Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Fanis the Bodyguard Episode 7 Defend the Iran Deal at All Costs


                Fanis is a far-right conservative who is watching Fox news.  Although he lives in London, he is still an American citizen.  A man is speaking to Hannity about illegal immigration and Fanis hears, “Conflating legal immigration and illegal immigration together is like conflating pharmacists and drug dealers”  Fanis’ eyes widen but he gets the point and thinks it’s a good one.  The commentator goes on, “Calling illegal immigrants ‘undocumented workers’ is like calling a drug dealer an ‘unlicensed pharmacists.”

                Kera, Fanis cousin and employer, also lives in the house and she overhears the TV.  She calls out, “That’s why I love living in England, we are much more accepting”

                Fanis fires back, “What are you talking about?  Most countries have a merit based immigration and none of them like illegal immigration.  Spain has walls along their water border with Morocco to stop them from coming in.  That’s true all over Europe.  America has the most lax immigration laws and it’s getting to be unsustainable.”

                “Well, it’s easy for some white guy to come on TV and whine about undocumented workers”

                “Do you want to know the man’s name that was just talking against illegal immigration?”

                “Is it going to mean something?”

                “I think so” Fanis said with a smile

                Kera was a trader in Chinese artifacts and was used as a liaison between China and Western countries.  She was of Greek descent and an American so it was easy for her to go around Europe and engender trust.  Her being fluent in Mandarin made her an asset to China as well, which is why she was perfect for the job.  Fanis was her bodyguard as some deals went south and most countries do not have the same respect for women as the United States and she was a target.  She loved Chinese culture above all cultures including Greek, which alienated her from her family but she was always a loner.  She cried out, “What is his name?” with obvious skepticism in her voice that it would matter.

                “Fang Zhou.” Although Kera couldn’t see Fanis, it didn’t stop him from having a huge grin on his face as those two words just crushed Kera’s argument.

                Kera hurried to the TV and saw a Chinese-American speaking.  She sighed and dropped her shoulders and Fanis piled on, “I’m really beginning to love Asians for having the guts to do and say what white people don’t.”

                “Shut up”

                “What? You don’t love the Chinese?”

                Kera slapped Fanis on the shoulder, which only made him smile wider.  She said, “People aren’t illegal”

                “When people immigrate to a country illegally, they are illegal immigrants.  This isn’t hard.  It’s a statement of fact.  You’re describing them for the crime they committed.  Like if I said ‘murderer Charles Manson.’  Or if I want to talk about a group of people who committed the act of murder and called them ‘murderers’”

`               “They come and they claim asylum.  They get their day in court.”

                “90% of them don’t show up for court.  American rights and laws are for Americans not illegal immigrants.”

                “Are you just going to keep saying that term to piss me off?”

                “Yes, I will keep saying ‘illegal immigrant’ to piss you off.  Our grandparents came to America legally.  They love America but they put in the time and effort to become citizens legally.”

                “Ann Coulter hates legal immigrants too.”

                “Yes she does, but even she is okay with the ones coming from Europe.  She dislikes Hmong, Somali, and Central American gang legal immigrants.”

                “Well, we need to go to Parliament”

                “Okay”

                Fanis was getting used to these things.  Kera was highly connected to the British government and every now and then she gave him access to someone to whet his appetite for what the media was covering up.  Fanis, as a rule, never asked questions about how or why a Chinese artifact dealer would be so well connected.  They arrived at Parliament and a British member of Parliament “MP” said, “Kera, sit down, we need your help”

                Fanis thought it a little odd that he was on a first name basis with Kera.  He had never been in these meetings, he normally waited outside but Kera told him to come in.  He spoke up, “Should I be here for this?”

                Kera waved him off, “Yes, you’re fine. This has to do with your favorite topic.”

                “Spygate?”

                The MP replied, “Yes”

                Fanis responded, “Does this have anything to do with President Trump just leaving?”

                The MP said nothing but Kera shot him a dirty look as if to say, ‘obviously, stop asking stupid questions.’  The MP turned to Kera and asked, “Should I proceed?”

                “Yes, please”

                Staring back at Fanis and stressing the first clause, he started, “In appreciation of the long standing cooperation between us and our friends across the pond, we are a little curious about a Hezbollah bomb factory that was just discovered in London.  Did you hear about it?”

                Fanis looked at Kera expectantly and Kera gave a slight nod that he could speak.  He declared, “Yes, they had three tons of ammonium nitrate.  The same substance used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995; only Timothy McVeigh only had two tons.  And, when you say you just found it, you’re lying, because it was discovered in 2015.  It was just made public last month.”

                Kera took a deep breath and regretted giving him the okay to speak.  She thought that he would have a filter dealing with an MP but obviously he didn’t.  She articulated, “I’m sorry for his bluntness.  Personal security people aren’t known for their tact.”

                “Actually, that’s what we are getting at.  We want to know if the withholding the discovery from the press was to cover up the Iran deal.”

                Kera answered, “I’m not quite sure I know about the Iran deal”

                The MP turned to Fanis and inquired, “Are you able to fill in your boss?”

