Saturday, June 27, 2015

"we like to get as much out as possible, but sometimes we can't. really. it's not just a fun thing to say. sometimes, we really can't.

...because, sometimes, what we're referencing doesn't actually exist."

videos, johnny? from where? satellites?


while marie harf is clearly more knowledgeable than jen psaki on the topic of policy, she is just as obviously not a marketing expert. she seems to want to argue via reductio ad bitchy-face, which relies on the presumption that bitching out your opponent will force them to concede the point. it's a shame, because it makes the administration look like it's hiding something.

re: egypt. israel would like to rid itself of gaza altogether, and sees it's annexation by egypt as the logical endpoint. some reporters see the area as an independent state; this is misunderstanding the motives of virtually everybody involved. this is why israel insists on talking with egypt.