The real tragedy is that the neocon deep state got so big and powerful that it is sorely in need of a knee-capping. From Charles Hugh Smith at oftwominds.com:
The Neocon-Neoliberals must be fired and put out to pasture before they do any more harm.
I have long held that America’s Deep State–the unelected National Security State often referred to as the Shadow Government–is not a unified monolith but a deeply divided ecosystem in which the dominant Neocon-Neoliberal Oligarchy is being challenged by elements which view the Neocon-Neoliberal agenda as a threat to national security and the interests of the United States.
I call these anti-Neocon-Neoliberal elements the progressive Deep State.
If you want a working definition of the Neocon-Neoliberal Deep State, Hillary Clinton’s quip–we came, we saw, he died–is a good summary: a bullying, arrogance-soaked state-within-a-state pursuing an agenda of ceaseless intervention while operating a global Murder, Inc., supremely confident that no one in the elected government can touch them.
Until Trump unexpectedly wrenched the presidency from the Neocon’s candidate. The Neocon Deep State’s response was to manufacture a mass-media hysteria that Russia had wrongfully deprived the Neocon’s candidate (Hillary Clinton) of what was rightfully hers: the presidency. (The Neocons operate their own version of the divine right of Political Nobility.)
The Neocon-Neoliberals’ strategy was to delegitimize Trump’s victory by ascribing it to “Russian Hacking,” a claim that remains entirely unsubstantiated. Now that this grasping-at-straws Hail Mary coup attempt by a politicized C.I.A. and its corporate media mouthpiece has failed, the Neocon Deep State is about to find out the Progressive Deep State finally has a president who is willing and able to cut the Neocon-Neoliberals off at the knees.
Trump Is Working On A Plan To Restructure, Pare Back The CIA And America’s Top Spy Agency.
To continue reading: Trump Aims to Cut the Neocon Deep State Off at the Knees
There is a good possibility of Obama calling for martial law and a coup will ensue.
Although I’m willing to entertain the idea that there are (relatively) rational elements within the Deep State who realize that the Neocon-Neoliberals are a grave threat to their own racket (but not that they could care less about restoring America as originally construed, i.e. government as servant, not master) I can’t help thinking that if they were any more than a beleaguered minority they wouldn’t have allowed things to get so far out of hand. Two things I know for sure: for the progressive Deep State to prevail, they are going to have to fight mean and dirty; their adversaries will continue to do so.
Here’s the link to the rest of the Charles Hugh Smith piece:
http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2017/01/trump-aims-to-cut-neocon-deep-state-off.html
ikdr,
As always, I’m grateful when a reader points out a mistake. Thanks for the link and it has been corrected.