The following letter was produced today by a Maryland citizen who frequently directs letters to the Baltimore Sun and newspaper editors generally:
To the Editor:
Tulsi Gabbard’s detractors—and even many of her supporters—are all missing the point. Russiagate was—and is—much more than simply an attack on Donald Trump!
After Trump’s shocking victory in 2016, the U.S.-U.K. War Party became terrified that he might actually act on his pledge to normalize relations with Russia. Together, Washington and Moscow might (jointly or in parallel) build infrastructure in the Third World, extend mankind’s reach into space, or realize the new frontier of fusion energy. And they were enraged at that prospect!
Don’t take my word on this. Read the 2018 House of Lords report which veritably shrieks that these developments could lead to a rupture of the Special Relationship, whereby British brains plus American brawn equals world domination. Read the communiqués of disgraced British ex-Ambassador Kim Darroch, in which he cynically ponders methods for controlling Trump, manipulating him into wars, etc.
Russiagate was the solution to their problem! Drive a wedge between America and Russia, promote future conflicts! Never mind that the non-scandal started with British intelligence operative Christopher Steele’s smut-filled dossier on Trump. Falsely represented as a detached objective assessment, it was later exposed as paid opposition research for Hillary Clinton, yet used to open legal proceedings against her rival! Never mind that Shawn Henry, cyber-security head of CrowdStrike, which oversaw the DNC server, had shockingly admitted in late 2017, that his firm had no, as in zero, evidence of “exfiltration” (hacking) by Russia or anyone else.
Above all, disregard the uncomfortable truth that the U.S. intelligence and Congressional Committees tasked with investigating the charges were themselves multiply compromised, morally and politically, as exemplified by Robert Mueller’s 2001-02 vociferous propagation of the Iraqi WMD hoax, or James Clapper’s outrageous 2013 assertion that the NSA did no mass surveillance of Americans.
So when Gabbard’s critics “rebut” her by citing these agencies’ contaminated reports, they’re ignoring her entire thrust: Which previous investigation even mentioned the now-undeniable reality that then-President Obama ordered a rewrite of an intelligence report that didn’t conform to the Russiagate narrative? Richard Nixon would have been boiled in oil for doing something like this.
Trump’s decision to bomb Iran, and his apparent reversal on Ukraine, are dangerous signs of his potential capture by the War Party. If Tulsi Gabbard’s attempted pushback against this policy drift doesn’t succeed, then the President isn’t the only one in trouble. It’s all Americans.
Sincerely, Doug Mallouk
