of this is becoming even clearer after Brexit.
As she said, it's a complex world. There are no simple solutions much less a simple slogan or single one sentence that is going to solve the problems of a complex world.
She made this point in the aftermath of yet another terrorist attack where suicide bombers have now hit the Instanbul airport in Turkey that killed 36 people while wounding 140.
The Turkish government blames ISIS.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36658187
Well a lot of people like simple solutions and single one sentences that are supposed to be silver bullets. At least in the UK they did. We see how well that worked.
Speaking of serious, sober people who know what they're doing, Donald Trump in response to Turkey declared: 'There's something going on.'
Reacting to the bombing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport that killed at least 28 people and injured 60 others, Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that the United States "must do everything possible" to prevent similar acts of terrorism in the United States.
"Yet another terrorist attack, this time in Turkey. Will the world ever realize what is going on? So sad," Trump tweeted.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-turkey-terrorism-224910#ixzz4CxkjbktX
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook
He then called for waterboarding, 'and tougher.'
"Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reiterated his call for the return of waterboarding and the use of other harsh interrogation techniques following the deadly terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday."
“You have to fight fire with fire,” Trump told supporters during a rally in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
The pronouncement drew cheers and chants of “USA! USA
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/28/trump-waterboarding-istanbul-attack/
Ryan Cooper has a good explanation of why President Obama's approval rating is up again.
"The economy is doing reasonably okay, particularly compared to several years ago, and as Obama himself is not running for re-election, some of the partisan hatred has passed to Clinton. But perhaps more importantly, Obama's personality is extraordinarily well-suited for this political moment. Like him or hate him, you have to admit that he is even-keeled almost to a fault. Always cool, always considered, Obama never flies off the handle and rarely expresses any emotion aside from a wry humor. In a chaotic world, Obama is a reassuring presence."
"This kind of clamor and chaos seems to be happening every other week in 2016. Even aside from the horrifying spree killings and endless war in the Middle East, the tectonic plates of politics in Western nations are crumbling. Open bigotry and ethnic nationalism are making huge political inroads, and pointless austerity has badly damaged or destroyed the political establishment in many countries — Spain, to pick one example out of many, just had its two hung parliaments after not a single one since the end of the Franco dictatorship."
"A deranged maniac is about to become the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party. It seems a safe bet at this point that Trump is not going to discover some inner reservoir of quiet intelligence. He's a hair-trigger showboating ignoramus to the bone. And as the campaign goes on, and Trump says goofy, alarming nonsense in response to one crisis after another, Obama's quiet, competent reserve is going to look increasingly appealing."
http://theweek.com/articles/632607/hillary-clinton-secret-weapon-name-barack-obama
Of course, as usual, Cooper has to say something negative about Hillary in the comparison.
"Hillary Clinton will only benefit partially from this, of course. She simply does not have Obama's unflappability. "
But what she does have going for her is she's a sober, serious person who knows what she's doing. She's qualified for the job and won't panic markets and the international order.
The appeal of this is becoming even clearer after Brexit.
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