{"id":26203,"date":"2017-02-07T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26203"},"modified":"2017-02-07T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:01:14","slug":"the-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/07\/the-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"

As closely as I follow the news, whenever one country invades another, I should know about it.  I may not know anything about the backgrounds, claimed causes, or personalities of the combatants, but at least I’m aware that the conflict exists, especially in the Americas or Europe.  Then how is it that I’m not aware that Poland invaded Belarus?  It’s simple.  Poland didn’t.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2026Senior officials have been soliciting guidance from national security agencies on how to improve relations with Russia, asking what Washington could offer Moscow and what Trump should seek from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tillerson requested a briefing on moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, one of Trump’s campaign promises.<\/p>\n

According to one U.S. official, national security aides have sought information about Polish incursions in Belarus, an eyebrow-raising request because little evidence of such activities appears to exist<\/strong>. Poland is among the Eastern European nations worried about Trump’s friendlier tone on Russia.<\/p>\n

At the National Security Council, a policymaking body within the White House, officials were startled when drafts began circulating of an executive order that would have opened the door to resuming torture and CIA "black site" prisons. NSC officials were asked to submit comments on the order, according to two U.S. officials, but the directive was ultimately scrapped, in part because Defense Secretary Jim Mattis opposed the measure\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Now why would Flynn’s goose steppers be inquiring into a war that does not exist?  Rachel Maddow<\/a> reports that the request came from "Senior White House officials,and that the invasion story is Russian fake news propaganda.<\/font><\/p>\n