Woodward Fear

[pineapplemike]

no mention of this story here today? some explosive claims, i know woodward's reputation is tarnished from that botched cnn story last week and white house officials have pushed back on his story but isnt it fun to speculate?

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Assuming that this is true, is it good or bad that a) Trump ordered that the US military kill Assad, and b) a General ignored the elected Commander-in-Chief's order, presumably on the ground that he believed his own judgment should reign? Bonus question: is there a Deep State?

[HarryK]

no mention of this story here today? some explosive claims, i know woodward's reputation is tarnished from that botched cnn story last week and white house officials have pushed back on his story but isnt it fun to speculate?

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Assuming that this is true, is it good or bad that a) Trump ordered that the US military kill Assad, and b) a General ignored the elected Commander-in-Chief's order, presumably on the ground that he believed his own judgment should reign? Bonus question: is there a Deep State?

Need confirmation bias? Or an echo chamber?

[Ph64]

Killing Assad, or any other country's leader, with the military sounds like a bad idea. It's not, in general, what the military is for - that's a job for a CIA assassin or something, a rigged "accident", or a paid off "rebel group" to take care of.

"Plausable deniability" of your direct involvement is the key there.

[TheReal_ND]

I can see Trump saying that

"Cant we just kill this guy?"

"No that's a bad idea"

"BS I want this guy dead I'm the fucking president make it happen"

[Speaker to Animals]

Killing Assad, or any other country's leader, with the military sounds like a bad idea. It's not, in general, what the military is for - that's a job for a CIA assassin or something, a rigged "accident", or a paid off "rebel group" to take care of.

"Plausable deniability" of your direct involvement is the key there.

We took out Yamamoto, and that guy was cool as shit for an enemy. We are definitely about killing leaders. Like, who doesn't target C&C of their enemy??

[DBTrek]

Decapitation strikes.

[Speaker to Animals]

The fact that Woodward works for the CIA is of no account, I guess..

[DBTrek]

Woodward’s book of non-cited, secret sources, says everything the Dan Carlins of the world suspect is true about the Trump administration.

Instant best seller. Let the media cycle of “we knew it all along” commence.

*yawn*

[C-Mag]

Mad Dog Mattis says Woodward is Full of Shit.

[pineapplemike]

*oops it was carl bernstein who flubbed the CNN story last week, not bob woodward

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