IRAN\/VIETNAM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n HONG KONG PROTESTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This is what freedom and democracy look like when people dare to use it.<\/span> especially when the economy is weak and the corporate powers are stirring.<\/span><\/p>\n Opposition to the extradition Bill has led to protests across Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n Would it be safe to travel or conduct business in Hong Kong? How much will tourism be affected? Can China afford to have millions of<\/span><\/p>\n Chinese without jobs? Companies leaving Hong Kong? This bill if the fine print is read will allow despots and crackpot dictators to start “transferring” journalists and community leaders from that Hong Kong to places like China, Russia, and North Korea where they will disappear. One of the best cures for an authoritarian government is a sobering reminder of the death and destruction a move to silence democracy can bring to a nation. People around the world love freedom and capitalism. They know that there are opportunities too in a capitalist system, and freedom gives rise to changes and ability to remove a government or policy that does not serve them or is oppressive. America and the world will learn from the lessons of Hong Kong and its brave residents.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Trump-Make-America-Great-Again-237x300.jpg\")
<\/a>The Trump noise machine sounds more like a political WWF rally put on by a scared man \u2014 his financial and criminal empire is slowly imploding.<\/span>
\nSo he goes to feed his crowds red meat, and in return, his insatiable ego is showered with applause and cheers. He is a rockstar, hero.<\/span>
\nTrump loves his people, bragging that he can shoot someone on Wall Street and not lose a vote among the faithful fools.
\nHe can say that the moon is made of cheese and the sky is purple, and they\u2019ll believe him.
\nSomeone said: \u201cBeing fooled does not make you a fool. You only become a fool when you continuously fall for the same sh*t.\u201d
\nBut Trump\u2019s crowd love to be fooled and don\u2019t mind being conned.
\nWhy?
\nBecause Trump can slay the Brown Bogeymen invading \u201ctheir country.\u201d Trump massages their fears, legitimizes their paranoia and finds scapegoats, mostly poor and desperate people, so they pin their personal failures on.
\nTrump knows how to exploit their ignorance, and they gleefully gulp down his snake oil. They wear his red MAGA hats, and he pretends to embrace their patriotism and values.
\n\u201cOur political opponents look down with hatred on our values and with utter disdain for the people whose lives they want to run,\u201d Trump told the crowd.
\nFear and desperation are running amuck.
\nMany whites are terrified of losing power, and as the Browning of America accelerates, white flight is limited.
\nSo Trump gives them quick-fix solutions – immigration roundups and a Wall are crowd favorites.
\nAnd, they applaud.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Vietnam-Wall--300x201.jpg\")
<\/a>President Trump ordered another 1,000 troops to the Middle East and vowed again that Iran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, the NYT report states.<\/span>
\nSound familiar?<\/span>
\nThe U.S. involvement in Vietnam started in 1955. President Eisenhower sends first military advisors to South Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese Army<\/span>
\nIn 1961, President Kennedy sent 100 Special Forces troops as “advisors” to South Vietnam<\/span>
\nMore than a decade later, there were more than 500,000 troops in Vietnam.<\/span>
\nComedian Bob Hope during his visit to Vietnam looked at the huge GI audience when he came out to perform and got a lot of applause.<\/span>
\nHe looked at the audience and joked:<\/span>
\n“Hello, advisors.”<\/span>
\nHe showered by applause, cheers, and laughter.<\/span>
\nMore than 58,000 of these “advisors” never made it home. Their names are carved on a black wall in D.C.<\/span>
\nThere are just wars to overturn tyranny\/fascism like in World War II, but no American should shed blood because Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo need a political war to raise Trump’s poll numbers and get the Mueller report heat off his back.<\/span>
\nWe should also learn from the invasion of Iraq by Bush, Cheney, and Co. The whole region was destabilized and it gave birth to ISIS.<\/span>
\nAmerican allies are going on the record and saying that they don’t trust Trump and his administration. Why?<\/span>
\nSane Americans know Trump is a lying, mentally unstable con man.<\/span>
\nThe Republican Party will share the blame if Americans start coming home in body bags.<\/span>
\nThey haven’t said a word.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWhen a million people take to the streets in Hong Kong to make a statement, they cannot be ignored,<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/download-300x168.jpg\")
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\nThe power to change things with despots, in many cases, is a massive force with a huge pair of lungs taking to the streets.
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\nI predict Russia is next, and the ouster of Putin and gangster government is inevitable if the economy takes a dive.
\nPutin should worry about waking up and seeing millions of protestors on the streets of Moscow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n