Posted on 03/23/2023 6:38:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
If Dashiell Hammett were writing his 1930 classic, “The Maltese Falcon,” today, and John Huston’s 1941 movie adaptation of the same name, Ukraine and its trident coat of arms, likely inspired by a gyrfalcon, would be the object of everyone’s obsession, allegorically speaking. The cast of characters is assembled. Former President Donald Trump, who must control the object d’art. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who would possess it. The beguiling “dame” in the form of porn-star Stormy Daniels, and several would-be Humphrey Bogart leading man-type prosecutors angling to be the first to indict Trump for various alleged crimes. Yet, Trump may be the target but the war in Ukraine could be the victim.
Unlike in Hammett’s novel, however, a very real country located 5,030 miles away from New York City is in peril amidst this deepening plot. The war in Ukraine continues to rage as the first would-be Bogart, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, prepped for a potential indictment of Trump. Other Bogarts are at work as well. The former president faces suggestions of potential wrongdoing elsewhere, including alleged election tampering in Georgia, and the Department of Justice’s ongoing special counsel investigation of the classified documents seized by the FBI at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort appears to be gaining steam.
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“Yet, Trump may be the target but the war in Ukraine could be the victim.”
Actually, it may be the reverse. These indictments may be all about keeping the bipartisan war party’s power unchallenged. Ukraine would be the immediate target.
Trump has noting to do with Ukraine at this point. Or maybe I am missing something?
Nothing , I completely agree with you.
An “H”, and that’s being really picky here early in the morning. And while the article writer is attempting clever analogies, totally off the mark, except for media having the ability to only focus on one The Thing at a time.
I believe they think that indicting Trump would be a win for Trump in an election and that Trump would put an end to Biden regime and WEF war in Ukraine.
Yeah, because Alvin Bragg-O-Crap is such a Bogart/leading-man type.
I bet Bragg is rethinking his indictment on Trump. It will propel Trump to winning a landslide. Opposite effect of what Bragg was hoping to accomplish.
The apophenia is strong at The Hill. Time for an intervention before someone gets out of control.
This article carries the butterfly effect just a bit too far.
What a ridiculous stretch. These “journalists” must do their research with each other in bars.
The mere fact that this ridiculous article even exists shows how immensely profitable this war is to the Washington elites
This article makes NO sense whatsoever.
What a ridiculous stretch. These “journalists” must do their research with each other in bars.
keeping the bipartisan war party’s power unchallenged.
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