It's not hard to see why the Washington war camp have their knickers in a knot over Trump. In the event that America had a President who could get along with Putin and at the same time be neutral on the Jewish State file... hell, who knows what might happen?
Ya, Trump's a flakey condo promoter who has missed way more than he's hit out of the park in his business career. But what he is definitely not is a bumboy for the AIPAC crowd. That's why the Washington elite are so rattled by the success of his campaign.
It's always been our view here at the Falling Downs think tank that the Jewish State would be willing and able to make peace with her neighbours in about two weeks or less were it not for the blank cheque support the Likudniks were guaranteed by the Washington establishment.
The reason you're seeing a tsunami of anti-Trump propaganda these days is because the Israel-firsters in DC are hearing the death rattle.
Donald Trump is the first presidential candidate in the modern era not in thrall to AIPAC money.
Showing posts with label Trump foreign policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump foreign policy. Show all posts
Thursday, March 3, 2016
GOP warmongers circle the wagons to block Trump
It was D (for desperation) Day among the GOP establishment today.
There was the Mittster warning America that security and prosperity would fly out the window with a Trump nomination. Romney doesn't get the fact that, from the point of view of street-level folks, America's security and prosperity has already been squandered by the perpetual-war establishment types.
Then, to prove that they're just as clueless as Romney, seventy-some charter members of that establishment posted an open letter on the War On the Rocks website. Yup, a president who could get along with Putin and be neutral on the Israel - Palestine conflict would be bad news indeed. That this clique of war cheerleaders feels threatened by Trump tells me he must be doing something right. A "Dump Trump" plea signed by the likes of Daniel Blumenthal, Michael Chertoff, Eliot Cohen, Robert Kagan and a few dozen like-minded Washington insiders isn't going to make much of an impression on the millions of regular folks who have begun to realize that the trillions pissed away on unnecessary wars at the urging of these people has only made America poorer and less secure.
In fact, it's these war cheerleaders who have brought America down. Bill Kristol gave the game away when he revealed that the GOP elite would be better served by having Hillary in the White House. Unlike Trump, Hillary is a reliable advocate for senseless military interventions and endless weapon sales to all sides in virtually every conflict. What that should tell the Republican rank and file is that their party has long since been hijacked by the military-industrial complex.
It's no wonder the elite feels threatened by a candidate who is bringing democracy back to the party.
There was the Mittster warning America that security and prosperity would fly out the window with a Trump nomination. Romney doesn't get the fact that, from the point of view of street-level folks, America's security and prosperity has already been squandered by the perpetual-war establishment types.
Then, to prove that they're just as clueless as Romney, seventy-some charter members of that establishment posted an open letter on the War On the Rocks website. Yup, a president who could get along with Putin and be neutral on the Israel - Palestine conflict would be bad news indeed. That this clique of war cheerleaders feels threatened by Trump tells me he must be doing something right. A "Dump Trump" plea signed by the likes of Daniel Blumenthal, Michael Chertoff, Eliot Cohen, Robert Kagan and a few dozen like-minded Washington insiders isn't going to make much of an impression on the millions of regular folks who have begun to realize that the trillions pissed away on unnecessary wars at the urging of these people has only made America poorer and less secure.
In fact, it's these war cheerleaders who have brought America down. Bill Kristol gave the game away when he revealed that the GOP elite would be better served by having Hillary in the White House. Unlike Trump, Hillary is a reliable advocate for senseless military interventions and endless weapon sales to all sides in virtually every conflict. What that should tell the Republican rank and file is that their party has long since been hijacked by the military-industrial complex.
It's no wonder the elite feels threatened by a candidate who is bringing democracy back to the party.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
What would President Trump's foreign policy look like?
Trump has been a little thin on details about what his foreign policy might look like, but he's dropped a couple of powerful clues.
He's claimed that he'll be able to get along with Putin.
He's promised to be neutral on Israel.
Hey, if America had a president who was neutral on Israel and could get along with Putin, you could probably cut defense spending by at least 50%!
That Middle East nightmare that the American taxpayer has been subsidizing for generations would no longer be the American taxpayer's problem!
Nor would containing Putin's alleged plans for world domination...
That's why the Beltway Establishment is shitting bricks.
The military industrial complex that's been steering foreign policy for fifty years will have lost their milk cow.
And instead of perpetually financing perpetual war and perpetually fattening up the warmongers, the American taxpayer will instead be able to afford housing, education, and health care!
He's claimed that he'll be able to get along with Putin.
He's promised to be neutral on Israel.
Hey, if America had a president who was neutral on Israel and could get along with Putin, you could probably cut defense spending by at least 50%!
That Middle East nightmare that the American taxpayer has been subsidizing for generations would no longer be the American taxpayer's problem!
Nor would containing Putin's alleged plans for world domination...
That's why the Beltway Establishment is shitting bricks.
The military industrial complex that's been steering foreign policy for fifty years will have lost their milk cow.
And instead of perpetually financing perpetual war and perpetually fattening up the warmongers, the American taxpayer will instead be able to afford housing, education, and health care!
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