This is more than disillusionment, it is scary to realize there were foreign agents in Michael Flynn with access to the National Security Systems. I am afraid for the country.
The USA is supposed to be a country of laws. The laws are not optional. Where does anyone ever find the will to undermine the very fabric of this country to satisfy foreign governments demands?
I am worried this sort of scenario is a POSSIBILITY in the USA. The POSSIBILITY was at one time not possible. What is going on that should never take place?
I think I am grateful for the dissonance between Tillerson and Trump. Congress needs to act to certify the Iran agreement. This is not difficult and should have been done already. The certification and additional sanctions are very separate issues.
September 28, 2017
...Turkey (click here) has been seeking the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan whose supporters are blamed for trying to overthrow Erdogan’s government in July 2016.
Gulen has denied any role in the coup attempt, in which 250 people were killed. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have said the Turkish government has yet to provide enough evidence for the U.S. Justice Department to act.
Thousands of people have been detained in a crackdown since the failed coup, including American Christian missionary Andrew Brunson, who ran a small church in Izmir on Turkey’s western coast.
Brunson has been held since October. Turkish media has said the charges against him include membership of Gulen’s network, considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government. The United States has said that Brunson has been wrongfully imprisoned and has called for him to be released....
Gulen is wanted in Turkey because he was the founder of a movement. If Turkey can publicly prosecute him, the movement will then be publicly prosecuted as well. It isn't as though there are facts stated that Gulen was orchestrating the attempted military coupe. "Handing over" Gulen to Turkey is Erogan's method to end any future uprising. That is not the way the USA conducts itself. The facts have to be clear and extradition would have to be presented. Simply, 'handing over' a human being with an identity pleasing to a political outcome is not what the USA does.
IF EVER such methods were to exist in the USA to allow injustice to become invisible, it would happen to more than Gulen. I am worried such outcomes were even within the scope of the Oval Office and it's cabinet, yet even entertained for a payoff. This is unthinkable, yet it was a possibility. The extremism in the USA is within the reins of power. Every American should be realizing the depth of the corruption our country is facing. I am afraid for my country and the corruption within it's seats of power.
