The pattern (String of Pearls) was established about 1400 AD. The goal was: 1) fighting pirates, 2) bringing back natural resources; and 3) advancing trade goods such as porcelain to the elites along the route. A good read on this is "1421" Those sultans received porcelain - we get plastic!
Ok, Pat, please explain: 1) the precise meddling and then 2) how it swung the red states to Trump and away from Hillary to the extent that the Electoral College went so far toward Trump.
The issue that I have with the article is the the vetting process is not done by local governments; it is done by State Department employees. Trump's new budget cuts the State Department budget just when it should be beefed up (more so that Homeland Insecurity, ICE) in order to do "extreme" vetting.
Exactly, under cutting has been done before - Tricky Dick on Viet Nam "get a better deal with us" and then more died as "Peace with Honor" was rolled out for years only to be the same as plain old peace. Then we also have the Iran Contra deal - undercut Carter's negotiations and the hostages stayed put for months more.
The pattern (String of Pearls) was established about 1400 AD. The goal was: 1) fighting pirates, 2) bringing back natural resources; and 3) advancing trade goods such as porcelain to the elites along the route. A good read on this is "1421" Those sultans received porcelain - we get plastic!
Ok, Pat, please explain: 1) the precise meddling and then 2) how it swung the red states to Trump and away from Hillary to the extent that the Electoral College went so far toward Trump.
Please, Let's be more constructive in these comments - add to the facts instead of rants.
The issue that I have with the article is the the vetting process is not done by local governments; it is done by State Department employees. Trump's new budget cuts the State Department budget just when it should be beefed up (more so that Homeland Insecurity, ICE) in order to do "extreme" vetting.
Exactly, under cutting has been done before - Tricky Dick on Viet Nam "get a better deal with us" and then more died as "Peace with Honor" was rolled out for years only to be the same as plain old peace. Then we also have the Iran Contra deal - undercut Carter's negotiations and the hostages stayed put for months more.
Transition is messy.
Good point
Fear not Hillary will fill those positions with neo-con folks just as Obama did - you can count on more needless war and intervention from her.