A bumper, Christmas edition of muddled thinking by the author. There's the usual flawed attempts at political analysis, and now, he is adding geography to the list of subjects he doesn't understand when he writes "region which is mostly geographically as close or closer to Europe than to the US". I'm aware the north-eastern corner of the continent is closer, but that's about it. If you can't be accurate, why bother?
Just to keep this factual, the air distance from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon is 7,690 kilometers (4,778 miles), a direct flight taking around 9-10 hours across the Atlantic Ocean, connecting these major cities in Brazil and Portugal. The air distance from Rio de Janeiro to New York is 7,703 to 7,752 kilometers (4,786 to 4,817 miles), depending on the specific airports, with direct flights typically taking 10-12 hours -- Eds.
If you insist on keeping things factual then Miami is about 600 miles closer to Rio than Lisbon is. But that choice of cities would ruin your narrative, hence your choice of reference points. Most of South America is a lot closer to the USA than it is to Europe. Deal with it.
Excellent article. The fact it riles up the MAGA-turds is just an bonus ;-)
sorry, i just cannot get past that the moron groks monroe.
at least not past some low risk but divine power grab , all other details frankly uninteresting and bothersome to trump.
A bumper, Christmas edition of muddled thinking by the author. There's the usual flawed attempts at political analysis, and now, he is adding geography to the list of subjects he doesn't understand when he writes "region which is mostly geographically as close or closer to Europe than to the US". I'm aware the north-eastern corner of the continent is closer, but that's about it. If you can't be accurate, why bother?
Just to keep this factual, the air distance from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon is 7,690 kilometers (4,778 miles), a direct flight taking around 9-10 hours across the Atlantic Ocean, connecting these major cities in Brazil and Portugal. The air distance from Rio de Janeiro to New York is 7,703 to 7,752 kilometers (4,786 to 4,817 miles), depending on the specific airports, with direct flights typically taking 10-12 hours -- Eds.
If you insist on keeping things factual then Miami is about 600 miles closer to Rio than Lisbon is. But that choice of cities would ruin your narrative, hence your choice of reference points. Most of South America is a lot closer to the USA than it is to Europe. Deal with it.
The irony is completely lost on David McGarry LMAO.
Keep spouting irrelevant textual diarrhoea David, it's not as funny as your Mango Messiah's gibberish, but it's just as dumb.