It is dangerous to oppose the ruling class.

MANAFORT  FLYNN  PAGE

 THINGS IN COMMON TO RAISE THE IRE OF THE DEEP STATE

We have now all heard about Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn and Carter Page. A little look into their history and background and we see a common thread for all. They all dared to challenge or oppose the makers of U.S. government foreign policy. They are all included in the infamous Dossier financed as opposition research by the Clinton campaign.

Paul Manafort has been around Washington for a long time. He was part of the campaign or administration of Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole. He has been considered an expert on organizing and managing delegates at Republican Nominating conventions. He also was a founding member of the Washington lobbying group of Black, Manafort and Stone. This was a premier lobbying group that specializing in representing foreign entities. They often helped to soften or improve the image of their clients.

Manafort often worked to help anti-communist governments get attention and aid from the U.S. government. He also represented some third world countries with dubious records. He represented the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich after the 2004 revolution and also served as a consultant to improve his and his parties image. He worked for Yanukovich until 2014. He was criticized by the U.S. ambassador and John McCain who supported the opposition. He was indicted by Mueller for being a foreign lobbyist, while he was consulting for Yanukovich, the lobbying was done by the Podesta group, run by the brother of John Podesta the campaign manager of Hillary Clinton. He also was not registered as a foreign lobbyist, but was not indicted.

He became the campaign manager of the Trump campaign without pay from June to August 2016. He was specifically hired to manage what had promised to be a controversial convention for the nominee Donald Trump. The convention and delegates seemed to be well managed. He resigned in August 2016 after there were questions raised about his business with Ukraine.

In 2017 he helped organize the Kurdish independence referendum. While a noble cause, the official U.S. policy opposed an Independent Kurdish state.

Carter Page was an honor graduate of the U.S naval academy. He did research for the armed services intelligence committee, served as an intelligence officer in Morocco, Received a MA in National security studies. Worked in the council of foreign relations. After his service in the navy he worked for Merrill Lynch as an international energy specialist. He worked in the Moscow and London offices. Later was the COO of the Merrill Lynch power department in New York. In 2008 he ventured out on his own with Global energy Capital, which did not seem to be successful. He gave speeches in London and Moscow concerning energy and economics. He was openly critical of the U.S policy toward Russia. He became a unpaid consultant with Trump campaign in 2016. He was monitored with a FISA warrant by the FBI which gave the FBI surveillance of anyone who had any contact with Page. He was also mentioned in the Dossier as a Russian connection.

Michael Flynn is a retired Lt. General in the U.S. army. He served 33 years with a distinguished career. He served from 2012 to 2014 as the director of the defense Intelligence agency under President Obama. He raised the concern about the increase of activity by Al Quada and the rise of ISIS. He became a loud voice against the Syrian rebels who he claimed were no better than ISIS. The Obama administration hoped to project the opinion that all was well in Iraq and Syria. He was eventually forced out of his position. Much was made that the he attended the opening of the Russia Today media outlet in Moscow. He also appeared as a guest on RT television in America. He also questioned the U.S. foreign policy.

All three saw in Trump the possibility in a change in U.S. Foreign policy. The U.S. policy up to the collapse of the Soviet Union was the containment of Communist expansion. After the breakup of the soviet system it seems the thinking was that the U.S., now being the only super power, could align the world in any way that it chose. It included regime change around the world. While I do not believe all presidents subscribed to this policy, the bureaucratic establishment seemed to be able to manipulate and continue the same foreign policy for the last 30 years. This may have been maintained by placing the same people or policy in every administration. Manipulating events and intelligence to bring about the desired results. Infiltrating administrations to give the desired advice. It also seems to have had a policy of rewarding those who cooperated and punishing or silencing those who objected.

Trump promised to re-evaluate our interference around the world. He refrained at best as he could from appointing the same people to positions in the State Department and questioned the findings of the intelligence community. He was willing to listen to opposing views as to our view of  the world. Those who agreed with him and those that challenged the existing order have been under assault, they have been smeared as to their patriotism, they have been financially destroyed. There is a not so subtle message being sent to those that dare to challenge the deep state.

Originally published 5/22/2018


Trump has now pardoned all those who were caught up in the Mueller investigation, an investigation to overthrow the duly elected president. They all deserved to be pardoned, because they were all victims of political intrigue and political prosecution. We can only hope that one day the real traitors and criminals will be brought to justice.