Richard Medhurst ✓

@richimedhurst · youtube.com/richardmedhurst · joined 29 Jul 2019

Independent journalist. British 🇬🇧 Based at UN 🇺🇳 Lived around the world 🌍. International affairs, US politics and Middle East. ✉️ richimedhurst@gmail.com

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Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst24 Aug

Many don't know this but the lingua franca of the Persian Empire was actually Aramaic. This is the same Semitic language that Jesus later spoke. A capable interpreter or diplomat during the wars in the Classical Period would've dealt in both Aramaic & Ancient Greek. Fascinating 32.1K views · 266 likes · 44 reposts · 24 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst24 Aug

The interesting part is the Romans didn't execute the Gaul rebels but reintegrated them into the army immediately. Probably less to do with mercy, and more to do with the fact the Empire couldn't afford otherwise. It was in turmoil and had had 4 Emperors that year alone. 24K views · 54 likes · 8 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

@richimedhurst Whoever you are (but definitely not Richard), when are you gonna be done posting ChatGPT created posts? 701 views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

Notice how no stockpiles of chemical weapons were found in Syria since Assad's fall? And that's precisely the point: Arabic countries and their neighbors keep handing over their strategic deterrents on a silver platter, and never learn the lesson that follows. 23.7K views · 501 likes · 84 reposts · 19 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

Yes, they are quite different in many aspects — but the point is that almost every empire in history makes the same argument: "we have come to civilize you/to enlighten you/to bring good". How do we explain the pattern? It's an indictment of human beings more than anything. 13K views · 36 likes · 7 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

Btw do not mistake the Golan for just some barren military zone. It does have settlements there — but you could view that as part of the strategy. As Machiavelli wrote, if you want to keep a piece of land, send colonies because they will hold on to it fiercely for you. So the 13.8K views · 67 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

Looking at this through the lens of realpolitik, the Israelis saw a moment of political instability in Syria, and exploited it to expand this buffer zone in the Golan. They didn't like Assad and they don't like or trust Jolani either. So from their POV, the buffer is to put as 11.5K views · 70 likes · 9 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

Israel have held the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967. They saw an opportunity during Assad's fall to destroy Syria's military arsenal (500+ air raids) and took additional territory, twice the size of Gaza, expanding their buffer. The most critical piece of land they took in 32.6K views · 310 likes · 68 reposts · 24 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

@richimedhurst I wouldn't compare the Anglosaxon empire, which is a sea one, and mostly one of pirates, to the Roman one, which was continental and which civilized and integrated the lands it expanded to. 18.4K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

The broader lesson is that war and empire are core features of human beings, not an anomaly. They're the norm. You can draw whatever moral and philosophical conclusions you like from that, but the pattern is irrefutable. 6.6K views · 39 likes · 2 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Richard Medhurst ✓@richimedhurst23 Aug

This takes place almost 2000 years ago. Tacitus recounts how the Romans retook Gaul (France) after a rebellion. A Roman general, Cerialis is addressing the rebels and says: —The Empire gives you stability and security. —It needs your land as a buffer against the Germans. Empire 38.7K views · 101 likes · 12 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

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