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Thank God for the Deep State
Thank god for the Deep State! If I thought Trump were really in charge, I wouldn’t sleep well at night.
I have to say that with Trump as President I have new found appreciation for what is now called the Deep State, or what has variously been called the “permanent government” or the “military-industrial complex”. I, for one, applaud our Deep State masters for their firm (if bloody and probably criminally unjust) hand on the ship of state.
These days, I’m even grateful for the CIA (despite their extra-judicial killings). I’m also thankful for the Pentagon (despite their unconscionable drone attacks on crowded weddings) and plan to mention the DOD on Thanksgiving Day as something I am especially thankful for. At least the grownups are in charge of the Empire. Trump surely isn’t. The immorality of war becomes a secondary consideration when considering the continued existence of the human race. USA! USA!
How much room on the leash does the Deep State give its puppet-president, Donald Trump? It’s clear he’s allowed to run his mouth, as if they are inserting some comic relief into the tragedies of the US Empire’s wars and the Empire’s concomitant turbo-charged capitalism. Trump is the like the Idiot in a play whose foolishness appeases the groundlings as the blood is spilt all over the stage.
