18. In retrospect, Kushner's trip to Iraq looks like brilliant move by Pentagon to get crucial son-in-law on side.
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19. Last line of thought was from here:https://twitter.com/wspieler/status/849835465700245504 …
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20. Relevant to all this is McMaster's book "Dereliction of Duty" which critiqued 1960s military leaders for not standing up to LBJ.
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21. There's been pushback on tweet #11 with people arguing (rightly) that soldiers not necessarily hawks:https://twitter.com/accommodatingly/status/849833226705272832 …
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22. It's true soldiers have far greater sense of enormity of war. But their training will incline them to see problems in military terms
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23. Right now, we need forces outside & inside government to contain & counteract Trump.
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24. Post-Trump, USA will have to have reckoning with power of military, intelligence community & permanent government.
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The way you described things there will be no post-Trump USA.
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That's still up in the air. Best case scenario is he's Amerian Berlusconi, which will allow for some recovery.
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I meant if there is an all-out nuclear war, there may not be a functioning USA any more.
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That's true! I'm hoping nuclear war can be avoided.
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"Bright prospects for global recovery" (pl. have a quick look) http://glineq.blogspot.com/2016/10/bright-prospects-for-global-recovery.html …
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I didn't know you wrote science fiction! Alas, your scenario is not out of the realm of possibility.
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