07-04-2017, 03:48 PM
Peter - I was viewing the release of the photos as a reminder of past events. Nothing new would have been requested or required. More just - Donald, remember all this? You wouldn't want it to happen again too soon, right? Maybe play ball with us for once if you don't.
As a hypothetical, the release of the photos would be more potent if it had been mirrored by internal events or messages that we're not privy to - info, a discussion, a report, a signal. For us, the pictures just suddenly appeared in the news after the FBI released them. If Trump's team encountered something pointed or ominous the same afternoon, from quarters that they knew were affiliated with the more poisonous of the Neocons who were (a.) the source of 9/11, and (b.) agitating for the Syria attack, it would probably affect how they thought about things.
Either way, something forced the Trump team to do a damaging 180 degree turn on their prior positions.
As a hypothetical, the release of the photos would be more potent if it had been mirrored by internal events or messages that we're not privy to - info, a discussion, a report, a signal. For us, the pictures just suddenly appeared in the news after the FBI released them. If Trump's team encountered something pointed or ominous the same afternoon, from quarters that they knew were affiliated with the more poisonous of the Neocons who were (a.) the source of 9/11, and (b.) agitating for the Syria attack, it would probably affect how they thought about things.
Either way, something forced the Trump team to do a damaging 180 degree turn on their prior positions.