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Victor Davis Hanson: Seven Days in February
National Review ^
| February 20, 2017
| Victor Davis Hanson
Posted on 02/21/2017 4:22:59 PM PST by EveningStar
Trumps critics, left and right, aim to bring about the cataclysm they predicted.
A 1964 political melodrama, Seven Days in May, envisioned a futuristic (1970s) failed military cabal that sought to sideline the president of the United States over his proposed nuclear-disarmament treaty with the Soviets.
Something far less dramatic but perhaps as disturbing as Hollywood fiction played out this February...
Currently, the political and media opponents of Donald Trump are seeking to subvert his presidency in a manner unprecedented in the recent history of American politics. The so-called resistance among EPA federal employees is trying to disrupt Trump administration reform; immigration activists promise to flood the judiciary to render executive orders inoperative.
Intelligence agencies had earlier leaked fake news briefings about the purported escapades of President-elect Trump in Moscow stories that were quickly exposed as politically driven concoctions. Nearly one-third of House Democrats boycotted the Inauguration. Celebrities such as Ashley Judd and Madonna shouted obscenities to crowds of protesters; Madonna voiced her dreams of Trumps death by saying shed been thinking a lot about blowing up the White House.
But all that pushback was merely the clownish preliminary to the full-fledged assault in mid February.
Career intelligence officers leaked their own transcripts of a phone call that National Security Advisordesignate Michael Flynn had made to a Russian official.
The media charge against Flynn was that he had nefariously talked to higher-ups in Russia before he took office. Obama-administration officials did much the same, before Inauguration Day 2009, and spoke with Syrian, Iranian, and Russian counterparts. But they faced no interference from the outgoing Bush administration...
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; coup; deepstate; election2016; fakenews; insurrection; mediawingofthednc; nationalsecurity; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; sedition; shadowgovernment; softcoup; soros; vdh; victordavishanson
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To: John S Mosby
good piece by Ledeen - thanks!
To: EveningStar
agree with all the others who say this is good Victor Hanson piece - thanks!
I think Rush spoke on this today...
I caught 30 min into His 3rd hour.
Missed Why “ShadowGov” has 4 reasons to subvert Trump .
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:08:25 PM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: EveningStar
Is it possible that lefty corporate leaders will try to deliberately slow growth to reflect badly on Trump?
To: dp0622
You can take it to the bank that it is coming to that. The other side insists on it. The only alternative is to cow down and surrender and await the slaughter date. I will not do that. I was born relatively free and when I die I will still be relatively free. What others decide to do, I have no control over, that is just me.
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:12:49 PM PST
by
sport
To: TTFlyer
The other side is growing bolder each day that passes. Soon, possibly very soon, their overconfidence will get them in trouble. Just remain prepared, My FRiend, it won’t be long.
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:18:31 PM PST
by
sport
To: TTFlyer
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:19:27 PM PST
by
HARRY TUTTLE
(Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. R. E. Lee)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:20:02 PM PST
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Agent Orange: The cure for Corrupt Crony Capitalism!)
To: EveningStar
Some of VDH past anti-Trump comments haven’t helped matters any. When respected people (formerly respected by me) make comments like VDH has in the past about Trump it validates, maybe fuels the nut cases.
To: EveningStar
After 2-3 minutes of advert abuse from NR, I gave up.
I will take your word that is was a worthwhile read.
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:23:56 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: Travis McGee
That wasn’t your number 11 that got pulled, was it?
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:24:00 PM PST
by
sport
To: EveningStar
To: Travis McGee
"Most important essay Ive read all week. If CW2 breaks out, if Trump is assassinated or impeached by globalist stooges like $oro$ McCain, and all hell breaks loose, this essay Seven Days in February will be mandatory study."+1
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:43:19 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
To: dp0622
I went to the gym tonight and CNN was on the tube. They are running a 24/7 propaganda machine against the duly elected US government. I loathe them.
To: The_Media_never_lie
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posted on
02/21/2017 5:53:54 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
To: EveningStar
VDH is always worth reading. He sees.
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posted on
02/21/2017 6:04:10 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle mom)
To: Travis McGee
One of the more alarming aspects of these incidents is this woman Rosa Brooks. She's been hanging around the Pentagon for some time in various guises, and popped up recently with the "coup" musings.
Alarming: Her husband [recently married, 2012] is a retired Army Special Forces officer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Mouer. I think he's fairly young - born 1967 [40]?
Battalion Commander, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Special Operations Command Europe - [May 2012 - September 2014]
Mr. Mouer likes to shoot his mouth off about the current CinC on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ProPatria67
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posted on
02/21/2017 8:18:06 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Jacquerie
What I like to do at some times like these is this:
I use the Chrome browser, which may or may not make a difference.
Anyway - Google your article. See if there's a "cached version" (a small drop-down caret/arrow near end of the URL).
If there is, left-click the down-arrow, and you'll see the word "Cached".
Click on it, and you'll go to the cached version of the article.
There are three flavors: Full version - text-only version - view source
If you move quickly and left-click the "text-only version", you'll get the article without the garbage.
It takes a little practice. 😀
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posted on
02/21/2017 8:29:31 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: sport
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posted on
02/22/2017 12:04:37 AM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: The_Media_never_lie
it’s bull #### and it’s gonna come to a head and they’re gonna lose.
Like chuck schmucker once said “we’re unified, they’re not”
except he was wrong then about his side but right now about our side
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posted on
02/22/2017 12:05:49 AM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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