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South Korea Reels
I keep saying this, but it bears repeating: If you're going to institute military rule, you gotta see it through. As I put it last month, there's no such thing as trial ballooning a military junta.
A decision to forcibly overwhelm a nation's democracy using the army has to be firm and irreversible. A move to declare martial law, complete with a ban on political activity and enforced by heavily-armed troops, is a crossing the Rubicon moment. There's no going back. If you waver at any point, you'
So you’re saying we aren’t the most embarrassing democracy in the world? USA! USA! USA!
I’m surprised Trump hasn’t started supporting Yoon. He seems to be a big fan of world leaders who do the things he wishes he could do. Maybe he thinks Yoon is a loser though since he hasn’t succeeded.
Speaking of embarrassing, I’ve got my popcorn out for the competition for Speaker. Doesn’t look like Johnson has the votes in the first go around. Wonder what the over/under is on number of voting rounds we’ll have today?
Looks like the threat of Papa Trump coming down on any defectors was enough to get Johnson the votes on the first ballot after all. Guess I’ll have to save the popcorn for the budget bill battles.