Patriotism vs. Party Loyalty

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The American Republic is facing an unprecedented moment that will define how its citizens relate to each other, and to the nation itself. It will reveal whether its people have more loyalty to party than to country, and whether partisanship exceeds patriotism.

After a prolonged, expensive and thorough investigation by professionals antagonistic to Donald Trump, it has become manifestly clear that the entire “Russian Collusion” charge levied against him was utterly and knowingly false. The apparatus of the American judicial and intelligence services was, in essence, kidnapped to overturn the legitimate results of a fair election.

Those with similar affiliation conspired to coverup crimes committed by Trump’s 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, and the Administration she was a major part of.

During the Obama Administration, major portions of the federal government were essentially stolen and turned into arms of Trump’s opposition. It is indisputable that IRS official Lois Lerner intentionally and illegally used her agency to harass and abuse White House opponents. It is also evident that then-attorney general Loretta Lynch used the Department of Justice for political purposes, issuing groundless subpoenas for the sole purpose of discouraging disagreement with Barack’s views.

Throughout the eight years of that Administration, there was little difference between the Democratic National Committee and several federal agencies. No punishment resulted. Nor, for political reasons, was there punishment for Hillary Clinton’s blatant abuse of her office for personal financial gain, in a manner that jeopardized the national security of the Unites States. It is difficult to come to terms with a former First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State agreeing to sell the basic ingredient of nuclear weapons to an enemy nation in return for pecuniary gain—and receiving no punishment for it.

The outrage these acts would expectedly engender has been effectively quelled by a media that has abandoned its journalistic ethics by refusing to adequately cover the crimes of the politicians and bureaucrats they favor.

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But the moment of truth may well have arrived. Attorney General William Barr has researched the Russian Collusion hoax and is expected to take action against those who knowingly presented false evidence to the FISA Court, and those who attempted to unlawfully cripple a presidency based upon it.

Attorney General Barr found last year: “ President Trump faced an unprecedented situation. As he entered into office, and sought to perform his responsibilities as President, federal agents and prosecutors were scrutinizing his conduct before and after taking office, and the conduct of some of his associates. At the same time, there was relentless speculation in the news media about the President’s personal culpability. Yet, as he said from the beginning, there was in fact no collusion. “

A Fox report notes that “The FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team investigating the Trump 2016 campaign received multiple indications that former British spy Christopher Steele — one of their key informants in their investigation — was part of an elaborate ‘Russian disinformation campaign,’ according to several newly declassified footnotes from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on FBI misconduct.”

Despite that, leading members of the House of Representatives intentionally sought to destroy the Trump Administration based on information that House leaders knew to be false.

Elected members of Congress will not constitute Barr’s targets, but members of the intelligence services, and in particular former CIA director John Brennan, some individuals within the FBI, and other bureaucrats probably will.

The salient question is: With the facts now demonstrably clear, will Democratic leaders seek to counteract the vital investigation? Will the leftist media seek to ignore the facts and coverup the lies of those involved, as they did in the aftermath of the Benghazi attack?

The answer to that question will reveal whether those politicians place justice above party interest, and loyalty to country above partisanship.

Quick Analysis

Putin’s Saber Rattling

Earlier this week, President Biden reversed his 2022 decision, authorizing the provision of antipersonnel land mines to the Ukrainian government. It follows an earlier Administration authorization to allow the use of an advanced American missile system capable of striking as deep as 100 miles inside Russian territory. The US election season may be ending, but both Russia and the West show no indication of stepping down the conflict. Russian propaganda continues to swell as the Kremlin increases its threats to use nuclear weapons against the West. Last week Andrey Sushentsov, program director of the pro-Kremlin think tank Valdai Discussion Club (VDC), published an article on growing nuclear tensions in the region. Official Russian language in the last few years has been threatening. Since the US election, rhetoric like that in the Sushentsov article, has approached the level of nuclear blackmail. The VDC article’s main theme centers on Russia’s intent to directly confront the West militarily if the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) becomes involved in Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. “On the one hand, these threats are intended to frighten the West, but on the other, Russian propagandists themselves are starting to believe in the inevitability of escalation,” according to Ksenia Kirillova of the Jamestown Foundation. On November 11, Sushentsov wrote that “The conflict will reach a completely new level, with unpredictable consequences for Europe and the entire world.” Kirillova points out that Putin’s distorted image of the world is divorced from reality and is causing the Kremlin to issue demands that are impossible to fulfill. Financial and other Russian resources needed to support Putin’s war are growing scarcer at the same time. This week the Kremlin announced a reduction of payments to its soldiers. Recently North Korea acknowledged it was sending soldiers to fight in Ukraine as Putin is running out of bodies to use as cannon fire. The war is not going well for Russia. One question floating around the Washington intelligence community is whether Putin will act out of desperation before President-elect Trump assumes office. In recent months the Russian propaganda machine is spewing out materials from fairly reputable analytical platforms inside the country. Kirillova says that “Kremlin ‘experts’ do not conceal that such threats are only intended to break the West psychologically, as they themselves are not prepared for full-scale nuclear war.” Despite Russia’s lack of preparation for an all-out war with the West, the expanding nuclear rhetoric carries with it an increase in the threat of a full-scale war in multiple theaters of operation. In June 2023 a founder of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Sergey Karaganov, called for “delivering a pre-emptive strike of retaliation” on Poland to force the West to surrender. In the previous month, Dmitry Suslov, a direct of research programs at the policy center proposed organizing “a demonstration nuclear explosion” aimed at intimidating the West. In September, President Putin announced a reappraisal of Russian nuclear doctrine after speaking earlier in the year at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and jokingly calling Suslov a “scary person.” Pavel Baev, writing in the European Daily Monitor, says “Putin intends his announcement to mark an escalation of nuclear brinkmanship and influence the proceedings of future Ukrainian peace efforts.” Putin is expanding the list of environmental conditions that are acceptable for using a nuclear weapon and incorporating it into Russian military doctrine. Baev adds that “The ups and downs of Russian brinkmanship are disconnected from the kinetic battles of the war, correlating instead with Ukrainian peace offensives, such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first peace summit in Bürgenstock, Switzerland.” Despite the increase in vitriolic language, in a You Tube video published a week before the US presidential election, Karaganov openly assured the West the primary goal of the escalation is to break the American spirit and that of the West, not outright nuclear war. By Election Day in the US, with political prognosticators predicting a win for former president Trump, Karaganov changed his tune and called for an increased role in nuclear deterrence. Kirillova points out that Western concessions to Russia are unlikely to reduce the risk of nuclear escalation. The distorted reality inside the Kremlin continues to push that President-elect Trump is an adherent of “world government,” that Ukraine will create a nuclear weapon, and Russia must prepare for a nuclear conflagration to achieve its ambitions for a new world order. President-elect Trump has indicated he will not agree to concessions that destabilize Europe, the Middle East or other regions. Going forward a strong US foreign policy may be the most stabilizing course the West can count on to restrain Putin and his intent to rebuild the Russian empire. Daria Novak served in the U.S. State Dept. Illustration: Pixabay

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