28-04-2018, 12:55 AM
What a fantastic repartee on this very crucial issue right now, today in America.
1) Yes, Lockheed, Goldman-Sachs, Blackwater, the WTO, etc etc. are undoubtedly considered by most people reading this to be part of the National Security State.
2) Lockheed is a perfect example of the dilemma. The Air Force was made separate by the National Security Act of 1947 as was the Department of Defense. Prior to that, the Army had Army Arsenals, the Navy had Navy Yards, but the Air Force had neither. Therefore, the Air Force had to hook up with Aerospace Contractors to create an instant research and testing network. So they sort of "merged" with Lockheed, and the Skunk-works of engineer Kelly Johnson. So the relationship of Lockheed and the National Security State was born out of the 1947 Act.
3) Trump may be a globalist by definition just because he sponsors hotels in dozens of countries.
4) However, it was the 1947 Act which is still causing these current problems. There was no such thing a as a National Security Advisor until 1947. There was no CIA or NSA. There was no defense department. At the time the National Security Act of 1947 was enacted, it was actually discussed that the President might be made a member of a 5-man committee and the President would only get one of the five votes to make decisions. That's how far they went to try and sabotage the Presidency (and thus the US) with the 1947 Act.
5) It's because of the 1947 restructuring of the Presidency and Congressional Committees (in 1946) that we have had the JFK murder, Watergate, the Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran Contra investigations and the Clinton investigation and impeachment.
6) In my definition, it is specifically the Frankenstein created in 1946 and 1947 that is the true National Security State that is currently causing problems for Trump. And in this regard, it doesn't matter whether he is a globalist by some definitions or whether he is in love with the idea of billions of dollars and billionaires.
7) Trump is trying to be President and he is at war with the Internal Machinery created by the National Security Act of 1947 for the purposes of frustrating his presidency (or the presidency of anyone) who does not relinquish control of the Presidency while in office to this Frankenstein. The Frankenstein is the politicized FBI, the CIA, the DOD, the Pentagon (built around 1943), the "special counsels", the FISA court and most importantly, the National Security Council.
8) For the first 65 years of my life, I never heard of the National Security Council. Americans should pay specific attention to this problem. That's not to say that Lockheed and the Military Industrial Complex isn't a huge problem. Or the sleazy international bankers like Goldman-Sachs who wrecked the economy under GW Bush.
9) But Trump has good ideas on trade, immigration and foreign guest workers. In that sense, he is a nationalist and not a globalist. He may actually be lying about this point. But he should be given a chance to do what he has said he will do with tariffs and the Wall.
10) And his biggest enemy is within his own administration: the Frankenstein National Security State.
James Lateer
1) Yes, Lockheed, Goldman-Sachs, Blackwater, the WTO, etc etc. are undoubtedly considered by most people reading this to be part of the National Security State.
2) Lockheed is a perfect example of the dilemma. The Air Force was made separate by the National Security Act of 1947 as was the Department of Defense. Prior to that, the Army had Army Arsenals, the Navy had Navy Yards, but the Air Force had neither. Therefore, the Air Force had to hook up with Aerospace Contractors to create an instant research and testing network. So they sort of "merged" with Lockheed, and the Skunk-works of engineer Kelly Johnson. So the relationship of Lockheed and the National Security State was born out of the 1947 Act.
3) Trump may be a globalist by definition just because he sponsors hotels in dozens of countries.
4) However, it was the 1947 Act which is still causing these current problems. There was no such thing a as a National Security Advisor until 1947. There was no CIA or NSA. There was no defense department. At the time the National Security Act of 1947 was enacted, it was actually discussed that the President might be made a member of a 5-man committee and the President would only get one of the five votes to make decisions. That's how far they went to try and sabotage the Presidency (and thus the US) with the 1947 Act.
5) It's because of the 1947 restructuring of the Presidency and Congressional Committees (in 1946) that we have had the JFK murder, Watergate, the Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran Contra investigations and the Clinton investigation and impeachment.
6) In my definition, it is specifically the Frankenstein created in 1946 and 1947 that is the true National Security State that is currently causing problems for Trump. And in this regard, it doesn't matter whether he is a globalist by some definitions or whether he is in love with the idea of billions of dollars and billionaires.
7) Trump is trying to be President and he is at war with the Internal Machinery created by the National Security Act of 1947 for the purposes of frustrating his presidency (or the presidency of anyone) who does not relinquish control of the Presidency while in office to this Frankenstein. The Frankenstein is the politicized FBI, the CIA, the DOD, the Pentagon (built around 1943), the "special counsels", the FISA court and most importantly, the National Security Council.
8) For the first 65 years of my life, I never heard of the National Security Council. Americans should pay specific attention to this problem. That's not to say that Lockheed and the Military Industrial Complex isn't a huge problem. Or the sleazy international bankers like Goldman-Sachs who wrecked the economy under GW Bush.
9) But Trump has good ideas on trade, immigration and foreign guest workers. In that sense, he is a nationalist and not a globalist. He may actually be lying about this point. But he should be given a chance to do what he has said he will do with tariffs and the Wall.
10) And his biggest enemy is within his own administration: the Frankenstein National Security State.
James Lateer