Sadly true. Christians have interpreted their faith to allow slavery, wars, and genocide. Generally the loudest that claim they follow a faith are the ones that least understand it.

I could definitely see that being a right wing talking point at the time.

Yeah I remember Obama wanted to close it, but then the big question of where to move the prisoners to in the US had to be answered, and nobody wanted to hold them. It was politically dead at that point.

Sharaa said Syria needed to rebuild its legal system and would have to hold a comprehensive population census to run legitimate elections.

A country with infrastructure torn up by war and people displaced from their homes. Sounds like a legitimate reason, but we’ll see how things play out.

No but they keep sending those over-the-top good morning images that are usually reversed for family chats.

It is, but that’s what Trump did with Afghanistan.

Yoon said he had no choice but to resort to such a measure in order to safeguard free and constitutional order, saying opposition parties have taken hostage of the parliamentary process to throw the country into a crisis.

Not very familiar with the political situation in Seoul, but saying your political opponents are supporting North Korea sounds like a pretty serious accusation.

The only reason BRICS has legs is because of the last Trump presidency. His transactional approach to relations makes working with the US less appealing.