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A very wise man coined that phrase.
In 1982, Ronald Reagan asked his arms control advisory committee to conduct a review of Soviet compliance in the 25 years of arms control treaties. It was the first such concerted review ever. The answer to the question of Soviet arms controls compliance was that there was none.
West, "American Betrayal," p. 198.
Unlike Franklin Roosevelt, the great Reagan provided the so much more realistic "Trust, but verify."
Today, more than ever, it is advice all of us should take to heart.
1. ....don't make the mistake of assigning a higher level of integrity and honesty than anyone else. Not politicians, bureaucrats, economists, pastors....whatever. As a result of the Wuhan virus, we’ve now learned not to assign superior ability to predict, or trust the knowledge of, scientists or doctors, either.
Certainly, we learned that about bureaucrats, heads of agencies, the Deep State. Now, let's remember Doctor Fauci’s advice:
2. . “Coronavirus is not a major threat for the people in the United States, and this is not something the citizens should be worried about,” Dr. Anthony Fauci January 21st. Five days later on a podcast with the New York grocery store magnate, John Catsimatidis…. January 26: “The American people should not be worried or frightened by this. Very, very low risk for the United States.” Dr. Fauci five days later, after saying coronavirus was “not a major threat for the people, not something citizens should be worried about,” he said, “It isn’t something the American people need to worry about or frightened by this.”
3. March 9th, and it’s Forbes. Dr. Fauci: “If you are a healthy young person, there’s no reason. If you want to go on a cruise ship, go on a cruise ship.” Remember the Song of Princess or the Virus Princess, whatever, docked or offshore in Japan where everybody on it had the virus? When was that? This Dr. Fauci in a story March 9th, Forbes:
“If you are a healthy young person, there is no reason. If you want to go on a cruise ship, go on a cruise ship.”
Doesn't look too good in retrospect.
4."This expert says ‘Don’t trust the experts’
First of all, the “experts” frequently don’t agree. When this happens, it is up to politicians and other elected or appointed individuals to decide. It is an unenviable task for sure. If you are right the “expert” gets the credit. If you are wrong, you “should’ve listened to the experts!” Not to mention that hindsight is always 20/20.
Secondly the word “expert” implies a narrow field of “expertise.” Very few experts or scientists are qualified to consider the Big Picture, and they often miss the unintended consequences.”
This expert says ‘Don’t trust the experts’
Of course, to trust but verify, one must need a real education, not the sort government school provides.
Trump in Davos on January 22nd
“It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine,” .
Mind you, this is the guy that makes the decisions. Yeah, you're right. Doesn't look good from any angle in retrospect.
Now, for Fauci's comment. While looking not so good in hindsight, you left off the last part of his comment.
"Fauci then said, “If you are a healthy young person, there is no reason if you want to go on a cruise ship, go on a cruise ship. But the fact is that if you have…an individual who has an underlying condition, particularly an elderly person who has an underlying condition, I would recommend strongly that they do not go on a cruise ship.”
You right wingers tend to do that when it suits your narrative.
Hard to believe you never learned this growing up.....or, perhaps you Democrats never grow up, and remain infantilized by your masters.....but, jot this down: Reality is defined by actions, not by words.
While the words can be attributed to reassuring the public......what actions did Trump take, and when did he take them?
1.The H1N 1 epidemic was in 2009.
Hussein was in charge for the following eight years.
First, 1,000 Americans had died, and six months passed, before Hussein declared H1N1 a national emergency.
What did he learn from the H1N1, and how did his administration prepare America for the next epidemic?
2. How did the World Health Organization warn the current administration?
“WHO Claimed In January Wuhan Virus Couldn’t Be Transmitted to Humans, Because China Said It Wasn’t Contagious, Destroyed Evidence
China has been lying since at least December about the nature of the virus and that’s in part why it has been able to spread.
Here’s a WHO advisory from Jan. 14 trying to tell people that it couldn’t be transmitted between humans, according to China.
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Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.
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WHO Claimed In January Wuhan Virus Couldn't Be Transmitted to Humans, Because China Said It Wasn't Contagious, Destroyed Evidence
It led to a pandemic...
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3. Trump: When did he know, and how long did he wait?
Trump took 11 days from the realization of how dangerous the Wuhan death virus was…..
News of the virus’ highly contagious nature didn’t surface publicly until Jan. 20, Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus
…and it took Trump a whole 11 days to shut down travel with China.
“Trump already signed an order Jan. 31 barring entry to foreign nationals,…” Trump sets new travel restrictions over coronavirus, considering southern border shutdown
Eleven days….
February 29th, first American died of the virus. First American has died from coronavirus, health officials confirm
March 13th…Trump declared a national health emergency due to the virus. Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus outbreak
4. And as soon as Trump stopped travel with China, Biden and the Democrats called him a racist xenophobe for doing so.
“We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.”
Joe Biden
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We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.
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5. Eight years after the Obamunists experienced the H1N1, how is it that they never replenished ventilators, never replenished testing kits, never made sure there were enough PTE’s, the face shields, the masks, enough gloves, etc.???
Gives poignant meaning to ‘a day late, and a dollar short.’
You're cutting and pasting information that you used to start another thread yesterday? You know, the one where you got your ass thoroughly handed to you?
Damn, your game is slipping. Now I know your a Russian bot. Carry on comrade. Don't let me interrupt your disinformation campaign.
It certainly appears this “Chic” is running a scripted pro-Russian propaganda campaign to re-elect Putin’s patsy, Trump!
This poster mentions “the great Reagan”, but Reagan would not have sucked up to Putin.