Paranoia Runs Deep But Not “Deep State” Deep: Memo to Bannon STFU

So you two are 100% sure about this “Deep State” thing, right??? 

“Deep State” (author and expert on the topic). Used as a noun: “A body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy.”

Sentence Usage: “The deep state and its policy of allowing extremist ideologies to flourish may be the actual issues of concern.”

Amazing story here from Politico and at the center – yep, old Stephen “Deconstruct American System and Rebuild Again” Bannon who has Donald J. Trump’s ear and key position at his elbow, and one who avoids the limelight (I wonder why).

Like a George Lucas Death Star or one of those planet-eating monsters in Star Trek, the Deep State has crashed into the national consciousness.

Suddenly, it’s not just an obsession of those who inhabit the fevered, conspiracy-laced dream world of Alex Jones or Breitbart, but also the subject of countless news stories and headlines of all stripes across the media spectrum — bigger than anything imaginable, undermining the elected president of the United States, threatening the fundamentals of our democracy.

(Hint: and mostly pushed by the Trump camp operatives).

Just like the Death Star, the American Deep State does not, of course, exist. An appropriation from countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, and Algeria, where real networks of intelligence, defense and interior ministry officials exercise real power to drive policy, sideline elected officials and eliminate opponents, the American Deep State is nothing more than an invention of President Donald Trump and his allies — the convenient enemy from within that they blame for their frustrations. The leaks that undid former national security adviser Michael Flynn? That was the Deep State.

Reports of extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and all manner of other smears? Yep, the Deep State. The president is said to be irate about this rear-guard action led by, in the words of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, Obama administration holdovers who have “burrowed in and continue to espouse the agenda of the previous administration.”

(Note: Lacking? Any positive proof - oops).

Trump’s unshakable certainty that his Trump Tower phone was tapped seems to be rooted — disingenuously or not — in this same belief from day-one.  Many have written insightfully on the fatuousness of these charges and plenty more. e.g., that there may be only one Obama appointee left in the two premier Deep State institutions: the FBI and CIA. 

As for me, the only paranoia I heard about was years ago during the Vietnam War which I pulled two Marine Corps infantry tours. Paranoia struck deep according to the song, which is truly a classic shared here.

Performed by “Buffalo Springfield”

Thanks for stopping by and sharing this moment in history that seems to be repeating itself today.