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Musical Chairs in the White House
On the job training in the intelligence community
By Philip Giraldi
February 26, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
Here in the Land of Oz,
otherwise known as Washington, one continues to run
into people who should know better who insist that
they have a friend in the White House who confirms
that President Donald Trump is really a man of peace
being obstructed as he seeks to withdraw the United
States from senseless wars in Asia. They argue that
the Deep State or Establishment, to include the
media, are so blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome
that they cannot get behind his policies even when
they would be good for Americans.
The problem with that argument is that there have
been clear instances when the president could have
followed through on pledges to reduce troop levels
or withdraw completely from war zones before
reversing himself and doubling down rather than
doing the right thing. One need only cite the
increases in numbers of combatants in both the
Middle East and Afghanistan and the reversal of an
initial decision to stage a complete withdrawal from
Syria which instead turned into a move to occupy the
country’s oil fields.
Others might argue that Trump reveals himself
through his quixotic decision making and his
willingness to play brinksmanship with powerful
opponents as if he were upping the ante over a real
estate transaction. Withdrawing with the JCPOA
nuclear agreement with Iran was a major blunder,
recognized as such by nearly every country in the
world with the usual exception of Israel, while
Trump’s repeated offers to talk with the Ayatollah
reflect willful ignorance of Iranian political
dynamics. The White House apparently considered the
assassination of an Iranian Major General to be an
inducement to the Persians to come to the table to
discuss a broad range of disagreements. |
