American Thinker: There is a War Over Who Will Control The Government

Liberals, Dems, Conservatives, Deep Staters v. Trump

Will democracy survive in the United States?

Here's what should be concerning now: 

If this pattern of the last six months continues, there will develop a real threat to the Republic and to the survival of democratic government.  While the national security threats the United States is presently facing – North Korean ICBMs, Chinese man-made islands in the South China Sea, and an expansive Russia – are serious and pressing, the most serious threat may be within. 

We may be confronting a national security threat comparable to that which the United States (unknowingly) faced in the 1940s when American communists and fellow travelers penetrated the federal government, the Executive Branch, and the White House.  It was pooh-poohed at the time, called a "witch hunt" and a "Red Scare," but, decades later,  the release of the Venona Intercepts and the opening of Soviet archives after the fall of the Soviet Union confirmed that, in fact, Soviet penetration of the highest levels of the U.S. government had occurred – and resulted in the loss of state secrets. 

Here, there can be no dispute. The proof is appearing every day in our American media.

Attorney General Sessions is, therefore, amply justified in pursuing prosecution of the source(s) of these national security leaks – and, if necessary, targeting their media enablers. 

The question of whether an American Deep State exists can be deferred until another time.  May cooler heads prevail until then. 

But for now, the current crisis is not some political sideshow for the annual August "silly season."  It is a struggle over who controls the government of the United States. 

American Thinker