Malcolm Nance on Syria Airstrikes: 'Kabuki Lives'

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Malcolm Nance? @MalcolmNance 14m14 minutes ago
MISSION FAILURE: US struck base deliberately avoided destroying chem weaps/killing crews. Warned Ru/Sy. Message? Kabuki Lives.

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'He Gassed His Own People'
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1. Thank you, Malcolm Nance!

Fareed Zakaria said Trump "became President" after his airstrike on Syrian base

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3. bravo to Nance

...standing tall.

[madaboutharry]

2. Malcolm Nance must shake his head

at the talking heads on TV who don't get it. It must be so frustrating for him listening to all the bullshit.

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4. lol

...I've seen him do just that on several appearances.

He's on point here.

[Satch59]

5. Love Malcolm...

He seems one step ahead of the news...wrote his book about Russia hacking election in July, called Flynn asking for immunity, called the attack of Syria move and now calling BS on it...let this message build for the day... Trump really is that stupid that he thought no one would see through this?

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6. he called this airstrike 4hrs before it occurred

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[Wounded Bear]

14. Other than the B2 part, spot on...

as one would expect from Mr Nance. He knows his shit.

[mcar]

7. I trust Nance

This was nothing but show.

[Delphinus]

20. My husband,

when he came to bed last night, said this very thing. It is performance art, a very expensive piece of performance art.

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8. You elect a Reality TV President

and you get Reality TV military attacks! Also a distraction from Trump-Russian investigations.

[radhika]

15. Showing off for President Xi is my guess...

Enthroned down there in his personal palace of Mar a Lago, dining as the bombs falls, fawned over by SS - acting without input from Congress. Just setting the tone of strong man for future biz deals. Jared will handle the paperwork, I'm sure.

Even if he gets impeached in 6 months, Trump enterprises will thrive.

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17. Oh yes

That too! What an impressive diplomatic dinner that was.

[Hekate]

9. Ah, hell

Thank you, Mr. Nance, for speaking out.

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10. Malcolm Nance is always spot on!

K&R

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11. Speaking

He's on the Stephanie Miller Show right now on Free Speech TV

[Jonny Appleseed]

13. I wish the MSM could stop circlejerking over explosions and do the job of tearing the veil

of this operation. It lies somewhere between insurance fraud and Trump wanting to show the Chinese President a metaphorical cumshot on Syria's face

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16. Trump 2013 is totally against this action!

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18. 歌舞伎 (kabuki) (か ぶ き)

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19. The same act can have different meanings with different Presidents

That's what it comes down to for me. I could even accept Kabuki Theater if it was staged with the full best interests of or nation at stake. When you come down to it, that is virtually literally what a warning shot across the bow is, Kabuki Theater. It's a "pulled punch", not a non punch, and it is done for effect. For what effect? The problem is I have no trust in Trump.

It makes sense to me to try to avoid killing Russians in our first direct military strike against the Syrian government. Maybe that would not make sense the second time, which is why it was just for show the first time - fair dramatic warning to pull Assad back from using chemical weapons or risk more dangerous encounters. If Obama were President now I might accept an explanation like that. But he isn't, and because I do not trust that Trump has the full best interests of our nation at heart, this action raises more questions than it answers,