Individual 1 claimed he was simply focused on “corruption” in Ukraine when he was (extorting) Ukraine President Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter in return for the desperately needed military assistance our so-called president had previously BLOCKED despite bipartisan Congressional support for the assistance to be provided “forth with.” Well, as all is coming together on this fiasco we see the “corruption” was apparently coming directly from individual 1 and his so-called “lawyer” Rudy Giuliani.

Here’s where the “rubber is hitting the road” – long time non-partisan public servants are refusing administration attempts to shut them up and they are walking into the IMPEACHMENT hearings and willingly giving their depositions to the committees “investigating” individual 1’s brazen abuse of power – which has been ongoing since the day he took the oath of office, but has been brought to a “head” with his (curiously) releasing a transcript of his call with Zelensky where he ADMITTED to breaking American law in at least one way and likely several ways. The bottom line is it’s a VIOLATION of campaign finance laws to solicit ANYTHING of value from ANY foreign source. And, trust me, what individual 1 was soliciting from Zelensky was worth enough to make it a FELONY (over $25,000) because of the expense Rudy Giuliani has incurred trying to get “dirt” on the Biden’s. (Which, by the way, has Giuliani, very possibly, in the crosshairs of legal impropriety – if there is any legal accountability in America anymore)

Then top this all off by having individual 1, apparently in an attempt to change the narrative from the IMPEACHMENT inquiry, turn the Turks loose on our allies the Kurds in Northern Syria while also getting about 1000 American troops caught in the “crossfire.” Pictures of the Kurds being slaughtered by the Turks have maybe even had an affect on some of individual 1’s supporters. Just picture them – what would they be saying had President Obama done this? Of course, how many of individual 1’s absurd actions could we ask the exact same question? (In fact, I’ve even heard republicans suggest this is the “same” issue which arose when President Obama “pulled our troops from Iraq.” As usual, the similarities they suggest are absurd. Obama simply followed the agreed upon departure of American troops set forth by GW Bush – which, I must add, I was not in agreement with)

As was predictable, most observers are saying the “winner” in individual 1’s ABRUPT decision to pull our troops from Syria (mainly the troops protecting the Kurds) will be Vladimir Putin. Observers continue to “wonder” what does Putin have on individual 1? Not only is Putin the beneficiary of this blunderous action in Syria but likewise in Ukraine. Clearly the new president of Ukraine, who was committed to fighting “corruption” when he got elected has been somewhat intimidated by Giuliani and individual 1 (and, likely Ambassador Sondland as well) as they’ve been attempting to get Zelensky and his surrogates to provide some kind of “dirt” on Biden – who, I don’t believe, will end up being the democratic nominee. Overcoming the gains Putin has made BECAUSE of individual 1 will quite possibly take years!

Additionally, the real threat to the Ukrainians is the one coming from the Russians – who are presently attacking a couple of regions in Ukraine while individual 1 is attempting to pressure them (the Ukrainians) into caving to Putin. After the former Soviet Union disbanded, Ukraine agreed to give up their nuclear weapons in return for a guarantee from America and her Western European (NATO) allies to protect Ukraine from intrusions from Russia. Well, Putin seized Crimea in 2014 and President Obama instigated severe sanctions which have prevented Russia (and Exxon Mobile) from tapping into Russia’s vast oil reserves in the Arctic and Siberia. Putin wants those sanctions removed and he wants control of Ukraine’s oil reserves as well – which apparently are located in the Donetsk region where they are presently fighting. Obviously, if the Americans withhold military aid, it benefits Putin and the Russians. Plus, at some point, I see individual 1 attempting to remove the sanctions on Russia.

I’ve said for almost two years now individual 1 appears to me to be acting just as if he’s a mob boss. This morning I’m listening to Mick Mulvaney attempting to obfuscate and LIE his way out of a BUNCH of trouble he and individual 1 are in. It’s making my stomach churn. Sadly, there are surely people out there who actually believe what Mulvaney’s saying and have difficulty “reading between the lines,” but it’s obvious Mulvaney is describing IMPEACHABLE and ILLEGAL behavior. Individual 1, Mulvaney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Pompeo, Mike Pense, and others are up to their necks in this ILLEGAL behavior regarding Ukraine. And, as I’m listening while typing I’ve got to add, the president doesn’t get to do whatever he wants in regard to foreign policy. These people can’t be GONE soon enough for me! (Wow! Mulvaney just confirmed that individual 1 and Co. was bargaining the military support for the political “dirt” ie a “quid pro quo” – are these guys actually this stupid? The answer appears to be YES!)

