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elleng

(131,028 posts)
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 11:55 PM Nov 2017

Dan Rather Just Went Viral With A Dire Warning About Trumps Destruction Of Diplomacy.

'Dan Rather took to Facebook today with an ominous warning about the dangerous and deliberate deterioration of the U.S. Department of State under President Trump and his diplomatically inexperienced and organizationally destructive Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. So eloquently did Rather state his case that it would be shameful not to repost his comments in their entirety.'>>>

http://verifiedpolitics.com/dan-rather-just-went-viral-dire-warning-trumps-destruction-diplomacy/

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Dan Rather Just Went Viral With A Dire Warning About Trumps Destruction Of Diplomacy. (Original Post) elleng Nov 2017 OP
100% correct. So much of the damage already will take Alice11111 Nov 2017 #1
Hopefully less burrowowl Nov 2017 #2
I've been pondering the deplorable state of things HeiressofBickworth Nov 2017 #3
I have been thinking the same thing, Trump is not the only Russian asset. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #5
An unfortunately good analysis. elleng Nov 2017 #6
It's a gift to The Pentagon and arms manufacturers. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #4

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
1. 100% correct. So much of the damage already will take
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 02:17 AM
Nov 2017

decades to reverse. We need him gone. Unfortunately, he seems to be setting a new normal. Very depressing.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
3. I've been pondering the deplorable state of things
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 02:53 AM
Nov 2017

And I've come up with this theory: both Trump AND Tillerson are Russian agents.

Trump was (probably unwittingly) recruited for his ignorance and his vanity for the purpose of creating enough chaos to throw up a smoke screen while...

Tillerson (Putin's award-winning buddy) dismantles the State Department by removing as many career diplomats who have all the skill and knowledge to maneuver the US in a very complex world.

I believe it was Russians who recommended Tillerson to Trump who had never known him before.

And the result is plain to see.

Irish_Dem

(47,189 posts)
5. I have been thinking the same thing, Trump is not the only Russian asset.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 11:22 AM
Nov 2017

Putin was able to ensnare quite a few others who work in our government.

no_hypocrisy

(46,150 posts)
4. It's a gift to The Pentagon and arms manufacturers.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 08:03 AM
Nov 2017

Without statesmanship and diplomacy, conflicts are either unresolved or resolved through war.

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