"Also consistent would be the idea that there are no real rules for nations, that might makes right, and if we can steal the oil, it's just 'naive' to insist there's something wrong with that."

*blank stares from the right*

Here's a Daily Kos report on the CIA speech. Mentions oil stealing, but puts a lots of emphasis on Trump's super-big lie of the day--that the inauguration crowd had been a million and a half.

Dond, I'm going to bet we agree on what Trump was doing there. He was establishing dominance. That giant lie was a way of saying to the CIA people "I'm boss and you have to eat my shit."

Am I right?

I do not know about the eating, but a civilian leader needs to affirm dominance early over any intelligence body.

Just why is that?

Intelligence is to inform, you know with unfiltered information. The last thing one should want is for the intel to effected by fear.
Just the facts and truth!




Barney

In the intelligence house their are many mansions.

"Personal attack" usual implies pejorative. I do not see that here.

So, now we are to drop all pretense and simply start invading other countries to steal their shit? Without even so much as making an excuse anymore? WOW! Just.....WOW!

I'm no Pollyanna, I know all about the "Banana Wars", the "regime changes" we've instigated around the world and other scummy shit we've done. But, now we're simply going to say, "Hey, nice oil you have there! Hand it over or we'll vaporize your people.".

This is a whole new level and a sharp descent into something very, very dark.

While we're at it we might as well enforce white supremacy.....

We can use the old abandoned malls as gas chambers.

Ah well, Americans have always thought of war as a big game, a joke. The only thing that will change that attitude are bombs falling on our own cities...maybe they we'll see just how horrible it it.

New York will be the new Dresden.

The Germans not being consulted on Nuremberg was might makes right.

Might made possible. But at least there was a trial, and some got off. That makes it more right.