When the Allies Become Customers
Declared advocacy, not analysis
This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
The alliance became a purchase order. The people became inventory.
This cartoon ran with When the Allies Become Customers.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine, Iran, Russia, Laura Loomer, Lindsey Graham, Charles Kupchan, Trita Parsi, Matt Duss, Sina Toossi, Andrii Sybiha, Council on Foreign Relations, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Center for International Policy
- Themes
- US foreign policy, Ukraine-Russia war, US-Iran war, drone warfare, political realignment
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Informed citizenship, Equality & fairness