                His tone was condescending as if to make fun of him for working for a woman but Fanis continued as if he didn’t notice.  He rejoined, “Obama made a deal with the Iranians so they could get access to Uranium if they promise to let inspectors in to make sure they’re not making a nuclear bomb.  It gave them access to sensitive bomb making materials all over Europe.”

                Kera reacted with, “What does that have to do with Hezbollah?”

                The MP offered, “Although they are a Lebanese based organization, there are Iranians in the group and they are closely tied with them”

                Fanis added, “They are terrorists and the stockpile was found a couple weeks after the UK agreed to the Iran deal.”

                Kera digested all this and uttered, “So what do you need from me?”

                The MP answered, “It was a joint task force.  The Chinese were involved too.  We want you to go to Beijing and bring up Project Cassandra.  I got you into an informal gathering as a Western asset.  I want you to not lead on that you speak Mandarin.  Bring up Project Cassandra and see what they say.  We believe what they tell you in English will be vastly different than what they discuss amongst themselves in Mandarin.  I don’t need to tell you to focus on the Mandarin.”

                Kera retorted, “Downplay my role.  Pretend that you’re sending Fanis and I’m just his secretary recording notes from the meeting.  Since he’s knowledgeable on the topic, it might be easier for him to deal with the English side of it.  That way, their guard will be down and I can look like I’m paying attention so that I can take notes but really I’m paying attention to them.  It allows me to focus on my actual task.”

                “That’s a good idea.”

                Kera and Fanis went to the airport where the British government chartered a plane to take them to Beijing.  On the plane, Kera inquired, “What is Project Cassandra?”

                “Well, you know how the British covered up Hezbollah storing weapons in London?”

                “Yes”

                “Well, President Obama had his own cover up.  Project Cassandra was a joint DEA operation that uncovered holes in our southern border to benefit Iran drug dealers linked to Hezbollah.”

                “That would mean that Obama was trying to stop the Iranians”

                “No, the DEA and DOJ were trying to stop the Iranians. Obama derailed Project Cassandra because it would make Iran look bad before his Iran deal.”

                “When was this?”

                “July 2016”

                “During the election”

                “Right and Trump was screaming from the roof tops how the Iran deal was the worst deal ever made and that if he won he would kill it on arrival.”

                “If Britain and the US are looking the other way on terrorist activity, drug dealing and money laundering to protect the Iran deal, then it must have been important to Obama”

                “Yes, he wanted it to be his legacy.  See, this whole Russia-gate and collusion hoax isn’t about Trump.  They started these back channels of Christopher Steele into the Department of Justice through Jonathan Winer back in 2014.  A shady source tells it to Steele or Stefan Halper, who then tells it to Winer, who tells it to the DOJ.  That way the DOJ thinks it’s from a reliable source, WIner, rather than the shady source.  The FBI and CIA also trusted Steele and Halper so the laundering could only go through one degree of separation too.  The media also loves Steele so he could leak it to them.  This system started to go after opponents of the Iran deal.  Mike Flynn was one of the earliest targets as he was the Director of National Security and was very vocal how bad this deal was.  Suddenly, he’s being called to Cambridge for a dinner where he gets accused of colluding with Russians.”

                “And since Trump was also vocal about how bad the Iran deal was, he got the same treatment.”

                “Right, it’s like the movie Romeo Must Die anyone unwilling to sell their waterfront property and block the building of an NFL stadium was killed.”

                “I didn’t see that movie but I get the point.  But If you already know about Project Cassandra, this meeting is pointless.”

                “Maybe the Chinese know something I don’t”

                They land and the overcrowded Beijing streets was never something anyone could get used to.  Even Kera, who once called Beijing her favorite city, had turned against it because she likes cities where she can walk around.  That was why she loved her native New York.  New Yorkers think they have to dodge people on the sidewalk but compared to Beijing, New York was like walking down a six lane abandoned highway by yourself.  Kera forgot that she was supposed to not speak Mandarin and hailed a cab to take her to the hotel.  Fanis doubted the cab driver would get the information to the government quick enough but then again this was a communist country and big brother was always watching.  They rested up and the next day headed to the meeting.  Fanis lied and offered, “I’m working with John Durham of the United States.  We are trying to determine how this whole Russia probe into our president had started.  It has led us to a Project Cassandra.  Are you familiar with this?”

                A translator translated for Fanis said and the MP was right.  It unleashed a hail of conversation between the Chinese people there.  The translator came back, “It was on operation to make sure that bad wings of the Iranian factions don’t abuse the deal.”

                “Specifically?”

                “It was an American operation, we don’t really know.”

                “Well, can you tell me how the Iran deal proceeded?  What was discussed? How did it come about?  Was China pressured by Obama to sign it?  Was a compromise made?  If so, what did the Iranians want and what did our side want and how was it resolved?”

                There was more talk amongst themselves and the translator spoke, “China was not pressured.  We believed it to be a good deal and an effort for America to stop policing the world.  It gave us access to Iran and made them a partner for us and for Europe.”

