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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/01/29/1626928/-Bannon-s-Blueprint-Read-it-for-yourself?detail=facebookBannon's Blueprint. Read it for yourself.
By bdorland
Sunday Jan 29, 2017 · 1:42 PM EST
Bannon has been very open and transparent with respect to his agenda. You know the money quote:
Theres a lot more and it is important not to forget it, now that Bannons role has formally expanded from political advisor to a principal on the presidents National Security Council, displacing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Bannon laid out his vision in a 2014 presentation to a small conference on poverty at the Vatican. The full transcript of his remarks is here, and is well-known to most Kossacks, Im sure. But in this moment of national crisis, it is important to retain some focus on the power behind the throne.
A few choice quotes from his presentation and responses to questions:
That war triggered a century of barbaric unparalleled in mankinds history virtually 180 to 200 million people were killed in the 20th century, and I believe that, you know, hundreds of years from now when they look back, were children of that: Were children of that barbarity. This will be looked at almost as a new Dark Age.
Against that backdrop (a war he defined as Judeo-Christian vs. atheists) of a very fast-moving war, he laid out a multi-threaded critique and vision. I will not reproduce it all; see the link above to read it for yourself. But he focused on death and war throughout:
After railing against naked capitalism (really!), he continued:
Now that call converges with something we have to face, and its a very unpleasant topic, but we are in an outright war against jihadist Islamic fascism. And this war is, I think, metastasizing far quicker than governments can handle it.
If you look at whats happening in ISIS, which is the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant, that is now currently forming the caliphate that is having a military drive on Baghdad, if you look at the sophistication of which theyve taken the tools of capitalism. If you look at what theyve done with Twitter and Facebook and modern ways to fundraise, and to use crowdsourcing to fund, besides all the access to weapons, over the last couple days they have had a radical program of taking kids and trying to turn them into bombers. They have driven 50,000 Christians out of a town near the Kurdish border. We have video that were putting up later today on Breitbart where theyve took 50 hostages and thrown them off a cliff in Iraq.
That war is expanding and its metastasizing to sub-Saharan Africa. We have Boko Haram and other groups that will eventually partner with ISIS in this global war, and it is, unfortunately, something that were going to have to face, and were going to have to face very quickly.
Chilling, right? We are threatened by a new superpower! Theres more.
He envisions an all-powerful, malignant enemy. This is what he is telling Trump (who doesnt need to be convinced). About Breitbart, he said:
Where are we going? He says:
Throughout, he argues against banksters convincingly and denies that there are intrinsic, significant racist or anti-Semitic elements that he represents. And if you believe that, then you arent a longtime Kossack.
On Putin, he sounds some alarms, but then prioritizes:
His prescription?
Finally, the millenial call to action (and by that, I mean once in a thousand years):
Because it is a crisis, and its not going away.
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This is the chief political advisor in the White House the first person Trump appointed after his election. He envisions war against an all-powerful enemy. He pretends his is not a racist movement; that it is a populist revolt against international elites. He is in the business of communication and knows how to deflect. What he wants is war and he wants it now. The clock is ticking.
His currency is fear. Yes, love can overcome, but our love must drive us to action. Time is of the essence. If we wait for the normal checks and balances, much will be lost.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)when you're hellbent on bringing down our government - along with destroying every last vestige of goodwill with our own allies.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Bannon has a glancing relationship with reality, given what he's quoted here as saying-which is to suggest that he's better oriented than his boss. But his solution is just nuts. He goes off on an emotional witch-hunt and grossly inflates the effect that "radical Islam" terrorists have on international and domestic affairs. He elevates ISIL to the status of well-established nation-states and makes a fool of himself by using that assumption.
BTW, Priebus' appearance on MTP generated a lie. Priebus told us that the DNI and the JCS Chairman have a standing invitation to attend the Principals Committee of the National Security Council. Chuck Todd repeated his question about the arrangement, and Priebus continued to lie. Here's the quote from the memorandum:
"The Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall attend where issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed."
These two "principals" are to only attend the PC meetings when asked to do so. Their "invitations" are on as "as needed" basis. Effectively, the DNI and the JCS Chair are demoted to peripheral status, while Bannon, who has NO experience in national security matters, takes charge.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)He's a real visionary.
moondust
(19,993 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)He and his IKGOPR* cronies turn the teachings of Christ absolutely upside down in gross perversion. Make no mistake.
* Illegitimate KGOP Regime, Inc.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)If I was in the IC, I'd be CMA every step of the way. The fox is in charge of the hen house.
I cannot believe what we're witnessing?
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)what is not entirely clear to me is after he destroys the current government and state, does that include strategically reducing US population?
And, of course, he is the one who is inducing a conflict justifying it as preemptive strike. It's classic fascism.
I'd rather have a short life in freedom and die of terrorist attack than live a long life under oppression.
Bannon is absolutey reckless, he is not afraid to die, he has no empathy and is willing to destroy the world because he can.
The alarm for us all is that he is moving so fast that we may end up in a nuclear missle crisis as soon as next week.
paleotn
(17,931 posts)Hitler in Landsberg prison, dictating Mien Kampf.
KT2000
(20,583 posts)Two men who know they are losers. They have been rejected by the establishment so they want to destroy it. It is a shared vendetta best accomplished when there is chaos and then they can set the ground rules for the new establishment where they are supreme leaders - winners!
VOX
(22,976 posts)Both men, outsiders yet with high expectations of themselves, are feeding each other's delusions. As individuals (and not in public office), they are annoying crackpots. But bonded (and running our government!) they form a highly volatile, unstable and toxic compound. They are out to settle scores, and if that means pain, death and destruction, they don't care.
These guys need to go, and pronto. They are a red-alert, existential threat to this country.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Not much else to say.
What Blanche said.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)displacing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. !!!
Initech
(100,081 posts)paleotn
(17,931 posts)The Victorian period was a time of peace?! Only if you were a European oppressor. Millions of non-Europeans were slaughtered from 1492 on. Humans have been slaughtering each other since we were hunter gatherers. The only thing that's changed is that technology is driving the body counts far higher. What a complete loon!
Islamic fascism? Oh, so we counter that with Christo-facisim. The man is totally and completely bonkers and someone needs to take him out, one way or another.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Response to babylonsister (Original post)
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wiggs
(7,814 posts)wildeyed
(11,243 posts)He needs to be removed from any position of power and influence. His obvious goal is to cause chaos. WTF is the GOP thinking?
El Mimbreno
(777 posts)This skid row bum is sicker than trump.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)[center][font size = "+2"]Ban Bannon[/font][/center]
Locrian
(4,522 posts)Lenin, he answered, wanted to destroy the state, and thats my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of todays establishment.
He's either mixing them up or being obtuse on purpose.
He's a STALINIST. He wants authoritarian, totalitarian rule.
Maybe Lennist to burn it down - but his end game is Stalin.
Lithos
(26,403 posts)You can't talk about one without the other.
I do not think Bannon is a Stalinist - he's a White Nationalistic Fascist. Lenin gained power by destroying the elite and re-invented things from the bottom up to create a new elite - often with horrible consequences (the 1921-23 famine where 5 million people died.) Mao and Pol-pot were two people who followed Lenin.
Fascism is a top down approach which attempts to divide and conquer people thru some sort of bigoted mechanism to create an absolute order. Old establishments of religion and state are cherished in Fascism, destroyed in Leninism.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,832 posts)He should start with himself first... mkay?
lady lib
(2,933 posts)I'm not challenging you, just wondering. It seems like he would prefer stability for the sake of his businesses. I don't understand his relationship with Bannon.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)and SB knowing just how to stroke it to get what ever he's after.