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Protesters in New York show their support for Special Counsel Robert Mueller
Protesters in New York show their support for Special Counsel Robert Mueller
Although a handful of key Trump associates, like former campaign manager Paul Manafort and Republican operative Roger Stone, have been charged with process crimes, nobody has been charged with any offenses relating to collusion.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper - himself no fan of Trump - told CNN on Wednesday that "the investigation, when completed, could turn out to be quite anti-climactic."
An anti-climactic conclusion would spell disaster for Trump's opponents in Washington, who have hammered the president for 'Russian collusion' for the better part of two years, and for the media, who have never missed a chance to add to the narrative, often with false and outlandish theories.
With Mueller's report unlikely to satisfy their appetite for collusion, Democrats and the media have been going through a bizarre grieving process in recent days, as they get ready to bid farewell to their dear old friend Mueller. The process is best explained using a time-tested psychological model. Much like a grieving family adapts to the loss of a loved one, Mueller's fans now have a long and rough road to recovery ahead of them. Here's what they can expect:
Comment: Does the United States want Iran to begin developing nuclear weapons? That's what it looks like. And it dovetails nicely with Israeli paranoia, justifying the U.S.-Israeli alliance's belligerent fantasies about Iran. There are legitimate reasons to criticize Iran's government; but those don't matter to the neocons. As long as the government of Iran is strong and not in bed with Israel, the U.S. and the Jewish State will invent countless reasons to battle the Islamic Republic. "Maintaining Israeli hegemony in the Middle East" is bad PR, so they must create the image of the Persian bogeyman to justify Israel's stance. In reality, Iran has no interest in nukes (unlike Israel), and no interest in war (unlike Israel).