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In reply to the discussion: I would boil the Boat Strikes down to this one point: [View all]usonian
(22,941 posts)15. I would boil the boat strikes down to three things: Epstein, Epstein and Epstein. It's WAG THE DOG!
Why a war?
Because the Epstein event horizon is rapidly approaching.
Wag the Dog.
Even if the DOJ (Defenders of Jeffrey) lock up all they have in an ion trap, evidence will come out condemning TSF's complicity in the greatest sex and extortion scandal in history.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220810679
He is beyond desperate. This is his Ethiopia (If he didn't fail history, he sure didn't learn from it)
So, like the movie, what if he molested a troop of brownie scouts? Make a war.
Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20729427
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the policemen of the world.
We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world, Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
Were spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldnt be the priority, he said.
Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.
NOW, WAR IS NEEDED TO TRY TO COVER UP HIS UTTER DEPRAVITY.
Which, when exposed will take down his entire empire and entourage, kings, heads of state, (ahem) judges, and others.
No ballroom or Arc De "Trumph" legacy.
Roger Ebert on "Wag the Dog" (mods are mine)
In the movie, a U.S. president is accused of luring an underage Firefly Girl into an anteroom of the Oval Office, and there presenting her with opportunities no Firefly Girl should anticipate from her commander in chief. A
Why drug smugglers?


And why now?

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I saw a clip of him reach into his pocket and then rub his gums with something.
Irish_Dem
Saturday
#50
No one is a terrorist until due process had been made. Until then he is a suspected terrorist, I personally love ...
marble falls
Friday
#9
So the US routinely identifies random citizens as terrorists and murders them in cold blood.
Irish_Dem
Saturday
#51
They most certainly have if it happens on US soil. Why do you hate the Constitution?
marble falls
Saturday
#54
Yes and the timing is tied to the end of the Ukraine war which is dropping oil prices
GreatGazoo
Friday
#33
Or, have the USCG intercept, take crews into custody, find out who hired them if they actually find drugs on board.
Attilatheblond
Friday
#20
Could Trump be sending a message to the cartels, that you must pay him to smuggle drugs?
Emile
Saturday
#53
I would boil the boat strikes down to three things: Epstein, Epstein and Epstein. It's WAG THE DOG!
usonian
Friday
#15
We have plenty of military muscle to capture these boats without killing all on board and destroying all evidence.... If
Norrrm
Friday
#22
It's murder, pure and simple. Everyone killed on those boats was mudered whether or not they were carrying drugs, and
Fil1957
Friday
#24
You won't see any proof because it's at the bottom of the ocean. See - very convenient.
flashman13
Friday
#26
The actual goal is likely to both test the limits of justice and get us used to extrajudicial killings.
Ol Janx Spirit
Friday
#28