The Great International Convoy Fiasco
As for talking to protesters, that s out of the question. As Politico recently put it, the conspiratorial mindset of the demonstrators means sitting down with them could legitimize their concerns. Since we can t under any circumstances have that, the only option left is the military eventuality. Or, as former Obama Deputy Homeland Security Secretary and CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem (the same person who went nanny-bonkers over the Southwest Air Let s Go Brandon incident) put it, Slash the tires, empty gas tanks, arrest the drivers, and move the trucks.
Any sane person should be able to see where any of these ideas would lead. The problem is, we re heading into our third decade of Western leaders embracing not thinking ahead as a core national security concept. It s like these people went to anti-governing school.
Matt Taibbi.