Quote (Horford @ 17 Jul 2018 23:46)
I don't really buy your argument that the supposedly non-political intelligence community isn't always acting in our best interest, seems to tinfoil-hatty for my liking. Sure war is/can be profitable, but I don't think our intelligence community wants a war with Russia lol.
I think the bold is the most important part of your post and the righties on here should take that advice. Sometimes, myself included, we can be quick to jump the gun on thinking Trump is guilty (I personally think he's guilty of something based on the fact he acts like he's guilty of something) just like the right is quick to the gun saying Trump is innocent or "no collusion".
I don't think the intelligence community wants a war with Russia. I don't think it's some deep state conspiracy. The people that make up these intelligence agencies are Americans who probably want the best for America. I think they want to steer us more into a pro-NATO, pro-Western direction. In my view, that direction is probably in our best interest.
However, if present, that steering is fuckery nonetheless. For better or worse, the American people elected Donald Trump to be our President and Head of State. My point is I think we are allowing our intelligence communities to influence our domestic and international politics too much. Do you see how this could be problematic?
I agree with Trey Gowdy's sentiment on this subject: if FBI agents are going to refuse to answer to Congressional subpoenas and operate in so much secrecy on this subject with so many domestic and international implications, I think we need to see a little more public evidence of interference, conspiracy, and/or campaign collusion. Right now, we can only trust our institutions, but those institutions have demonstrated some incompetency (OIG report on McCabe, FISA warrants granted without proper protocol, Strzok bias) over recent years.