My favourite all-time Glenn Greenwald quote

Liberal Americans whine about helping Ukraine while not even being able to point out where Ukraine is on a map — now it’s wannabe antiwar Westerners lecturing the world about the moral virtues of helping Palestine while not even being able to name the language that Palestinians actually speak.

Putin: US presidents come & go, but politics stay the same. When a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well-dressed, wearing dark suits. These people start explaining how things are done. Instantly everything changes. This happens w/ every administration.

‘Vietnam has shown the ability of “balancing geopolitical rivalries with an élan that has eluded other countries.”’

But Vietnam didn’t go down that path. Instead, Vietnam’s leadership firmly decided on their priority – their own country’s economic interests, not the desire of any outside power to turn Vietnam into a kamikaze.