[semantic]

Why would anyone want the witch hunt to end without complete, unconditional defeat for the deep-state? The Allies made a mistake in accepting an armistice in WWI; we all knew what that begat. Same situation for our current conflict - if the domestic enemies aren't thoroughly defeated, they'll only come back stronger than before.

Trump is setting the case that the entire framework of government - the executive, judicial and (partial) legislative - is so corrupt as to be beyond redemption. That is, the existing infrastructure cannot be used to prosecute/correct the criminal actions, because the legal justice system is guilty itself of operating as a racketeering operation.

This establishes the case for using the military. Trump needs to prepare not only the public, but the leadership as well for this decision. Every time another revelation drops, and 50% of the civilian population justifiably reacts in horror, just imagine the conclusions being reached among the officer corp. There can be no other conclusion than that the US was/is under attack by unified foreign and domestic forces.

[FreeReign]

Why would anyone want the witch hunt to end without complete, unconditional defeat for the deep-state? The Allies made a mistake in accepting an armistice in WWI; we all knew what that begat. Same situation for our current conflict - if the domestic enemies aren't thoroughly defeated, they'll only come back stronger than before.

I was thinking the same thing although the example that comes to my mind is Yalta with Stalin.

[ichabod1]

Well, *I* think its’ that serious.