HAPPENED.
WE ARE DOING A POLL, WHY DO YOU THINK WE ARE BOMBING
SYRIA NOW -- FIRST CHOICE IS THE GAS ATTACK AGAINST CIVILIANS
CROSSED A LINE WHERE WE HAD TO ACT, THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE ON TV
AND IN THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING WITH, AND THAT MIGHT BE TRUE. B)
THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS BACK IN CHARGE AND DRIVING US
TOWARD.
THEY GOT BANNON OUT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL,
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN A MESS IN IRAQ, THE GENERALS LOVE
MESSES IN IRAQ.
C) IS TRUMP WANTS TO SHOW HE'S INDEPENDENT
OF RUSSIA, THIS IS A SCENARIO WHERE TRUMP AND THE RUSSIANS
AGREE WE DO A LITTLE BOMBING, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HIT YOU, THEN YOU
GET TO ACT TOUGH AGAINST US AND THEN WE WILL MAKE A DEAL AND
LIFT THE SANCTIONS AND WE WILL SEEM LIKE WE ARE WONDERFUL
STATESMEN.
D) IS THE U.S.
ONCE TO ASSERT ITSELF AND SEND A MESSAGE THEY ARE STILL
WILLING TO USE FORCE.
DO WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE WILL USE FORCE?
WE LAUNCH AIRSTRIKES EVERY DAY.
BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T WATCH CABLE
NEWS BUT I SEE IT POP UP IN RESTAURANTS AND YADA YADA --
JOHN MCCAIN IS ALL OVER TV GOING FINALLY, WE SHOWED THE WORLD WE
ARE WILLING TO ACT.
OH, FINALLY?
THAT IS ALL WE EVER DO.
THE FIRST 7900 AIRSTRIKES ARE FREE, NO ONE COUNTS THOSE.
TO THEM, THEY REALLY BELIEVE THESE THINGS.
THEY ARE ALSO PAID
TO SAY IT, BUT LIKE, TRUMP IS THE NEW PRESIDENT, HE HAS TO
SHOW THE WORLD HE IS STRONG AND WILLING TO BOMB THINGS AND THE
U.S. IS BACK IN CHARGE.
AND I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME
ELEMENTS OF TRUTH ON A THROUGH D HERE.
AND I KNOW IN THE MORNING
WHEN I CAME UP WITH THIS POLL I MIGHT HAVE GONE FOR B, WHICH IS
THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS BACK IN CHARGE.
OKAY, BACK TO
HOW WE DID BUSINESS, BOMBING, WAR, ETC.
WE GOT TRUMP TO BEND
THE KNEE AND HE WILL DO WHAT ANY DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN WILL DO,
WHICH IS FEED THE BEAST.
BUT BY THE END OF READING UP ON ALL THE
THINGS AND FINDING OUT WE DIDN'T BOMB THE RUNWAYS SO WE BARELY
NICKED THEM, WE TOLD THE RUSSIANS WE WERE COMING, WE
DIDN'T BOMB THE FUNCTIONING SYRIAN PLANES, JUST THE ONES
BEING REPAIRED, ETC., NOW I'M STARTING TO THINK IT IS C), THIS
IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOW TRUMP IS INDEPENDENT OF RUSSIA.
YOU CAN GET A GREAT BARGAIN ON THIS POLL, IT CAN BE C BUT YOU
GET B FOR FREE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR RATIONALE IS,
THE MILITARY CAN RESTOCK ON TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES AT
1.4 MILLION DOLLARS PER POP.
I THINK IT'S THE WRONG WORDING, THEY AREN'T BACK IN
CHARGE, WOULD HAVE EVER NOT BEEN IN CHARGE?
I LIKE D), THEY ALL
DO IT, REPUBLICANS DO IT MORE, WE WILL SHOW YOU ARE MUSCLE.
WE
WILL FLEX, BOMB SOMETHING, SHOW YOU WHAT WE CAN DO.
I'M GOING
WITH B)
AND D).
I WILL GO WITH B), C), D), AND ADD THE E).
THE E) IS THEY ARE
IN COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA.
THAT IS BASICALLY C), TRUMP IS SHOWING I'M INDEPENDENT OF
RUSSIA WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING.
