CORRECTIONS FROM YESTERDAY

I made some mistakes about what I thought Mr Goldberg said was included ion the text exchange of the Houthis PC small group. Names of pilots and specific locations were not included as I had thought. In any event the actual texts do support the view that Ms Gabbard, as well  all of the rest, are telling lies. The information about the intended launch of F18 aircraft and 1st strike packages is perhaps not serious in her eyes. What could possibly be classified about that. One wonders is they actually hear themselves speak.

The people now in charge of National security and indeed the government of the United States are treating their jobs as if they were playing some vast reality video game. They are behaving like 50’s haughty teenagers from a high school rom com or karate kid movie. Everyone is against them and they have there elder ‘coach’ in the shape of an infantile egomaniac. Mr Hegseth, just showing off to his mates about how important he is with being able to launch first strike packages. All very macho. Great job Pete (with emojis). The sad part is that rather than tone it down, apologies and explain that there was a screw up on the group call, they hunker down, take umbrage, hurl insults, lie directly in the face of the facts, turn their backs and refuse to answer further questions.

This all stems from the top down. Mr Trumps psychosis is his siege mentality and massive ego. What he and his Maga fail to grasp is that no one wants to see the President of the United that soStates fail. In particular every American citizen separately wants their elected representatives to succeed. That is why they elect them. They also have suggestions to make, and though they make criticism and think meone else might be a better choice, that does not mean they wish the elected individual ill. They just want them to be better. Can you blame citizen’s for wanting the best out of their government. The electorate are not the enemy. Members of opposition parties are not the enemy within but what is justifiably called, the loyal opposition. A different view is not a desire to harm.

Mr Trump has repeatedly stated anyone with a different view to his own is an enemy within. He has whipped up a divisive agenda on a massive scale and has chosen individuals who emphatically buy into this view and so he has chosen impressionable children to flaunt his position. None of them truly grasp the significance of governance or the principles of the constitution.

The fact that some people support the idea of social security, medical care for the elderly and lower income workers, general educational support for schools and various other social programs, does not make them anti government or anti market economists. Being against bigotry and prejudice or anti-fascist is not anathema. The United States Declaration of Independence and the Constitution both decree equality for all, freedom of thought, religion and speech. So why so much hatred and antagonism towards others with different views.

Mr Trump and supporters go on about government waste and reducing government intervention in people’s lives. What they fail to grasp is that government is there to help people have better lives. It is there to assist the citizen in becoming an independent productive contributor towards maintaining the continued existence of the nation. If additional assistance is necessary why is it wrong for the state to help. It is only the citizen helping other citizens after all. People pay taxes to contribute to the welfare of the state, and taxpayers money is spent in the interests of all taxpayers and their dependents. A difference of opinion on how tax income should be spent is not a cause for division or hate speech. It is cause for discussion on what is necessary expenditure to benefit the entire nation.  A secure, healthy and educated population would seem to be paramount. What is there to be so entrenched about. Disagreement does not have to be fatal. We all want better lives. Listen go each other and stop telling lies. Why is that so hard?