Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
You are channeling John Bolton, GlobalNav, did you know that? He said something very close to what you said recently in a little snippet I lined to in the JB Russia/Ukraine thread.
Getting as much material as has already been approved is a worthy aim, which means that a bunch of people in the military (and civil service) are not going to get Christmas leave this year.
GN may be channelling Bolton, however, there are serious concerns with the incoming team come January 20, 25. NATO, 5-i, and various other relationships are based on trust and sharing of intel, and last time round, it took a mere 14 days before gross breaches of trust occurred, to the level that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg could only dream of, (up until the time they took up smoking due to their 50 USC §52 tiff). Placing conspiracy theorists into the top post of the national security apparatus will likely have some allies adding new classification categories to avoid feeding their intel directly to those that flatter the CiC. On the other hand, paying a sub to MaL and visiting the boys room will give a great insight into the collection apparatus to the extent that it remains.
Selling out Ukraine and damaging NATO's interests to get a chintzy, gaudy sign over a hotel in Moscow seems to be a pretty poor trade. The next few years will be a rich source for future historians, working out if y'all there voted in Julius Caesar, or will it turn out to be Caligula.
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