tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739601669247573025.post2950320261556796189..comments2024-01-03T19:52:13.246-08:00Comments on Casey Pops: The Real US Intel Experts Will Find the Mole Inside the Trump Team, But When Will AG Sessions Do His Job?Casey-Popshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01003863792380524378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739601669247573025.post-81677654299956769482018-05-13T21:13:31.209-07:002018-05-13T21:13:31.209-07:00 France’s last king Louis XVI helped American rebe... France’s last king Louis XVI helped American rebels cast off their British overlords and France’s long-time rivals. The resulting debt and financial crisis ended the monarchy with the French Revolution and its Reign of Terror. Napoleon Bonaparte led France out of the mess only to founder on the shoals of a Russian winter.<br /><br />In the 1930’s, facing a resentful Germany—partly due to reparations under the Treaty of Versailles—France built the defensive Maginot Line along the Franco-German border from Switzerland to Luxembourg. It didn’t go all the way to the English Channel, so Hitler’s troops just went around it.<br /><br />France later handed over its problems in “French Indo-China” to the United States (the Vietnam War). More recently, they suckered President Obama into a regime-change blunder in Libya, sowing chaos and empowering Salafist radicals.<br /><br />France doesn’t have a great track record of prudent foreign policy. President Trump should take President Macron’s foreign policy advice with a grain of salt, especially on Syria.<br /><br />The Islamic State is basically finished in U.S.-dominated zones. Russia- and Syria-controlled zones are another story. Military engagement there risks direct conflict with Russia and participation in the Syrian civil war, a textbook, no-win conflict. President Trump should follow his instincts and de-escalate in the Middle East.<br />Bonnie Ideenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739601669247573025.post-53314574752927572892018-05-13T20:47:04.690-07:002018-05-13T20:47:04.690-07:00Maybe Jeff Sessions is doing his job as he sees it...Maybe Jeff Sessions is doing his job as he sees it to be done.<br /><br />I don't think so. But if he is really that bad (and he is) at being the Attorney general, why then doesn't trump get rid of him?<br /><br />Or is it that old saying ..."keep your friends close and you enemy closer"?Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775328073721361297noreply@blogger.com