By Rachel LeishmanFeb 18th, 2021, 3:48 pm
I personally love watching as the internet dunks on Ted Cruz. It happens not infrequently, and he always deserves it. Today, it was for a particularly great reason! Texas is in a dire state of emergency as winter storms have caused millions of its residents to lose power and access to safe water. Many Texans have been freezing for days under horrific conditions, unable to get help and even emergency medical treatment. More than twenty people have died, and people are desperate simply to stay warm. You can read our piece here on how to help.
on friday david petraeus gave testimony in the closed-door meeting with congress on the attack on the attack in benghazi two months ago. while the questioning by members of the house and intelligence panels focused on what the cia knew and when petraeus resignation has raised concerns about whether any classified information was compromised during his personal affair at the center of both incidents. it s a level of institutional distrust that petraeus embodies. once considered the architect of success in our foreign wars, it s a deeper failure of power. chris, i want to ask you about this. as we were talking about the drones and both you and mark pointing out that it s more about the kill list and the policy of assassination. i heard allison say during the break. thinking about a republican with that list, is the real issue the failure of elites? i think in the petraeus, i
but one thing that president obama vowed to get done in his second term is the end of the war in afghanistan. preparations are already under way. talks began thursday between u.s. and afghan diplomats to craft the plan for continued foreign military presence in afghanistan after 2014. yet, the country remains mired in violence. on friday, a roadside bomb killed 17 civilians, most women and children on their way to a wedding in western afghanistan. the bombing was the third in less than ten days and taken the lives of afghani civilians. many are still concerned about the ability tore u.s. and nato troops to fully prepare the afghan security forces for the end of war. unfortunately, many known unknowns remain in the region. with me are msnbc contributor, rula jebreal. chris hayes, allison kilkenny, also a reporter for the nation magazine and mark courterman,
calling for the creation of separate arab and jewish states. fighting broke out between the two groups and israel declared independence in may 1948. the next day, israel was invaded by jordan, egypt, lebanon, syria and iraq. but the fledgling country survived. the u.n. passed resolution 194 in december 1948 which allowed ref are geez who wished to live peacefully the right to return home at the earliest practical date. nearly 20 years later in 1967, israel pre em tifl struck egyptian forces after the access was blocked to the port. israel gained control over areas including the west bank and gaza strip and east jerusalem. for arabs, this was the beginning of a period of occupation by israel which remains at the center of today s conflict. now, there would be another air rob israeli war in 1973. before that, there s the formation of the plo or the palestinian liberation organization which would be defined by the likes of yasir arafat. in 1978, u.s. president jimmy carter help