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Post #As4MIfqAJCOZhhqgC0 by [email protected] |
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Marco Rubio just PNGd (expelled) the ambassador from South Africa by tweet, app… |
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Post #As4MkcQuZQufFEMTvk by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Sigh. |
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Post #As4Mq9OzQ6BEwb6I3U by [email protected] |
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Diplomatic expulsions at the ambassador level are extremely rare, generally res… |
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Post #As4Na31fSUZIUQ4qpM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze oh man this is so distressing. ZA is a young democracy and a small e… |
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Post #As4NbPEgMstFf6oQm8 by [email protected] |
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Diplomacy around expulsions is generally tit-for-tat. That is, the predictable,… |
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Post #As4NjfpEZYLjQjqqpc by [email protected] |
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@charlvdwalt It's so, so stupid. |
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Post #As4PYCLM2r3miUX0PQ by [email protected] |
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A bit of terminology background:An "Ambassador" is the the chief dipl… |
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Post #As4Q4BC1rErePoQ3gO by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @charlvdwalt Between this and what Greg Abbot is doing in Texas I th… |
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Post #As4Q64BisB8fGkAxwu by [email protected] |
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A "Diplomatic Mission" is an officially recognized outpost of a count… |
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Post #As4QHdm0uLCGovfZYm by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze The ambassador: "born...to a Muslim family of mixed English-Ja… |
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Post #As4QHdsOWcIj8iefVQ by [email protected] |
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@CStamp This is such a disgraceful embarrassment, in a time of disgrace and emb… |
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Post #As4QNS39POoKCKSLFg by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze and a “High Commission” is the equivalent of an Embassy, but whe… |
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Post #As4QilRyTQaARrEJqS by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze why would we expect these people to conduct diplomacy either by the … |
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Post #As4R46NRrY47QwHsy8 by [email protected] |
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Diplomats (including ambassadors) and diplomatic missions have to be recognized… |
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Post #As4RI2uHYvheiyIJ6G by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze And sometimes hits the media, making the general public aware of dip… |
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Post #As4RON1bg0TurCjgwK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Another Netanyahoo order followed. |
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Post #As4RhFid445ZhRrZR2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I have a feeling Musk is behind this. He's a South African who w… |
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Post #As4SnHwHp3H8HGh2KO by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze The tricky thing is there is no confirmed US Ambassador to South Afr… |
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Post #As4TJyDMBAkAeuGHDM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze What's SA's playbook? Appease? Escalate? Partner with India,… |
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Post #As4TdsnW1ot9eOfZtg by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze The thing that gets me is that "Little" Marco Rubio knows … |
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Post #As4TlSs2JBlpYWOpCC by [email protected] |
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@edgeofeurope An "honorary consul" is generally a citizen of the host… |
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Post #As4UFPnIJMNGhZSl7Y by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Such expulsions often occur before declarations of war. |
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Post #As4UQYE5Ijn22TItfs by [email protected] |
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The US is a special case as a host county, because not only do countries have a… |
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Post #As4UpOds4VSRYPDEfo by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Mr Rasool is a Muslim. A good man. His sin? He represents the govern… |
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Post #As4VF84cIPZZhEzcIq by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze (South African here) I don’t know if our government has the spine … |
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Post #As4VpSE2qfDIcciwee by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Rubio might as well have taken a dump somewhere socially important i… |
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Post #As4VqeOZ5Tb8egDOKG by [email protected] |
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By the way, it's a myth that diplomatic missions are "foreign territor… |
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Post #As4WCpCNbJqsX45ZjM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Are you sure that's right? Maybe it's different over here in… |
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Post #As4WRrjaSKC0jwnFsu by [email protected] |
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@CStamp @mattblaze EU must support South Africa's constitutional system as … |
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Post #As4WRvZoAckOemFVCK by [email protected] |
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@erici Yes, diplomats have immunity from being detained, prosecuted, or searche… |
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Post #As4WYTWIslBLfTjR6O by [email protected] |
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(Sorry if I've ruined your plans for the perfect crime). |
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Post #As4WreJey0YEeZxcy8 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze oops, I should have read the whole thread! :) |
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Post #As4XcQ1ru3RtxBwMrI by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Well, that's deeply disturbing. |
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Post #As4Xxujsv46pHQmKOW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze In any case, this US administration seems more interested in policin… |
