Isn’t that an act of war?
Against an ally?
” to keep the demonstrations from becoming too violent. . .”
Clear as day. For something to not be ‘too’ violent” means that violent was in the plan.
[Isn’t that an act of war? Against an ally?]
Very likely. And these type of operations have a way of outrunning the intent of the halfwits who concoct them, especially when the agents are goatherds. If Pickering felt free to suggest this Chinese fire-drill in an email it might indicate how reckless the Clinton State Department was. Gotta wonder what kind of illegal crap has been pulled around the world.