Calling A Bluff? by Robert Gore

Posted by straightlinelogic 6 years, 11 months ago to Government
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Except Trump called its bluff. He has given the complex what it claims it wants—a measured, strategic response—and has been lauded by its propaganda organs for doing so. The question going forward: what else will he do? Will he put large numbers of US troops on the ground in a full-fledged effort to depose Assad? Will he risk war with Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, and possibly China, with the attendant risks of terrorist blowback and increased refugee flows? Almost certainly not. Even within the complex there are cooler heads (not all, but some) who realize a full blown war in the Middle East would be disastrous, and Trump has expressed the same sentiment, many times. Trump is already seeing his base jump ship (Paul Joseph Watson, Ann Coulter). A war would drive it bat shit crazy.

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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 6 years, 11 months ago
    I like the last paragraph. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating. We can entertain only a limited amount of a president following the bipartisan consensus as possible chess moves in a convoluted game to move away from the bipartisan consensus. At some point, we'll have to accept following the consensus as supporting the consensus. Time will tell.
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