Just as he seemed to think breaking the law in plain sight makes it OK – as he solicited both the Ukrainians AND the Chinese to investigate the Biden’s while standing on the White House lawn in front of a plethora of cameras, apparently he believes the same thing regarding the emoluments clause to the constitution. So, this morning, as I tuned in, Mulvaney was giving their justification for having the “G-7” Summit next year at individual 1’s Doral Resort. Mulvaney had the temerity to suggest individual 1 would NOT profit from this meeting on one of his properties. All I can say is they believe “we the people” are more stupid than I thought.

Is this just another example of individual 1 attempting to get “we the people’s” attention off of the impending IMPEACHMENT? Well, if it works as well as his “plan” to allow the Turks into Syria leading to the potential genocide of the Syrian Kurds well, God help us. No matter how that “diversion” works out, once again, individual 1 has enabled Vladimir Putin to continue with his “laughing all the way to the bank.” As I’m writing this, there have been thousands of Kurds killed and upwards of 250,000 Kurds who have lost their homes and, I’m sure, people around the world have an even lower view of the United States based on this betrayal of the Kurds by individual 1. Right now I’m listening to individual 1 supporters claim they can “put the toothpaste back into the tube.” As I often say, Sad!!!

Today, a letter individual 1 sent three days after unleashing the Turks onto the Syrian Kurds to the president of Turkey was publicly released. It was embarrassing to listen to it as I heard it read by Nicole Wallace on MSNBC. Obviously, Turkey’s president Erdogan was as impressed with the letter as I as he reportedly crumbled it and tossed it to the trash can. I can only imagine how these dictators around the world speak of individual 1 in private as he’s attempting to seek their favor. Sad (again)!!! (I’ll attempt to find a copy of the letter I can link to)

Mike Pense is, as I’m writing this, speaking in Turkey in regard to a “cease fire” in the war zone that was created by individual 1’s impulsive decision to remove the American troops from Northern Syria. As both Pense and Mike Pompeo try to make this all look like it’s some kind of brilliant move on individual 1’s part Erdogan is getting everything he wanted from the start. Pense just said, “let me be clear, the president has been clear about American opposition to Turkey’s entrance into Syria.” In my mind I’m going, “Are you kidding me?” What would individual 1 say to the Kurdish leaders if he had to face them in person? I suppose his “bone spurs” would prevent that from happening!

Personally, I hope this cease fire works, but “I’ll believe it when I see it.” (It’s two days later, and it’s NOT working) Sadly, as I watch Pense and Pompeo in their news conference in Turkey I believe I’m looking at American leaders who have engaged in lawbreaking while in office and who have near zero credibility around the world. As I’m writing this they are participating, back home, in individual 1’s ILLEGAL refusal to answer legally submitted subpoenas. If they didn’t do anything wrong in regard to Ukraine – which is, obviously, the source of the subpoenas – then why not defend themselves via transparency. It’s as if they “do things” and then clean up the mess afterward. I don’t see much difference between the Ukraine fiasco and the BLUNDER in Syria. Other than the FACT, from the standpoint of the Kurds, the “mess” can’t be “cleaned up.”

Individual 1 continues to show himself to be a reckless, boneheaded, and ignorant decision maker to “we the people” AND those around the world. Right now, with Pense in Turkey, they are trying to undo something which may be impossible to undo. Pense, as usual, is fawning over individual 1 giving “credit” to both our so-called president and Erdogan of Turkey – while there are funerals en masse going on with the Kurds. It appears to me this may be a desperate attempt to get the remaining American troops out – the troops who’ve been blowing up their own facilities as they leave with “their tails between their legs,” before the Turks complete their objective of “ethnically cleansing” the Kurds from their homeland. Yikes!!!

Final Thought: I’ve got to stop – this is more “rambling” than my usual posts. I long ago accepted that it will take an overwhelming response at the polls by “we the people” to get this nightmare over. What has caused me to be so, I guess, more ANGRY than usual, it the betrayal of the Kurds. I’m not sure “we the people” will be able to recover from the damage associated with that BETRAYAL in my lifetime. Anything more I would write at this point would be redundant!