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Behind the Curtain: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread
Axios ^

Posted on 10/20/2023 7:46:49 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe

Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts at once.

Why it matters: We don't like to sound dire. But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials say this confluence of crises poses epic concern and historic danger.

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Former top intelligence officials tell us domestic unrest is one of their biggest fears — whether it's triggered by court rulings against former President Trump or protests over war in the Middle East.

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But there has been a total collapse of people's trust in the opposing party, the media, what they see or share on social platforms, and even the top-secret intelligence the government relies on to measure these threats.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenadmin; crisis; disaster; domesticunrest; fear; fjb; fubar; trust; war
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The bolded part: who 'they' consider their biggest enemy. The Middle East protest thing is a throwaway--you have 'protesters' in the Capitol right now all dressed the same, being treated VERY differently from the people on January 6th.

Ok spooks-you did it to yourselves. The British phrase "too clever by half" comes to mind.

And the real kicker--you've done such a job that when you make pleas for "doing it for your country" are made to protect your sorry butts, I suspect its going to fall on a lot of deaf ears.

1 posted on 10/20/2023 7:46:49 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

Start a bunch of wars and then pretend you are worried wars might start.


2 posted on 10/20/2023 7:49:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

You don’t say?

(somebody insert Nicolas Cage pic)


3 posted on 10/20/2023 7:50:55 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tench_Coxe

“domestic unrest is one of their biggest fears”

Really?

Where were these weasels during the George Floyd riots?


4 posted on 10/20/2023 7:52:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

“We don’t like to sound dire.”

Spare me. That’s all you jumped up bloggers do.


5 posted on 10/20/2023 7:52:41 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Tench_Coxe

Tater Swuft could end all this by declaring which side she stands with. The terrorists or the Jews. She needs to stand up if she is going to be the next President as her fans are already declaring she is. Americans have the right to know who Swuftie and Kelce are supporting.


6 posted on 10/20/2023 7:53:37 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Palestinians are not "refugeez". They are muslim terrorists. Remember 9/11/2001.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

I doubt very seriously anything civil unrest will be started by the right, the left owns that. J6 would not have happened without the egging on by the feds.
In general, IMHO, 80% of the us population has no guts to do anything other than worry about the latest iPhone or Android release. 19% of whats left are hardcore leftwing pressure groups who do all the unrest in America. The remaining 1% are far outnumbered and know better after the railroading of the J6 protesters.


7 posted on 10/20/2023 7:53:37 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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Former top intelligence officials tell us domestic unrest is one of their biggest fears

Brennan or Panetta?

8 posted on 10/20/2023 7:54:53 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Tench_Coxe

Fear?!?!?

More like hope.


9 posted on 10/20/2023 7:55:43 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Tench_Coxe

The real problem is the Deep State has become so arrogant they have become recklessly brazen and suddenly everything has become obvious.

The masks. The vax. J6 v. BLM. Trump persecution. Mar-a-Largo raid. 2020 election theft. The FBI’s insurance against Trump. Targeting school parents. Wars everywhere. The list is nearly I exhaustable.


10 posted on 10/20/2023 7:56:07 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Tench_Coxe

Soft men create bad times
Bad times create strong men
Strong men create good times
Good times create soft men


11 posted on 10/20/2023 7:56:12 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Tench_Coxe
5. A new weapon is being deployed in all these conflicts: a massive spread of doctored or wholly fake videos to manipulate what people see and think in real time. The architects of these new technologies, in background conversations with us after demonstrating new capabilities soon to be released, say even the sharpest eyes looking for fake videos will have an impossible time detecting what's real. (We'll have a column coming soon to Go Deeper on this topic).

Fake video, on top of bots (fake people) and fake written content, is being used aggressively by all anti-American actors, intelligence officials say. Some experts estimate that more than 90% of content on the internet will soon be fake or manipulated.

In case you haven't noticed.

12 posted on 10/20/2023 7:56:29 AM PDT by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat FARMED FISH.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You nailed it.


13 posted on 10/20/2023 7:56:47 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Tench_Coxe

FJB was imposed on America, and the country is being run by a committee of various cooperating and competing deep-state and DC bureaucratic interests. Its America’s praetorian guard

Everything I see happening, from our uncontrollable debt, which underpins it all, to highly politicized justice, to and aggressively political DOJ, to wars breaking out everywhere tells me I am correct.

Its inherently unstable and very dangerous.


14 posted on 10/20/2023 7:57:02 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Axios was always a source of “proof” used by a long-banned poster.

She always posted from left-wing sources.

As we know, they are nothing but left-wing propaganda.


15 posted on 10/20/2023 7:57:24 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: 1Old Pro

Could be both.


16 posted on 10/20/2023 7:57:36 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: BigFreakinToad

Those who would be pro-Trump are investing their energies in desperately trying to survive the inevitable collapse that is coming.


17 posted on 10/20/2023 7:59:18 AM PDT by The Duke (Why do I think that the cynicism gene is going to be prevalent in future generations?)
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... you've done such a job that when you make pleas for "doing it for your country" are made to protect your sorry butts, I suspect its going to fall on a lot of deaf ears.

Exactly. And unfortunately it goes even beyond that.

I saw the headline of the report yesterday about Biden "doxxing" a bunch of U.S. Special Forces personnel in the Middle East, and I couldn't even bring myself to GAF about it.

Who is still left in the U.S. military with that retarded loser as the Commander in Chief, anyway?

18 posted on 10/20/2023 8:00:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: The Duke

as I should be too. Just don’t know which way to jump first.


19 posted on 10/20/2023 8:00:20 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: SaveFerris

In this specific case, I don’t think its propaganda. I think its a sign of panic.


20 posted on 10/20/2023 8:00:36 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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