At the NSC, "plenty of people are sitting at their desks staring at blank screens-It is apocalyptic"

[kpete]

Link to tweet

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/national-security-adviser-chaos-235162

[Vinca]

1. If ever there was a moment in time for an attack on the U.S., this is it.

Who ever imagined this level of incompetence in charge of anything? It's frightening. Meanwhile, the Orange One is doing campaign events in Florida.

[RKP5637]

4. We're at tremendous risk with this buffoon at the helm. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Putin won't attack the US, but he is probing all around the world: cruise missile deployment,

East Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, overflights of Navy ships, ...

Destabilizing the US gives him a freer hand elsewhere.

Now he is also trying to rock the French and German national elections.

[pangaia]

20. If ever there was a time to attack the Republican party, THIS IS IT !!!

[IronLionZion]

22. Trump and Bannon desperately want that to happen

so they will have their own 9/11 to justify emergency fascism and punish protesters for being unpatriotic. They want American people to be afraid of some phantom enemy while they gut our social programs and destroy our land and water.

It's sickening how badly they want bad things to happen to Americans.

[klook]

38. For sure.

And I am afraid it is coming. Only a matter of time. Wish I could be more optimistic.

[DK504]

24. That is exactly what I fear.

I hope and pray those that are experts in their fields stay an and make sure we are covered and that there is no way we give that Gorilla has an excuse to declare martial law.

[kairos12]

26. It has always been my thought that Putin wanted someone who would be asleep at

switch making us vulnerable to a first strike. He got his bozo now.

[workinclasszero]

31. Totally right

Because of the incompetence of Trump and Bannon this country is in grave danger right now.

Not to mention the plausible idea that they both could be working with the Russian dictator Putin against the best interests of this country.

[zentrum]

34. He actively wants an attack.

It will allow him to play the protector "who was right along" and let him solidify and justify his plan to put us under absolute authoritarian rule.

Bannon, the lover of war and more war, is praying for an attack.

[Alice11111]

40. I've thought about that. China or others may not be ready

for years. Yet, when your enemy is this weak and distracted, you have to think that it would be a consideration.
Mexico could probably take the Alamo now.

[RKP5637]

2. tRump's well oiled machine. n/t

[Ford_Prefect]

10. Exactly! Oiled indeed!

[Liberalagogo]

15. From Patton Oswalt:

Link to tweet

[RKP5637]

16. Is that ever true! n/t

[klook]

39. LOL!

For those without access to Twitter:
"Our government is running like a well-oiled Charlie Sheen." -- Patton Oswalt.


"Winning!" Pass the tiger blood.

[Fast Walker 52]

3. gee, it's not like they don't have an important job or anything

This really seems like the Trump-Bannon shits are asking for an attack, so they can go to war.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Just so that little bastard ryan can gut the social safety nets.

[oasis]

9. That's just what it boils down to. Ryan's GOP sold America out

so they could finally have their Ayn Rand wet dream.

[workinclasszero]

32. Those bastards rasied hell about Hillary's emails

And they allow Trump to put this country in mortal danger of attack.

Somehow I think they would welcome it.

[pangaia]

21. You got it right.

[JDC]

7. Off To Mar-A-Lago!

[progressoid]

33. Give him a break. He's had a tough week!

[Sunlei]

8. the republicans president is incompetent, he will never be 'up to speed'. hes a real estate flipper.

Republicans, you allowed/backed trump in your party and always supported brebart-nazi news & (R)fox lies TV propaganda. Why can't you R 'leaders' find people to fill these vital government positions?

my guess & IMO for republicans next move-

Republicans feed to the dummy Donald is, 'Old Cheney sneaked his daughter in as a REP. for a low population state last election. Young Cheney will be moved up into the WH admin. soon. Old Cheney's for profit war business is homed in Dubai, a short hop to Iran for WW3. Sunlei 2/2016.

[RKP5637]

12. Yep, a shyster con artist in real estate. So totally unqualified, couldn't even find the right

city let alone the ball park. He is so far in over his head.

[Sunlei]

13. what the Big Republicans wanted as their president. A patsy, a bagger magnet for ignorant votes.

a patsy for Russian hacking by Republican party insiders. well they got their man in the WH, now those Republicans better step-up and start working. Get rid of the bagger president first before he uses immunity to arrest Republicans for their Russian election work.

For the last 8 years Republicans have let Obamas Admin. DO ALL THE REAL WORK! Republicans have done NO WORK for about a decade, this will get worse as Republicans can't even finish the damn transition.

[Ford_Prefect]

11. With Bannon & Miller controlling policy no one with the experience to do the job will accept it.

Harward and Petraeus both said they could not do the job in the politicized environment created by Bannon.

Harward had reportedly wanted a clear chain of command and direct line to Trump in which he was the sole national security adviser. He also wanted the structure of the National Security Council to be restored to the model of past administrations so that political advisers, namely Steve Bannon, would not have a seat at the key Principals Committee.

*********

Petraeus said on Friday at a conference in Munich that anyone considering the job should have control over personnel and gain a commitment from the White House to have a disciplined process for crafting security policy.

“Whoever it is that would agree to take that position certainly should do so with some very, very significant assurances that he or she would have authorities over the personnel of the organization, that there would be a commitment to a disciplined process and procedures,” Petraeus said at the Munich Security Conference.

Officials told the WSJ that the White House wasn't open to Petraeus's demands.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320206-petraeus-no-longer-being-considered-to-replace-flynn-report

[The Sand Reckoner]

14. Trying to imagine what kind of sycophantic imbecile

would actually want this job now. The name of Rudy Giuliani keeps coming to mind.

Frightening as that sounds, he wouldn't be the least qualified member of Trump's entourage.

[Alice11111]

41. Liz Cheney

[UCmeNdc]

17. Trump is destroying the United States.

Republicans are helping him.

[UCmeNdc]

18. Trump is doing exactly what Putin commands!

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Methinks these workers will become passive/aggressive. . .

. . .and will deliberately withold critical information from their superiors and/or the WH.

They'll probably feel it's their only way of fighting back against the likes of Trump and Bannon.

[Ilsa]

23. And after the devastating attack, the deplorables

Will expect Everyone to get behind the orange shitgibbon.

Yeah, well, I'll only get behind him if it gives me an opportunity to push him out... of the car, airplane, moving train, WH, etc.

[dalton99a]

25. Kick.

[catbyte]

27. I'm terrified that with incompetent buffoon, we really will get attacked. Can you imagine what he'll

do? Goodbye Constitution, hello repression, martial law & the death of America.

[Mr. Ected]

28. Shouldn't this careless indifference to national security

Be an actionable offense?

[ThoughtCriminal]

29. Puting is getting huge dividends from Trump

Even if Trump is gone by the end of summer, the damage to U.S. Intelligence will take years or decades to recover from the damage.

[anneboleyn]

30. But..but..but Trump is bigly protecting us so bigly! He cares SO MUCH!

[Blue Idaho]

35. So much winning...

Such much treason...

[Honeycombe8]

36. Wow. Our country's being torn down from within, it seems. nt

[sarcasmo]

37. Let me get another drink, UGH!

[Alice11111]

42. Flag burning...

Imagine a 9/11 or worse. Martial law. We start burning flags. I have never burned the flag, but I planned to if he does certain things taking us closer to a dictatorship. He said it should be a capital offense.