(6 hours ago)gortex Wrote: I think his resignation and words are significant being as Kent is a US special forces and CIA veteran as well as a Donald Trump appointee.
His past in Special Forces and the CIA cuts no ice with me, nor many veterans of that community.
A former Special Operations soldier, Dan Crenshaw, was just ousted from representing Texas due his questionable affiliations and allegiances in the here and now. Rejected, eye patch and all, by his own constituency which he betrayed.
Closer to home for me, here in Virginia, members of BOTH of those communities have been shown to posses an ability to be duplicitous as hell. Dan Helmer is a former soldier, and he has utterly betrayed the people he swore to represent, and the Constitution he swore to defend. You'll probably be hearing more from him in the future, and the Democrats in Virginia are right now trying to stack the deck in their own favor by silencing the voices and stealing the votes of half of their constituency through their illegal (yes, it's already been adjudicated in court, a court finding the Democrats here are gleefully ignoring) "redistricting" moves.
Helmer has led that charge, and as payment for his betrayal, they've actually carved out a district specifically tailored to propel him into the US House of Representatives, where he will have the potential to do nation-wide damage.. They even call it "Dan;'s District" in informal discussion.
Maybe it's just a problem with electing people named "Dan"?
On the CIA side of things, our new governor here is a "former" CIA Operations Officer. She too has put full betrayal of her constituents and the Constitutions of both Virginia and the Untied States on full display, not even trying to hide it any more.
So, no, previous "service" doesn't cut any ice when they are CURRENTLY betraying everything they swore to stand for.
Quote:He is I think on the right side of History , Israel duped Trump into this war of their choosing which I believe should be a worry for Americans , this does not Make America Great as is shown by the lack of support Internationally for this conflict it makes America weaker.
Sure. More power to him. thanks for his service, and don't let the door bump his ass on the way out. In all honesty, if he hasn't the stomach to counter terrorism, he probably shouldn't be in a counter-terrorism post anyhow.
Same for "Allies" who are choosing to support a totalitarian regime that has no compulsion against murdering their own people. Buh bye, and clean out the desk before they leave.
I would say it only makes America "weaker" in relative terms, as it strengthens Iran, China, and Russia more than it weakens America. Whether that is the case or not, those nations should be looking to form new alliances as America decides to leave them behind. I hear that both Russia and China are open for business with Iran a maybe - it depends on whether the Mullah regime ends up surviving or not.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake