This video was made the evening after they were added to the Intelligence Community https://mobile.twitter.com/US_SpaceComCSEL/status/1347739267435429890:
Talks about a movie you should watch. It’s about: -starts several years before year WWII -gets intelligence that Japan WILL act if US threatens their oil supply (did we disrupt something in the Chinese economy?) -“that intelligence led to later actions, and its something WE CAN LEARN FROM” -“highlights many areas of leadership and trust by commanders, ands that’s SOMETHING ALL LEADERS CAN LEARN FROM, ESPECIALLY AS WE PIVOT TO THE PACIFIC” -tough leadership, extreme risk to limit “Japanese” momentum -“there’s also great respect for intelligence professionals” (they were just added to the IC before this video) -“time sensitive intelligence to his commander” -“most realistic movie.... ever made” -“ENJOY A GOOD MOVIE”.
He was reading a script, this was not off-the-cuff speaking. Every word means something.
He’s talking about the movie Midway, one of the best war movies ever made. The message here is that there are many, many parallels between the events depicted in Midway and the events of the past several years. Good guys knew bad guys were up to no good. We gathered intelligence information, saw the attack (election), and now have everything we need for a decisive victory. Also, the cheeky references to “this is a movie, grab your popcorn “.
Also, you should really watch Midway. Very realistic, excellent film, and a way to take a break from all of this while we wait out the storm.
I tried to cover it all there, but let me add:
Sanctions on China?
Also, what country is surrounded by the Pacific? Why did he make a point to say that?
Why did he make a big issue about trust? Chain of Command?
Look at Pompeo’s tweets this morning. China. China. China.
Everyone here does. And it sounds more like we’re moving in.