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Milford Sprecher's avatar

David, thanks for morning memo. You go where few others go. Very enlightening.

Manqueman's avatar

Really, there’s no benefit to gaming out why this administration does a lot of what it does, specially, but not only, in the Caribbean.

POTUS is stupid, lawless and insane and he’s found the same to serve. Should add that he’s a bully that needs to shit on people like normal people need to breathe.

As a practical matter, there’s no need to game it out beyond that.

Mandatory reminder: Nearly all the Powers That Be are fine with this disgrace and worse.

There are better things to do than wonder why sick fucks do what they do. Come on.

Lance Khrome's avatar

This is a return to the "bad CIA" of the '50s-'80s, operating in Central and South America in support of right-wing dictatorships and their death squads in opposing "communism". Now, it's Nixon's "war on drugs" redux, complete with unmarked aircraft, "gringos" bearing paramilitary kit, and "coöperative" governments...gaaah!

Plus ça change...and all that.

Manqueman's avatar

Not sure there was ever a not-bad CIA.

As for Tricky Dick’s War on Drugs, it was primarily an exercise in racial control.

The tell how little warring on drugs there was. Nothing to speak of for dealing with addiction and drug demand. Much over criminalization and incarceration. Whatever the spooks did was secondary.

Teresa Baustian's avatar

Can the Board be found in contempt—eventually? Because they certainly are expressing contempt for both the statute creating the Kennedy Center and the courts previous ruling about removing the other guy’s name