AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

A. SERRANO MANCILLA— The surprise in the election was not Evo Morales’ good turnout after 14 years in office. The most noteworthy development was the anti-Evo vote consolidated among the opposition, through which Carlos Mesa—in second place—gained a good amount of Oscar Ortiz’s supporters. This had already been noted in the last survey conducted by the Latin American Geopolitical Strategic Center (CELAG). Mesa had a very low positive image (33%) but his electoral ceiling reached 40%. How can this be explained? It is because the useful anti-Evo vote was more latent this time.

PHILIP A. FARRUGGIO—Viewing last week’s ( supposed ) Democratic Party presidential debate made this writer contemplate throwing my shoe at the television screen. One solitary aspirant on that stage, Ms. Gabbard, had the audacity to mention ‘ Wars of regime change’ that are synonymous with longstanding US foreign policy… under ALL our previous presidents. The others on that stage, all of them, like ‘ deer caught in the headlights’, just brushed her remarks aside, like an elephant does to a fly on its ass.

C J HOPKINS—In any event, wherever Gabbard is being surreptitiously “groomed” (presumably by someone resembling Lotte Lenya in From Russia With Love), the plan (i.e., Putin’s plan) is to have her lose in the Democratic primaries, then run as a third-party “spoiler” candidate, stealing votes from Warren or Biden, exactly as Jill Stein (who, according to Clinton, is also “totally a Russian asset”) stole them from Clinton back in 2016, allowing Putin to install Donald Trump (who, according to Clinton, is still being blackmailed by the FSB with that “kompromat” pee-tape) in the White House, where she so clearly belongs.

ANDRE VLTCHEK—If you mingle with North American and British people, one thing that would strike you, is that most of the individuals living there are very confused, insecure and uncertain about countless basic things. There is a lot of fear there. People are scared of getting sick or old. They are terrified of ending up without a job, in the streets. Many are incredibly lonely.

FEDERICO PIERACCINI—The withdrawal of US troops from Syria simply reinforces Damascus’s position as the only legitimate authority in Syria, undermines confidence of European allies in the US, and emphasizes the consistency of Moscow’s actions, which has always been opposed to Washington’s chaotic actions in the region.