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Thank you -- in the US the situation might be even worse than in France. "Russia-gate" is more than just a political ploy against Trump by the DNC that distracted the media from reporting the innumerable horrible things Trump was actually doing for four years.

Russia-gate hoax is a new term for (and the continuation of) "McCarthyism" which began immediately after WWII and is currently fueling our unilateral incredibly dangerous cold wars with both China and Russia. Blaming Russia for everything that’s wrong in the US is absurd on its face, yet like a cancer this narrative has invaded every cell of the so-called liberal media and is ever-increasing since the Obama-Biden-Hillary lying team is back in full power (note Kamala is Hillary's protégé).

Politically it derailed both the Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard campaigns and gave Americans what was close to a “single choice menu” in the 2020 election.

The Iraq War clearly revealed that our top military & intelligence officials are engaged in a disinformation campaign aimed at American citizens in service of fabricating enemies to increase their funding and justify our "interventionist" wars. During the 2020 presidential campaign Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard and Dr. Jill Stein were accused by no less than Hillary Clinton as “Russian assets”. When Clinton asked if she meant this literally she replied, “absolutely”. Clinton’s remarks were so wildly absurd and vicious that her political standing and reputation should have been forever damaged, however this didn’t happen -- the massive War party was behind Hillary (and now Biden).

Given the fact that the US has surrounded Russia's southern borders with nuclear missiles, whatever feeling Russia now has towards the US is more than understandable. Everything Dwight Eisenhower warned the public in his famous farewell address has occurred and -- "progressive" neoliberals don't care. Arms industry is immensely profitable for ALL players involved.

“Russia-gate” is FAR MORE dangerous to American democracy than is Russia.

Left still unexplored is the huge role of UK in concocting the Russia-gate hoax, including Scripal and Navalny "poisonings" and US+UK fabrications of OPCW reports on Syria -- fully exposed by top experts at OPCW. Note how, in desperation, DNC/CIA handlers instructed e.g., TYT's despicable Cenk & Ana to go on maximal / unhinged attack on the Gray-zone high-integrity team and, especially on Aaron Mate

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Thats a good point. I believe the first "generals letter" did sympathetically address the Yellow Vests movement. Thanks for reading and writing in. jc

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One more difference: the “liberals” supported the Generals here and lined up behind their opposition to withdrawal while I doubt that this was so in France. The liberal support for the CIA and the defense “grown ups” is one of sad consequences of the Trump era.

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Perhaps, in April 1961, the Generals/Army were “saving the nation from itself…”

Today why would the Army is pure and autonomous? There has been a rising unrest growing in France: both against the centrist austerity measures and from the far-right.

What’s to say the army would keep autonomy? Does anyone believe that?

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Nice peroration. I have four words for you.

Seven Days in May

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Remember the Yellow Vests?

France's fundamental problem is not Islamicists vs. France. It is the elites vs. everyone else.

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