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McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:47 PM Dec 2016

Pentagon! Defend Your Country! Unless YOU WANT to Fight Putin's Wars for Oil.

What is Trump's mandate from Putin, the man who hacked the election for him, the man who almost certainly has enough blackmail info on Trump and the GOP to make them his personal poodle slaves?

Russia's economy--like that of Texas---is dependent upon oil. Putin is just barely hanging onto power. If Russia's economic situation worsens, he could get tossed out. On the other hand, if Putin openly has Trump and the GOP in his pocket, if he can brag to his people "I can make Trump do anything!" and then has Trump go to war with one or two large oil producing nations---and Iran will almost certainly be one of them---without Russia having to lift a finger, sacrifice one of its own soldiers' lives or bear any international heat or budget deficit breaking expense, Putin will be the hero of Russia for all time.

Why has Putin been so open about what he has done for trump? Why is he leaving his finger prints all over everything, including the SOS pick--a personal friend of Putin? Because he hopes to win hearts and minds at home.

If, while convincing Russian that he is THE MAN, he breaks the heart of widows who lose their military spouses in the next war for oil or military personnel who lose their minds or lives, he could care less. If the US is sent in order die in suicide missions whose only purpose is to disrupt Iranian oil fields---so what? If we get entrenched in other land war, Putin will bear none of the economic or political cost--and he will reap all the reward.

The Pentagon is supposed to defend this country. We are under attack.

Oh, and btw, if you have not read "War Is A Racket" there is a link below.
https://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html

PS, why the hell would Trump poke China with a stick over Taiwan? Answer, South China Sea Oil. If Putin persuades the US to launch war on two fronts, Iran and in the South China Sea, Russia will be sitting pretty all the way to the bank.

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Pentagon! Defend Your Country! Unless YOU WANT to Fight Putin's Wars for Oil. (Original Post) McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 OP
Are you calling for a military coup d'etat? onenote Dec 2016 #1
I want them to access the security threat and issue a recommendation to the electorate. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #2
+1, Where the hell is the DIA? uponit7771 Dec 2016 #3

onenote

(42,374 posts)
1. Are you calling for a military coup d'etat?
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:49 PM
Dec 2016

Trying to figure out what you are asking the Pentagon to do.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
2. I want them to access the security threat and issue a recommendation to the electorate.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:35 PM
Dec 2016

If the Pentagon were to say "This is much too dangerous" a fair number of members of the electoral college who are afraid of the consequences if they change their votes will feel empowered. They will say "I want to keep my country safe again."

No need for a coup. Just a statement of military strategic concern is all it will take.

Ditto for those in the manufacturing, retail and transportation sector.

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