There is an inevitable gap between what a president tells us about a war—even a proxy war—and the reality on the ground. It is true today as Joe Biden struggles for public support for the war in Ukraine, and it was true six decades ago as Jack Kennedy struggled to understand the war he chose to pursue in South Vietnam.
Let alone bypasses, I didn’t even know substack had paywalls in the first place. First time I am seeing one. 21st century western journalism truly is a spectacle.
As far as I’m aware the author decides which posts are open and which are paywalled.
Yeah, most have a Patreon-like thing where most of the better content is paywalled