Andrew Korybko — Forget Congress! The Deep State is America’s real bad guy in Ukraine

....Congress’ function isn’t to call the shots in American foreign policy, but to function as ‘democratic’ window dressing for established deep state policies. To expand upon this further, the deep state is defined by the author as representing the permanent diplomatic, defense, and intelligence bureaucracy that doesn’t cycle out of power whenever presidential administrations change. They represent a continuous and consistent force in shaping the application of America’s foreign policy, hence why despite the regular shuffling of the state’s upper echelon (e.g. Secretary of State, Director of the CIA, the President), the country’s policies proceed unabated amidst these symbolic periodic transitions.

This accounts for the discrepancy between Senator and then presidential candidate Obama and President Obama. As soon as one occupies the chair in the Oval Office, one becomes an extension of the deep state for the simple reason that the deep state is assumed to have information that everyone else, even the president on own, lacks. Of course, this is true of most countries and not just the US. However, the US deep state has more resources at its disposal than most others.

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Forget Congress! The Deep State is America’s real bad guy in Ukraine

Andrew Korybko