On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 8:58 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > May 18, 2017 > > *The Assault on Trump *Paul Craig Roberts > > We are witnessing an assault by the national security state and its > liberal media on a President of the United States that is unprecedented. > > Wild and unsupported accusations of treasonous or illegal Russian > connections have been the mainstay of the news since Trump’s campaign for > president. These accusations have reached the point that there is an > impeachment movement driven by the national security state and its liberal > media and endorsed by Democrats, the American leftwing which has turned > against the working class as “Trump deplorables,” and luminaries such as > Harvard Law Professor Larry Tribe. The Washington Post, which was not > present at the meeting of President Trump with Russian Foreign Minister > Lavrov, purports to know that Trump gave Lavrov US national security > information. > > The Russian government has offered the presstitute media a transcript of > the meeting, but, of course, the pressitutes are not interested. > > The latest story is that Trump tried to bribe FBI Director Comey, before > he fired him, not to investigate Trump as part of the “Russian > investigation.” Clearly there is no intelligence left in the American > media. The President doesn’t need to bribe someone he can fire. > > What we are witnessing is the determination of the national security state > to keep their prized “Russian Threat” in its assigned role as the Number > One Threat to the US. The liberal media, owned by the CIA since the 1950s > is in accord with this goal. > > The American media is so accustomed to its enslavement by the national > security state that it does not think of the consequences. But Professor > Stephen Cohen does. I agree with him that the greatest threat to national > security “is this assault on President Trump.” http://www. > informationclearinghouse.info/47076.htm > > Cohen said that there is a 4th branch of government, the intelligence > community, which obstruts the management of American foreign affairs by the > executive branch and Congress. > > As an example, he reminded us that “In 2016, President Obama worked out a > deal with Russian President Putin for military cooperation in Syria. He > said he was going to share intelligence with Russia, just like Trump and > the Russians were supposed to do the other day. Our department of defense > said it wouldn’t share intelligence. And a few days later, they killed > Syrian soldiers, violating the agreement, and that was the end of that. So, > we can ask, who is making our foreign policy in Washington today?” > > In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy thought he was in charge, and he > was assassinated for his belief. JFK blocked an invasion of Cuba, the > Northwoods project, a preemptive nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, and > spoke of ending the Cold War. > > In the 1970s President Nixon was driven from office, because he thought he > was in charge of foreign policy. Like Kennedy, Nixon was a threat to the > national security state. Nixon pushed through SALT 1 and the anti-ABM > Treaty, and he opened to China, defusing those tensions as well. The > military/security complex saw its budget dwindling as the threat dwindled. > Nixon also determined to withdraw from Vietnam, but was constrained by the > national security state. Nixon, the most knowledgeable president about > foreign affairs, was forced from office, because his efforts in behalf of > peace constituted a threat to the power and profit of the military/security > complex. > > It is important to understand that there is no evidence whatsoever against > Nixon in the Washington Post “investigation.” The Post’s reporters simply > put together a collection of inuendoes that cast aspersion on Nixon, whose > “crime” was to say that he learned of the Watergate buglary at a later date > than he actually did. Nixon kept the burglary quiet until after his > reelection, because he knew that the CIA’s Washington Post would use it in > an effort to prevent his reelection. > > The “crime” for which Nixon was really removed was his success in > establishing more peaceful and stable relations with Russia and China. > > Trump, being in real estate and entertainment, was unaware of the > landmines on which he was stepping when he said it was time to normalize > relations with Russia and to rethink the purpose of NATO. > > The US military/security complex sits on a budget extracted from very > hard-pressed American taxpayers of $1,000 billion dollars annually. By > threatening to normalize relations with the enemy which was created in > order to justify this vast budget, Trump presented as the major threat to > the American National Security State’s power and profit. > > This is why Trump will be broken and/or removed as President of the United > States. > > Once again democracy in American is proving to be powerless. There is no > one in Washington who can help Trump. Those who could help him, such as > myself, cannot be confirmed by the US Senate, which is owned lock, stock, > and barrel by the military/security complex, Wall Street, and the Israel > Lobby. > > Trump tried to connect the suffering American people to their government, > an act of treason against the oligarchy, who are making an example of Trump > that will dissuade politicians in the future from making populist appeals > to the people. > > http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/05/18/the-assault-on-trump/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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