We are surrounded by good news, but mass media profits from you feeling anxious and insecure, so you only get to read about the worst.
docdeek•7mo ago
This has been a good two weeks for US diplomacy: Israel-Iran ceasefire, DRC and Rwanda peace deal, and a 5% NATO defense spending pledge.
gumbojuice•7mo ago
Why is it called a deal instead of eg. a treaty? Less formalism may make it easier to achieve but sounds like easier to discern as well.
closewith•7mo ago
Rwanda denies being at war with DRC as they're using proxy forces, so it's probably just for the optics.
bryanrasmussen•7mo ago
The deterioration of language of late has completely devalued treaty, combined of course with reckless disregard of treaties by certain parties, but, due to the valorization of idiots and deal-makers the word deal has become the preferred term of art.
andy_ppp•7mo ago
I think you mistyped Rwanda? Certainly this is the Google Maps and the BBC spell it! Hopefully an admin can fix the headline.
rock_artist•7mo ago
Yes. Sorry for that (mobile..) and now I can’t edit it.
okonomiyaki3000•7mo ago
Has Trump taken credit for it yet?
antonymoose•7mo ago
I disbelieve the DRC and Rwandan leaders met in the White House and signed the deal and had a PR moment with the deal brokered by the Trump administration?
this is deal that didn't need to be brokered by americans. but people are idiots.
the art of diplomacy is lost. & yeah africans have an inferiority complex.
blufish•7mo ago
i think this is just for show for now
congo is very rich in minerals
rwanda is very organized and is taking advantage
of the situation and confusion to loot the country due to it not having natural resources i dont blame rwanda the looting of congo has been going on for decades now its a shame
fred_is_fred•7mo ago
The article makes it seem like not a lot was agreed to or was agreed to in terms so vague to not be as useful as the headline makes it seem.
bestouff•7mo ago
mslansn•7mo ago