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Post #As4ZVrSXig1quNPynA by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze It's similar for organisations that operate under international … |
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Post #As4ZpOyJLTzmLaawwC by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze well, things could be worse. Imagine what if he WEBPed the ambassado… |
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Post #As4auFruialTW4Trw8 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Protocol demands that it be done by tweet! |
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Post #As4bmqfC8EtlGrZ0ZE by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze And let's just remember where modern diplomacy came from. Maybe … |
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Post #As4dVUvRtodQq01LsW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze So, what is new? All the *minors* are expected to in line of the … |
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Post #As4e4BRMKxeWXZUC6y by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Considering what happened to Jamal Khashoggi's murderers, it see… |
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Post #As4hPgFTHtIk2BrrBw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I just want to say that I really enjoyed this thread.To offset the p… |
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Post #As4k3lRFbuLHcecPQ0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze troll him by sending Rubio a white pillow case with eyes cut out as … |
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Post #As4klP9PpvvxEx5NJ2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze So… just another day in Trumplandia, ¿no? |
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Post #As4kreP42dOqHYNpvU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I presume this is because of South Africa’s report on Gaza. Extens… |
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Post #As4lCvOI4rVX37ALLM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze RSA will JPEG the US ambassador in a tit-for-tat move. |
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Post #As4lKLsfzD8ZEYv6ZM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze another factor is the upcoming UPR of the US. The process of reviewi… |
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Post #As4lU78tdcamQ4A6LY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze nah. That plan is far simpler and more mundane:Run the target over w… |
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Post #As4ljKjLOv3quBT1Zw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Hi Matt, South African here. A bit of context to this: this expulsio… |
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Post #As4qh4qpy43aqfiQE4 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @edgeofeurope To provide an example, the harbour master at our local… |
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Post #As4sZD0Ly9mbjBXgfY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze how very Russian of us |
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Post #As4vajSL6K8QWg3CNs by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze #MarcoRubio can't even DEFINE "persona non grata", so … |
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Post #As4wDoY867TFcIOXJ2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Rubio got the information from a Breitbart article? That's basic… |
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Post #As4xciz21sRfY0Q6HQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze This needs to stop..,. Only in a dictatorship.Oh wait… |
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Post #As53nAByK2SQYRpjrU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I had (naively) thought a consul was head diplomat at a consulate. C… |
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Post #As53nAHdywziq2UGhc by [email protected] |
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@oclsc The head of a consulate is usually the “Consul General”. It’s not … |
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Post #As54e3E8wrWEIj4GzA by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @erici So hypothetically, if a diplomat committed murder in an diplo… |
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Post #As54e3KWZ8cgcW3Mvo by [email protected] |
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@AT1ST @erici right. Another thing that could happen (rarely) is that the count… |
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Post #As5BQ8R7U0Nk5ARtfE by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze No, the actual offense is surely something personal against Donald T… |
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@mattblaze In this administration you can be expelled because of hatred and spi… |
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Post #As5PdxtAtTYymZ3nPM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Amazing how our government has been reduced to pre-elementary tantru… |
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Post #As5RljIpD0xRlit81w by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze hmmm, what would happen if every democratic country would decide to … |
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Post #As5UDwGIotExyhHrma by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze and real people get really hurt by stupidity like this. |
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@charlvdwalt @mattblaze there's an argument to be made that by picking on s… |
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@fencepost @mattblaze yeah I guess what bully actually wants to pick on someone… |
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Post #As5UJNRzA3pDkWLSHQ by [email protected] |
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@dutch_connection_uk @mattblaze I worry that they fictional world is becoming o… |
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Post #As5Un5J9BBEuAWNPEm by [email protected] |
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@charlvdwalt Trump and Rubio are following orders from President Musk a.k.a. Ap… |
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@Lynnd @mattblaze yeah. And Musk apparently didn’t leave South Africa behind … |
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Post #As5Vm0iEsYXPa6AHE8 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze oh good. just what we need |
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Post #As5iFhEN4hzFIU7FwG by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze That wasn’t the correct South African we need to get rid of… |
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@mattblaze Got it, thanks.I hope never to need this knowledge, though my only i… |
