We’ll soon see whether Bolton’s folly is the defining distraction for Individual-1’s troubles with #TrumpRussia.
CNN’s Jim Acosta reported on what happened.
“Wolf, we want to draw your attention to one other thing that happened at the White House briefing earlier this afternoon,” he explained. “John Bolton, the National Security Adviser, was caught on camera. A photographer took a picture of this note pad…Notice on the second line, it says ‘5,000 troops to Colombia.'”
Acosta added that in just CNN’s producers were able to get a statement from the White House.
Acosta continued on: “That very brief statement in response to this question about what that was all about essentially said as the president has said, all options are on the table when it comes to the situation in Venezuela.”
He further noted that when asked for comment by a CNN producer, the White House is not knocking down the cryptic line on Bolton’s notebook “as potentially being an option for the United States in dealing with this crisis that’s unfolding in Venezuela.”
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Asked if there were “any circumstance under which American forces would get involved,” Bolton left open the possibility: “The President has made it clear on this matter that all options are on the table.”
At that point in the briefing, the front page of Bolton’s legal pad was blank
This may be what Bolton’s trying to divert attention from:
All of this makes the current and future situation facing Venezuela feel familiar, reminding me of the days when death squads pursued many of us in El Salvador —and in California— all because we were either opposed to or questioned U.S. policies designed by Elliot Abrams, the convicted criminal who helped lay the foundation for killing in tiny El Salvador of a scale so massive it makes the combined violence of the government and opposition in the far larger country of Venezuela look puny by comparison.
So, when I see my media peers calling Abrams a “controversial” choice, I cringe.
When I read reports that President Trump appointed Abrams in order to “restore democracy” to Venezuela, I literally want to vomit, as my head feels perpetually heavy, like when somebody dies.
When I see Abrams meeting with opposition members who are part of Venezuela’s “peaceful opposition” the U.S. media tells us about, the python in my stomach tightens in fear for the rainbow parrots of Venezuela’s future. But in the midst of all these ominous clouds over Venezuela, I do see one positive development: that Elliot Abrams and Venezuela will help make me feel elated that my students score even higher on their exams about manufacturing consent.
Only the Russians get to do that….
… “rebellions are built on hope” (Rogue One)