Gabbard has more intelligence than entire Intelligence Service she’s slated to head

 

Gabbard has more intelligence than entire Intelligence Service she’s slated to head

The US national security state, more appropriately referred to as the US war party, is aghast Trump picked Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence.

John Bolton, correctly nicknamed ‘Bonkers’ over his love of endless, failed US military interventions, charged, “Gabbard, like Trump’s failed Attorney General pick Matt Gaetz, is like a hand grenade ready to explode. Republicans who throw themselves on those grenades for Donald Trump are risking their own personal reputations and places in history. Bolton appears oblivious his reputation and place in history rests in the warmonger wing of the American Story.

My Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth warned “I think she’s compromised. The U.S. intelligence community has identified her as having troubling relationships with America’s foes.” Ironically, it’s Duckworth, who exploited her service in America’s criminal Iraq war to gain political power supporting more senseless US wars, who is compromised.

Even progressive hero Elizabeth Warren foolishly bellowed “Do you really want her to have all of the secrets of the United States and our defense intelligence agencies when she has so clearly been in Putin’s pocket.” Warren clearly is in the pocket of US weapons merchants, super hawk congresspersons and their media enablers.

What infuriates these unbridled proponents of US unipolar dominance about Gabbard, a former congressperson, Iraq war vet and current Lt. Col. in the US Army reserve?

Gabbard had the audacity to speak truth against America’s unhinged proxy war against Russia in 2022 that has failed spectacularly while destroying Ukraine as a viable country. She was spot on in declaring US weaponizing its Ukraine proxies against Russia jeopardizes global security. “This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if the Biden Administration and NATO had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns over NATO membership for Ukraine on Russia’s border.”

Gabbard compounds this inconvenient truth by speaking with rulers of America’s imaginary enemies like Syrian President Bashar Assad. America’s refusal to speak with its long list of enemies is a reckless policy that can easily stumble America into further warfare, even nuclear.

Bravo to Gabbard for pushing back against senseless US foreign misadventures that threaten American security, indeed, all peoplekind.

American intelligence has been exploited by our clueless leaders since the end of WWII to destabilize, overthrow dozens of countries worldwide. It seeks new enemies to expand its power and influence promoting US unipolar dominance. Gabbard threatens that terrible sinecure.

The Senate should confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence to make sensible intelligence Job One in the intelligence community.

Let's pivot to peace in 2025 after dreadful, blood-soaked 2024

 Let's pivot to peace in 2025 after dreadful, blood-soaked 2024

We close out the year on a sorrowful note for the victims of war and those seeking peace.

The relentless US enabled genocide destroying habitable life for 2,200,000 Palestinians in Gaza approaches its 15th month with no slowdown in US weapons fueling the worst genocide this century.

US weapons and political/diplomatic support also enable continued Israeli bombing in Lebanon in spite of an official ceasefire.

In Europe, the Ukraine military continues to collapse against overwhelming Russian manpower that has gobbled up 4 provinces in and around Donbas in Eastern Ukraine. Long range US missiles being fired into Russia with US technical support have unleashed massive Russian retaliating destroying Ukraine energy infrastructure heading into freezing winter. Over 200,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted. Possibly 5,000,000 Ukrainians may be fleeing the energy staved Ukraine winter for warmer climes in Western Europe.

President Biden, in his last 50 days, appears clueless his policies in both regions are enabling humanitarian catastrophes. He’s escalating the Ukraine war with no chance of achieving US war aims but with the real possibility of provoking nuclear war with Russia. He will leave office with the indelible stain of genocide on his presidency.

Yet, there is little hope Trump will pivot to peace come January 20. His anti-Ukraine war campaign rhetoric has ceased. He’s even more vocal about Israel completing their genocidal ethnic cleansing in Gaza than Biden, who pays lip service to ending it. Trump promises more pressure on Iran that could lead to a US Iran war. He’s a near fanatical Chinaphobe, promising more inflammatory military maneuvers in China’s neighborhood and more weapons for Taiwan to repel an imaginary Chinese invasion. His foreign policy appointments are A List proponents of US exceptionalism. Peace is a word that dare not pass their lips.

Those of us in the peace community remain undaunted in our quest to promote peace over war in US foreign policy next year. Every peace loving American not engaged in this effort should join us in pushing back against the most reckless US foreign policy we’ve experienced in our lifetime. Let’s make 2025 the year that concerted peace action ends the scourge of US provoked war in Ukraine and US enabled genocide in Gaza.