CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump's handling of protests
Source: Washington Post
The scenes have been disturbingly familiar to CIA analysts accustomed to monitoring scenes of societal unraveling abroad the massing of protesters, the ensuing crackdowns and the awkwardly staged displays of strength by a leader determined to project authority.
Ive seen this kind of violence, said Gail Helt, a former CIA analyst responsible for tracking developments in China and Southeast Asia. This is what autocrats do. This is what happens in countries before a collapse. It really does unnerve me.
Marc Polymeropoulos, who formerly ran CIA operations in Europe and Asia, was among several former agency officials who recoiled at images of Trump hoisting a Bible in front of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Washington after authorities fired rubber bullets and tear gas to clear the presidents path of protesters.
The seeming hypocrisy in the U.S. position has not been lost on foreign targets of American pressure or criticism.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/cia-veterans-who-monitored-crackdowns-abroad-see-troubling-parallels-in-trump-handling-of-protests/2020/06/02/7ab210b8-a4f6-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html
The headline on the news pop Up was about how the violence (meaning protesters) was like a country ready to collapse. The article is about Trumps unnerving actions and language.
ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)for national security reasons - now it is apparent those same individual protections would have saved us from all of this.
Free press
Right to assembly
Protections from government harassment
Freedoms from persecution
Pursuit of happiness
The general welfare
A few of the important tenants the framers established
Hotler
(11,392 posts)call him a fascist?
SergeStorms
(19,131 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 3, 2020, 12:51 PM - Edit history (1)
in a tweet, shortly after the church photo-op. He used the famous quote: "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag, carrying a cross". He was definitely talking about The Orange Hemorrhoid, though . We do need someone in the MSM to come out and say it though, because it's so frighteningly true.
Bayard
(21,991 posts)Remember when she used to try to be so diplomatic and polite? That's all gone now. She's grim.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)their criminal behavior by flying in LARGE quantities of cocaine and who knows what else into the U.S.? I just want to be sure about that...
PSPS
(13,576 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)you'll see that my comments were directed at "the CIA"... So maybe you can tell me if we're talking
about the same organization?
olddad65
(599 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,693 posts)Trump gets advice from Putin. He admires Putin and Kim Jong Un.