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Eh I'd expect any diplomat to have the historical knowledge to reference important Church events, especially if there's time to prepare before speaking with chu
by newer_vienna 6mo ago
Eh I'd expect any diplomat to have the historical knowledge to reference important Church events, especially if there's time to prepare before speaking with church representatives. It was a very significant political period in Catholic history!
- benzible 6mo agoIf you would expect a typical Trump political appointee, as Colby is, to have even basic historical knowledge, then you may not be paying close attention.
- newer_vienna 6mo agoColby went to Harvard and Yale, and worked at State. Of course he knows history. Would be like claiming a Stanford guy doesn't know programming
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- benzible 6mo agoLike maybe this guy? https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-technical-coding https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-tech... Or this guy? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/18/jared-kushner-harvard-donald-trump-son-in-law https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/18/jared-...
- lostlogin 6mo agoYou expect this administration to rely on domain experts? Can you give some examples of this?
- newer_vienna 6mo agoAnyone in a diplomatic role is briefed and trained by domain experts. I know many of these staff assistants in DC myself. But my point is that even a novice diplomat has historical knowledge to know about Avignon