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"From time to time I bring you views about what’s happening in the United States from writers and journalists in other countries. The following is by Andrew Coyne, a highly respected Canadian columnist with The Globe and Mail, Canada’s most widely read newspaper."
Wow: "...All my life I have been an admirer of the United States and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them."
We are living in the time of Nero...There is no sense in understating the depth of the disaster. This is a crisis like no other in our lifetimes. The government of the United States has been delivered into the hands of a gangster...
That commentary crystalizes and encapsulates every random thought that I've had about the situation.
A major step in the disintegration of the United States is going to be the political takeover of the military, who will become the Nazi SS political police of the Federal government. We have already seen the first move here: the removal of the commandant of the US Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has quickly fallen into line- they now refer to the "Gulf of America". That didn't take long, did it?
The Pentagon is rushing to cobble together options for an operation that President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency. These additional service members and capabilities, if all approved, would vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California, where roughly 2,500 troops are positioned to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the detection and apprehension of migrants seeking to enter the United States illegally.
The effort underway now could include well over 10,000 soldiers and Marines, defense officials said.
The Army is considering deploying the headquarters of the 10th Mountain Division, which is commanded by a two-star general, officials said. The infantry unit is based at Fort Drum in northern New York — not far from the Canadian border — and is available if needed, officials said.
Discussions also have included sending a brigade of infantry soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina and a mechanized unit with Stryker combat vehicles from the 4th Infantry Division in Colorado. Each brigade has more than 3,000 soldiers, but it’s not clear whether all of them would deploy.
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A major step in the disintegration of the United States is going to be the political takeover of the military, who will become the Nazi SS political police of the Federal government. We have already seen the first move here: the removal of the commandant of the US Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has quickly fallen into line- they now refer to the "Gulf of America". That didn't take long, did it?
"President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law enforcement."
Once again: Orwellian double-speak. THEY are weaponizing the Justice system. "Oceania has ALWAYS been at war with East Asia." (Right?)
https://www.ft.com/content/ace02a6f-3307-43f8-aac3-16b6646b60f6
paywall.