                The conversation didn’t go anywhere but Fanis kept asking questions and getting generic answers that lacked substance.  Finally it was over and Fanis and Kera went back to the hotel.  Kera remarked, “Well, the MP called it.”

                “What do you mean?”

                “The head of the security on the border for us was a task force called OCDETF.  It was spearheaded by Bruce Ohr, who sidelined it because of pressure from Obama.  He was then taken off the border security and was the fourth highest member of the DOJ”

                Fanis piled on, “Where he walked over a flash drive given to him by Christopher Steele to the FBI on July 30, 2016.  The next day, the FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane.”

                “Yea, I knew that name was familiar.  I guess your suspicions that the motive to do what they did to Trump wasn’t because he was a conservative but because he was against the Iran deal.”

                “Motive?  Are you insinuating that they committed a crime?” Fanis pronounced with a giddy grin.

                Kera giggled and confessed, “You’re beginning to make a lot of sense.”

                Kera went to Parliament and briefed the MP on everything she heard and the massive cover up of terrorist activity.  It led to England promoting Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization.  Before, they only considered the military wing terrorists, not the political wing.  Now, the entire organization was.  The United States made this distinction in 2016, shortly after Donald Trump became President.  The MP stated, “That’s why Christopher Steele specified he only wanted to talk about the Trump dossier.”

                Kera retorted, “Yes, he had been writing dossiers since 2015.  He commonly bypassed US intelligence agencies to get information laundered into the DOJ without being vetted.  The Trump dossier was just another example of a systematic operation to influence congress without being thwarted by official intelligence channels”

                “This is an outrage”

                “Is it though?  Or are you doing the same thing with me?  I’m not an intelligence source and I’m briefing Parliament on information.”

                “You’re not pretending it’s your information.  I know who you heard it from and therefore I know to vet it.”

                Kera looked around the room and conceded the point.  She returned back to her flat with Fanis and she checked her twitter feed.  She expressed, “Paul Krugman is debunking the myth that Republican tax cuts pay for themselves.  Says the debt still increased.”

                “That’s a nonsense statement” fired back Fanis

                “Look, you only have a Bachelors in Economics.  This guy is a PHD”

                “All the more reason why he’s a snake because he knows he’s misleading.”

                “Convince me”

                Fanis pulled up charts on his phone and showed Kera, “Look, every time we lowered taxes, the tax revenue went up.  When Bush did it, there was a $785 Billion dollar increase the highest increase ever.  When Trump did it, the tax revenues hit all time highs, meaning it went up since it’s never been higher.  When Raegan did it, tax revenues soared as well.  Every time we’ve cut taxes, the government got more money.”

                “So why did Krugman say they didn’t?”

                “That’s not what he said.  He said the debt went up.  That’s true.  So, if the debt goes up but you made more money, what happened?”

                Kera thought about it a second and answered, “You spent more than you earned”

                “Right”

                “Like when you get a raise and start spending more money thinking that if you were affording your lifestyle before everything now is going to be a bonus.  Then after a year, you wonder why your bank account didn’t go up.  Why is he doing this now?  Trump’s tax cuts were two years ago.”

                “Bernie Sanders is giving a speech about the benefits of socialism.  In order to do that, they have to instill seeds of doubt in the mob’s mind that capitalism doesn’t work.  They have to paint the picture that high taxes are good so when Sanders says to more than double your taxes to pay for his programs, Americans aren’t put off by it.”

                “His ideas aren’t so bad.  I mean don’t you think everyone has a right to healthcare?”

                “No, I don’t.  That’s why so many people here in England die waiting for a specialist.  The lag teams are ridiculous here and you have to wait on average nine months to see a specialist after a primary care person refers you.  When you declare something a right, you infer an obligation on someone else.”

                “Why can only the American forefathers declare rights?”

                “The Constitution’s Bill of Rights don’t infer an obligation on someone else.  They prohibit the government from getting involved in things.  The government should not be involved in free speech.  The government shouldn’t stop people from owning a gun.  The government shouldn’t search people and take their stuff unnecessarily.  There is no government arranging the transfer.  If healthcare is a right, the government forces doctors to provide care for free.  If you declare housing a right, the government is forcing landowners to give away their land.  In England, when they issued Prima Nochte for the Scottish.  The government forced husbands to let an English nobleman fuck their wives on the first night.  They called that a right too.”

                “So, if the government isn’t forcing a transfer to uphold the right, it’s good.  If, however, the government is inhibited from doing something to preserve it, then it’s a good right.”

                “Yes”

                “That actually makes sense.”

                “I know” Fanis boasted.

                Kera gave him a dirty look and decried, “I’m beginning to think Obama was really a shitty president.”

                “Why?  Because the Chinese said it?

                Kera giggled and shot him a sarcastic look and confidently declared, “Yes”

                Fanis rolled his eyes and they changed the subject.  All Fanis could hope for was everyone involved in the back channel and information laundering campaign that had been going on for at least five years was going to be reprimanded and punished for it. 

 

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