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The difference between Trump and Obama is that under Trump generals are in key civilian positions that are supposed to put a civilian check on the military. Now there is in effect a military junta running military policy with State under the control of a former Exxon CEO and treasury under the control of a Goldman Sachs alumnus. This is even worse that could be expected if HRC had been elected instead, and it is what a lot people that voted for DJT were voting to prevent.Sic Semper Tyrannis The generals rolled him, as they rolled Obama ... Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.), former military intelligence officer at the US Defense Intelligence AgencyAlso Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's new strategy toward
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: Afghanistan
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The difference between Trump and Obama is that under Trump generals are in key civilian positions that are supposed to put a civilian check on the military. Now there is in effect a military junta running military policy with State under the control of a former Exxon CEO and treasury under the control of a Goldman Sachs alumnus. This is even worse that could be expected if HRC had been elected instead, and it is what a lot people that voted for DJT were voting to prevent.Sic Semper Tyrannis The generals rolled him, as they rolled Obama ... Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.), former military intelligence officer at the US Defense Intelligence AgencyAlso Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's new strategy toward
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: Afghanistan
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Sic Semper Tyrannis
The generals rolled him, as they rolled Obama ...
Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.), former military intelligence officer at the US Defense Intelligence Agency
Also
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's new strategy toward Afghanistan is against Afghanistan's national interest.
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Karzai Slams New US' Afghan Strategy as 'Trump More Focused on War & Rivalries'
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