Thread by @HNIJohnMiller

I feel you, mah dood, I feel you. I get exactly where you're coming from.

But if we were to judge someone based on their past associations, then Trump would never have our support.

https://twitter.com/Hazmat25/status/1179031257109413889

Look, here's a bit of a thinker for you:

In strategy, in martial arts, in conflict, in US military doctrine, there is a concept that I'll summarize as economy of force.

You don't just blast something from orbit and annihilate it. You apply the minimum amount needed to guarantee the completion of the objective.

What was the objective here? You have Schiff abusing the whistleblower system for partisan politics. What do you do?

The ICIG's objective was to preserve the integrity of the whistleblower system while at the same time foiling this attempt at using it for partisan politics.

How do they accomplish that?

You do it all by the books. You follow through and dot every i and cross every t. And you apply the absolute minimum amount of force necessary to foil the plot.

The ICIG could have acted on this August 12th and caused the entire scandal to blow up. Instead he waited. 4 days.

By just waiting 4 days there was an ADNI in place to put the whistleblower complaint to bed by the books. By waiting 4 days a tug of war erupted between the Trump admin and Schiff. By causing that Schiff was forced to go through his apparatchiks in the WaPo with anonymous sources

By waiting 4 days, the ICIG:

1) Protected the integrity of the whistleblower process.
2) Foiled Schiff's attempt to abuse the whistleblower process.
3) Bought Trump and co the time needed to complete the trap.
4) Kept the ICIG's nonpartisanship intact.

I call that a win. /e