[thoughtomator]

Yeah, pretty much everything has to take a back seat to dealing with people who actually tried to overthrow the government (and have not stopped trying!).

Because none of those other things would matter if that happens, now would they? There would be no United States to keep intact, no United States to contend for anything.

Of what value would control over MENA oil be, if you were ruled here at home by an autocratic tyranny? None of the benefits would inure to you.

[semantic]

Point taken, but we did (a) win the election; and (b) defeat the coup. So, I think we can rightfully conclude that the imminent threat of clear and present danger has passed.

While it's important to punish the conspirators under laws governing treason & espionage, the threat level presented by the deep state is perhaps now super-ceded by other global concerns.

Still, we're all on the same page. We all want the same things - we're just bouncing around ideas pertaining to priorities.