BUT YOU GUYS ONLY GET TO VOTE ON
ONE, IF I HAD TO VOTE ON ONE I'M SWITCHING, I WILL GO -- IN THE
MORNING I WOULD'VE GONE B)
BUT NOW I WILL GO C), I KNOW IT IS
MACHIAVELLIAN AND I DON'T KNOW TRUMP HAS IT IN HIM, BUT HIS
ADVISERS ARE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER LIGHTLY.
CERTAINLY
PUTIN HAS IT IN HIM TO CONCOCT A SCHEME WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE TRUMP
IS SHOWING HOW TOUGH HE IS AGAINST RUSSIA.
A DEAL WITH
RUSSIA?
I JUST BOMBED THEIR FRIENDS IN SYRIA.
THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND LIFTS THE SANCTIONS AND THE
RUSSIANS GET WHAT THEY WANT, TRUMP GETS WHAT HE WANTS,
THIS WAS ALL A WONDERFUL DIVERSION FOR THEM.
LETTER MEMBER WHAT GEORGE ORWELL SAID -- WAR AGAINST THE
FOREIGN COUNTRY ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE MONEYED CLASSES THINK
THEY WILL PROFIT FROM IT.
SO MAYBE E).
NOBODY IS PICKING A), AND NO ONE IS EVEN ARGUING THAT A)
MIGHT BE TRUE.
IT'S LIKE TAKING A MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST WHEN THEY
THROW IN THAT ONE ANSWER, I KNOW IT'S NOT THAT.
THE OTHER ONES I
WILL ARGUE, GET A) OFF THE PAGE.
I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE THAT POINT, ALONZO, BECAUSE EVERYONE
ON TV, EVERYONE IN THE MEDIA, IS ARGUING, OF COURSE IT'S A).
NOBODY IS EVEN DISCUSSING B)
THROUGH D).
OR THEY ARE NOT EVEN ASSERTING A REASON.
BECAUSE THAT INVOLVES
QUESTIONING.
IF YOU DISCUSS IS HE REALLY BEING HONEST -- I'VE
SEEN SOME ARTICLES THAT SHOW HE'S ACTING WITH HIS HEART NOW
-- THEY DON'T WANT TO QUESTION HIM, THEY JUST WANT TO SHOW
MISSILES BEING FIRED, THEY WANT TO SHOW SHIPS.
THEY WANT TO SHOW
ACTION, THEY WANT THAT FEELING OF GETTING PEOPLE TO WATCH BASED
ON PATRIOTISM AND WRAPPING YOURSELF IN THE CLOAK AND ALL
THAT, THEY JUST WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
IF IT
HELPS THEM, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ATTACKED NOW FOR MONTHS AND
MONTHS SAYING THEY ARE TO ANTI-TRUMP, IF THEY COULD GIVE A
WHOLE BUNCH OF CONSEQUENCE FREE PUBLICITY TO TRUMP THAT
GETS PEOPLE OFF THEIR BACKS A LITTLE.
BUT THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE LOST THE TRUST OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT
THROUGH B)
THROUGH D), BUT THEY KNOW THE ONLY OPTION ISN'T A).
THERE ARE SMART PEOPLE WHO WORK IN PRINT JOURNALISM, BUT
EVERYONE ON TV IS TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS THE BABIES, OBVIOUSLY IT
WAS THE BOMBING, CIVILIANS DIED, DID YOU KNOW CIVILIANS DIED IN
SYRIA?
I JUST WALKED IN YESTERDAY AND IT TURNS OUT THERE
ARE CIVILIANS WHO DIED, IT MUST BE THE OFFICIAL REASON, HENCE
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THEY BLAME RT FOR BEING RUSSIAN
PROPAGANDA, IT IS OWNED BY THE RUSSIANS, THEY BLAME AL JAZEERA
FOR DOING PROPAGANDA FOR QATAR, BUT
HOW ABOUT CNN?
THAT DOESN'T
QUESTION THE U.S. GOVERNMENT?
AND WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD
SEES CNN GOING, WE ARE MORAL, SO DEEPLY MORAL, WORRIED ABOUT
CIVILIANS -- THE REST OF THE WORLD IS STUPID AND THEY LOOK
AROUND AND GO, YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT CIVILIANS?
207,000
CIVILIANS DIED BEFORE THE ATTACK, NOW YOU ARE WORRIED
ABOUT CIVILIANS?
CNN LOSES ALL CREDIBILITY AND HOW FAR AWAY IS
IT
FROM PRAVDA.