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2019-11-23 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by 746 2019-11-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 What's the difference between the NSC and kindergarten?

Kindergarten has adult supervision.

Posted by gorb 2019-11-23 00:37|| 2019-11-23 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 "Praetorian guard": exactly. The kind of thing you associate with Roman intrigue and assassinations, or with banana republics and Pakistan in our own time.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-23 00:49|| 2019-11-23 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 This:

The very worst example of this was Ben Rhodes, an aspiring novelist who evolved from a speechwriter to deputy national security adviser for communications, and, in that capacity ran our foreign policy. War and diplomacy weren't run by the cabinet members accountable to Congress, but by political operatives.

Pajama Boy making foreign policy = the height, or nadir, of The Shitshow

Posted by Lex 2019-11-23 00:50|| 2019-11-23 00:50|| Front Page Top

#4 An unnecessary level of bureaucracy ... as superfluous as the Department of Homeland Security . But it does provide employment for high salary pundits.

Posted by magpie 2019-11-23 01:47|| 2019-11-23 01:47|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ But it does provide employment for high salary pundits.

...and political operatives. Don't forget the political operatives.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-23 04:40|| 2019-11-23 04:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Since the NSC was created by statute, it's not going away anytime soon. Thus we'll have to wait until a serious Federal budget's proposed by Trump that'll defund this and other clusterf&cks.

Posted by Raj 2019-11-23 05:52|| 2019-11-23 05:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Baby. Bathwater.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-23 09:11|| 2019-11-23 09:11|| Front Page Top

#8 In the meantime, I'm sure there's an island up near Alaska they could all be transferred to. In order to concentrate their efforts on why they should keep their jobs. And make sure there's no distraction, like phones, internet or TV. For entertainment, they can play truth or dare.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-11-23 09:46|| 2019-11-23 09:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Sack them all and use the budget to provide border security

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-23 10:51|| 2019-11-23 10:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Send them to that island at the very end of the Aleuitian chain which is only a few hundred miles from Russia. Mission: Watch for Russian Collusion.

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-11-23 11:30|| 2019-11-23 11:30|| Front Page Top

#11 You will disagree with me but I found Fiona Hill a competent and impressive witness. This badass lady knows her stuff. But then again I have read her book about Putin which is the best there is.

Sondland instead is a joke, sorry.

Posted by European Conservative 2019-11-23 13:39|| 2019-11-23 13:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Agree that Fiona Hill is a superb analyst and an honest individual. Baby in the NSA bath water.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-23 13:41|| 2019-11-23 13:41|| Front Page Top

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