Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, published an expose’ yesterday titled, “U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen.” It begins, “The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing. This is going to require some explaining…”
Secretary of defense Pete Pete Hegseth has vehemently denied this report, replying, “You’re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called ‘journalist’ who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.” White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman Brian Hughes confirmed the veracity of the Signal group chat, which Jeffery Goldberg said included Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The NSC is in complete denial that a US-backed war on the Houthis of Yemen destabilizes international security and will eventually blowback to America. No journalist or citizen is allowed to question the Trump administration on this. His spokespeople always lie & deflect all serious questions. Meanwhile, they are sharpening their knives behind closed doors to crush any dissent.
Remember that Trump primarily came to power through his abuse of the legal system. Every business venture he’s ever been connected with went bankrupt, yet he’s allowed to skate free because he rigs the courts through bribery, blackmail & violent intimidation. That’s how Trump and his fascist cabal avoided prison after 1/6.
Election 2024 was a thoroughly fixed affair, with only three politicians allowed to run. Fake primaries for both parties of capitalism in 2024, with Trump running unopposed and threatening to ruin any challenger for the Republican nomination– it was over long before it began.
The Democrats, led by semi-senile president Joe Biden insisted that Biden-Harris was a winner again in 2024. RFK, Jr a billionaire with a deep family history in the Democratic Party, was shoved out of the primary by Biden-Harris early on. The Joe Biden illusion (which wasn’t fooling anyone) was revealed as a fraud to the world during his June 27 debate with Trump. It was only then that calls for candidate Biden’s removal as the head of the Democrat ticket were now heavily leaked into the media.
It took weeks for Joe Biden to comprehend this reality & acquiesce to the inevitable. After weeks of bitter political infighting Kamala Harris was named the replacement. Less than a month later Kamala Harris was nominated by the Democratic Party for US president despite not receiving a single vote in the primary [!].
Meanwhile, third party candidates were systematically shut out of the media and denied ballot status due to onerous signature requirements, etc, for their candidates– who actually received votes for president in the 2024 primaries [!!]. It is this Democratic Party contempt for democracy & the US Constitution that paved the way for Trump in 2016 & 2024. Trump repeatedly claims he has a mandate, when in fact the 2024 election was entirely stage-managed & rigged, bought by billionaires who allow no left-wing politics to enter their orbit.
Democrats & Republicans are united in support of their anti-immigrant war in America and persecution of the Israel-Palestine War in the Middle East which has been going on since 1947. Both parties of imperialism are united in support of the US/NATO-provoked Ukraine-Russia War which has been going on since the Cold War unofficially started in 1945. Killing has been good business for the US stocks & bond market since WWII, and “anti-communism” was the imperialist buzzword of the McCarthyist era. Since, 9/11, “agents of Russia/Putin” is how socialists & anti-war activists are labeled & attacked by the US State Department & big tech.
Normally, high-ranking government officials use “national security” as the catch-all legal reason to deny information to the public. Much is being made in the corporate media about the leaked Signal app texts not being secure, etc, while ignoring the reactionary nature of the discussion itself. What this highly revealing incident proves is that the “national security” argument used by bureaucratic leaders is entirely bogus.
This strategic information was released to the public two hours before the US military struck Houthi targets in Yemen and no US lives were lost or US security jeopardized. If journalists can know about this type of military action in advance, and then publish it a week later, why can’t we the public know about everything else being kept secret?
National security is comparable to being ‘on gool’ as a kid. Gool is defined by inventive children as an imaginary sanctuary where no one can touch you. You just tell the bully on the playground, “I’m on gool,” and you’re safe. You would be surprised how often it works. It’s the audacity of the idea that gets you and apparently it works the same way for these overgrown children in government. Whenever someone asks Biden or Trump a serious question about imperialist foreign policy, it’s always shot down in the name of “national security.” The president is on gool.
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