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.
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.