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Yo-Yo Ma's #SongsOfComfort: Saint-Saëns, "The Swan"

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Joe Bacon ✅11/29/2020 2:28:50 pm PST

re: #157 ckkatz

Some additional thoughts on the Jared(and previous Pompeo) meetings in Saudi.

1. There is a good likelihood that the Jared meeting in Saudi has to do with Iran. Perhaps regarding what the Trump Administration is planning. The Saudis are geographically going to be stuck in the middle of whatever mess Trump creates in the area. They may be discussing the Saudi price for this.

2. One of the most dangerous military operations is the withdrawal in the face of an enemy. As a military force is withdrawn, it becomes weaker. And it becomes less and less able to defend itself.

a. The Trump Administration is proposing reducing the American military forces in regions that neighbor Iran (Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan) just as it ratchets up tensions.

b. Our allied NATO forces also have people operating in the region. Particularly in Afghanistan.

c. The Iranians have their own forces and allies operating in all three countries.

d. We had been operating in the region with Iranian acquiescence. (As well as Turkish, Israeli, Pakistani, and Saudi acquiescence.) That is likely over now. And Trump has already lost Turkish acquiescence.

3. The Israelis may also have an agenda that they realize needs to be carried out before Trump leaves office.

4. My understanding is that most of Trump’s political appointee National Security advisors have been strongly in favor of attacking Iran. The actual career folks who would have to carry it out in the Intelligence Agencies, DHS, and DoD, far less so.

This could get a lot of Americans, NATO folks, and local allies killed. To say nothing of Iranians. Plus the usual massive numbers of innocent civilians.

Christians want Armageddon.

Trump is going to bring it on as a going away present to his Pulpit Pimp Pals.

However it’s not going to turn out the way they expect when JC pulls a No-Show.