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Fiona Hill was advising against sending arms to Ukraine in 2015, but by 2017 she thought it was okay. I didn't see where she expounded on that change.

Wikipedia:
The National Security Council was created in 1947 by the National Security Act. It was created because policymakers felt that the diplomacy of the State Department was no longer adequate to contain the Soviet Union, in light of the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States.[1] The intent was to ensure coordination and concurrence among the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and other instruments of national security policy such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), also created in the National Security Act. In 2004, the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) was created, taking over the responsibilities previously held by the head of CIA, the Director of Central Intelligence, as a cabinet-level position to oversee and coordinate activities of the Intelligence Community.[2]

Netanyahu’s Cry of Attempted Coup Sounds Familiar

Charged with corruption, Israel’s prime minister attacks his country’s institutions, just like his friend in Washington.

When the Israeli attorney general filed corruption charges against Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, his political rivals were quick to dredge up a statement he made 11 years ago, when his predecessor as prime minister fell afoul of the law.

“A prime minister steeped up to his neck in investigations doesn’t have a moral or public mandate to make such fateful decisions regarding the State of Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu said at the time about Ehud Olmert, who eventually served time in prison. “There is a real, not unfounded fear that he will make decisions based on his own interests of political survivability rather than the normal interest.”

Most politicians have probably made statements at some point that they don’t want to be reminded of. But Mr. Netanyahu’s assertion has the virtue of being indisputable. Justice demands that a politician enjoy the same presumption of innocence as any citizen, but public service demands that a leader place the public interest before his own.

Mr. Netanyahu evinces no intention of heeding himself. Over the many months in which he has been under investigation, he has labored to ensure his political survival, and on the announcement of the indictments he turned viciously on the police and prosecutors, urging Israelis to “investigate the investigators,” warning of an “attempted coup” and vowing not to step down. It was a hard conspiracy theory to swallow, as the attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, had been appointed by Mr. Netanyahu and had once been his cabinet secretary.

It's interesting that anyone still thinks Chomsky is relevant to anything.

Maggie Haberman
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“The secretary of the Navy and the admiral who leads the SEALs have threatened to resign or be fired if plans to expel a commando from the elite unit in a war crimes case are halted by President Trump, administration officials said Saturday.” https://nytimes.com/2019/11/23/us/politics/navy-discipline-edward-gallagher.html

soldiers who've been convicted of war crimes.

Soldiers that have been pardoned for being soldiers.

Soldiers who have violated the rules of warfare and have been convicted under the UCMJ

Obama’s Rules Of Engagement Let 200 ISIS Fighters Go Scot-Free

DOJ IG Found FBI Officials Heading Russia Probe Did Not Act Out Of Anti-Trump Bias

Unnamed officials told the New York Times and the Washington Post

That's why we have to vote trump out. He pardons soldiers who're guilty of war crimes.

You just hate it, don't you, when the facts blow the **** out of your conspiracy theories, don't you.

to use his constitutionallhy granted powers to do something very wrong.

Shifty Schiff’s Star ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill Received Steele Dossier the Day BEFORE It Came Out