Bad News: Trump Confirms The Pentagon & The CIA Are In Charge Of Foreign Policy

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NATIONAL SECURITY MEMORANDUM 57 WRITTEN BY KENNEDY AND IMPLEMENTED BY TRUMP, THIS LAST THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Exactly.

He means Bibi

Which is why the Dems were so up in arms over Trump daring to disregard that Vindman character we saw on full display in the impeachment charade.

Well he'd better stop selling nations yuuge weapons packages then shouldn't he - I mean if he really wants to end all wars?

Find and listen to the speech by Prez Ike upon leaving office. The executive branch is the propaganda cover for the 3-letter agencies and the Pentagon.

That's a real Catch-22, isn't it? Compounded by the fact that it seems that's one of the only things we manufacture anymore. Ugh.

I don't see it as a Catch-22. One is either against war and fights for that principle or they aren't.

this is news we been talking about this for years on this site.

This was set up long ago, after WWII... There were power hungry asshole behind it for sure but at the time there were a lot of patriotic good guys too... After WWII it was seen that we faced a global enemy, an enemy controlled by a single party who's quest for global domination could be planned not just in years but in decades... It was believed and maybe even rightly so at the time that the US and the West could not compete with this enemy when our foreign policy could potentially change every 4-8 years... So these people thinking they were patriots began building the power of the military industrial complex, a merger of government and private businesses injecting money into both political parties, supporting only those candidates who would allow to be steered by this group, creating think tanks that would set foreign policy no matter who was politically at the helm... At the time it may have been the right thing to do but it was corrupted and now serves no purpose but to advance it's own power and has been taken over by technocrats

You needed to be told FB Orange hasn't been doing his job for 4 years?

Wasn't "Mockingbird" used in the "Hunger Games" movie series?

Regardless, that film depicted a cruel, hard, miserable, chaotic dystopia dominated by sociopaths.

The screenwriter likely had in mind such a society being run by conservatives or rightwingers.

Bzzzt.

In reality, such a place is way closer to the characteristics of a world dominated by the left. By Comey-loving, Brennan-loving, Obama-Hillary-Biden-loving sociopaths and psychopaths.

Might be a little more complex than that. And to think that if nobody is armed, there will be no conflicts strikes me as naive.

I was talking about it as a Catch-22 when it came to manufacturing and production, specifically. This President has been the least war-ey in my memory, and the most pro-domestic production in my memory. There's some irony there, but it might not run as deep as you think. Deterrence is only one facet of the complexity.

That said, none of my portfolio includes companies (that I can discern, at least) that profit from war. Directly, I mean. I hope. Hard to tell, but I've tried.

I realize that saying "things are complex" might be seen as a cop-out. But most things are. And most problems aren't solved with a simple yes/no.

No thanks to you on the left.

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This was set up long ago, after WWII... There were power hungry asshole behind it for sure but at the time there were a lot of patriotic good guys too... After WWII it was seen that we faced a global enemy, an enemy controlled by a single party who's quest for global domination could be planned not just in years but in decades... It was believed and maybe even rightly so at the time that the US and the West could not compete with this enemy when our foreign policy could potentially change every 4-8 years... So these people thinking they were patriots began building the power of the military industrial complex, a merger of government and private businesses injecting money into both political parties, supporting only those candidates who would allow to be steered by this group, creating think tanks that would set foreign policy no matter who was politically at the helm... At the time it may have been the right thing to do but it was corrupted and now serves no purpose but to advance it's own power and has been taken over by technocrats

JFK's plan to end wars was to go to the moon with the Russians. A good start and plan. With the two superpowers working together on such a large and costly mission they could have done other things together to role-model a safe and peaceful planet and perhaps this existence today would be different..

Sadly we are left to ponder what could have been on the 57th anniversary of his murder tomorrow.

Someone answer this for me please.

Is the CIA a department of the Government?
Does the the government have any control of it?
Do they get any funding from the US government?
Can Trump abolish it?

Ever observe the dynamics in a family or group of friends where one person has a certain opinion or preference while everyone else has a different one?

Think of DC as a family gathering where most of the siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws are of the leftwing.

Though it may be true, I don't see anything in the reference said by Trump. It was deduced by the fact that he is only partially bringing troops home. Misleading post in that sense.

The headline is deceptive. Trump's actions analyzed and motivation theorized does not equal Trump confirming anything. It's a guess, maybe a good one-maybe not. Hardly confirmation.

And...?



you must not be paying attention.

If he controls them, why doesn't he?

Daniel Liszt is an amazing journalist.

Republicans and Dems need to come together and nuke the FBI and CIA

I call BS. @4:45 the acting Secretary of Defense is defending the mainstream view of 911.

Some have been paying attention.

Fake News.

The Democrats built the Pentagon and established the CIA.

Huh? So you're saying that the corrupt left has close ties to the Pentagon and the CIA, yet they're not using their muscle in order to control foreign policy? To control the military-industrial complex?

Americans can fix this problem easy.