Do Not Invite: I Don't Believe It

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A year ago, I posted Spooky Business in which I stated of my service to the United States (U.S.) Department of State when serving my role in the U.S. Department of Defense that “it didn’t take long for me to realize that my diplomatic service was in support of spooks.”

“Spooks” in this regard refers to government intelligence officers, agents, and personnel. What I didn’t know when initially serving as a Marine Security Guard was that I was unintentionally supporting the mission of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). That was some spooky shit!

Specifically, my role in security at the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru served the CIA’s operations in South America. Once I discovered how my actions contributed to the Monroe Doctrine, I was disenchanted with my military service.

I’m not ashamed of admitting ignorance of the fact that I didn’t realize my role in the U.S. government contributed to the oppression of others. As an example, in what’s by far my most viewed post of over 1,800 blog entries, I stated in Are We the Baddies?:

My [Brasilian] friend was the individual who educated me about the Monroe Doctrine and how some Brasilians considered it an affront to their autonomy. Before meeting the interpreter, I didn’t even consider that Brasilians were actually Americans (North, Central, and South America).

It was also my friend who critically challenged my support of so-called “American exceptionalism”—the notion that the [U.S.] is somehow exemplary in comparison to other nations. Her guidance was eye-opening, because it was then that I began to wonder whether or not U.S. politicians were the baddies. […]

My friend’s allegation was astonishing to me, because her perspective allowed me to understand why Brasilians protested operations of the consulate. Prior to her influence, I naïvely believed that the U.S. was well-liked by most other nations.

In actuality, a significant number of people from other countries considered the U.S. to be the baddies—and still do. We are alleged to have overthrown democratic politicians, toppled foreign governments, placed burdensome sanctions on nation states, and essentially bullied other countries.

Are we the baddies? I suppose it all depends on who you ask. Personally, I don’t participate in the political process, as I remain politically neutral. Nonetheless, there are people abroad who would hold me collectively responsible and accountable for the actions of U.S. governing officials.

I had no idea that Are We the Baddies? would receive so much attention when I posted it two years ago. Likewise, I didn’t think Spooky Business—in which I criticized the background of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard—would be as relevant as it currently is.

For the uninformed reader, the DNI serves as executive head of the U.S. Intelligence Community while directing and overseeing all 18 spooky agencies, including the CIA. It makes sense that Gabbard is in her role, given her mission in the U.S. military. She’s a spook through and through.

In particular, Gabbard reportedly assumed command of the 440th Civilian Affairs Battalion—a U.S. special operations and psychological operations (PSYOP) command. As the DNI, Gabbard is essentially the top spook in the U.S. As far as PSYOP goes, she’s the head of spooky business!

One difference between me and Gabbard is that when I realized how egregious the behavior of the spooky world was I sought distance from that shit! However, Gabbard descended further down the ladder of spookery. The bar is in Hell, so how much lower could she possibly go?

Gabbard is ostensibly part of the literal deep state (a term used for real or imaginary unauthorized secret networks of power operating within a government but independent of its political leadership, in pursuit of their own agendas and goals). That’s some spooky shit!

However, Gabbard appears not to comprehend that she’s serving a network of disgraceful actions. Yet, does she legitimately not know her role? For instance, when recently speaking at a Turning Point USA event known as AmericaFest, Gabbard astonishingly stated:

As you know, President Trump has been persistently and relentlessly pursuing a peace deal to finally end the war between Russia and Ukraine. He talks frequently about the need to end the killing and the bloodshed, and his teams are negotiating now as we gather here.

But what I’ve seen over these months is that every time they make progress and they move closer and closer to that hope for peace, the warmongers in the Deep State step up and try to do everything they can to stop them. Predictably, they use the same old tactics that they’ve always used.

The Deep State within the intelligence community weaponizes intelligence to try to undermine progress. They leak it to their friends in the mainstream propaganda media to try to spread this and push a false narrative.

They foment fear and hysteria as a way to justify the continuing of the war and their efforts to undermine President Trump’s efforts towards peace, and do so specifically in this case in order to try to pull the US military into a direct conflict with Russia, which is ultimately what the EU and NATO want.

We cannot allow this to happen. We have to see clearly what’s happening before our very eyes and stand united in this cause of peace.

I don’t believe it! Not only is this some spooky shit, it’s arguably bullshit (foolish insolent talk). Notably, Gabbard used the spooky tools of anaphora (repetition of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses) and epistrophe (repetition of words at the endings of neighboring clauses).

Did you notice her repeated references to Trump, the “Deep State,” and peace? Over and over, Gabbard used these words—conditioning the audience to believe that Trump’s actions are good and in alignment with peace; yet, the deep state’s behavior is bad and in alignment with war.

I don’t believe it. Perhaps you dismiss my rebuke of Gabbard’s spooky claim on the basis of biased political leanings. If so, I’ll remind you that earlier in this post I stated that “I remain politically neutral.” Besides, I’m not foolish enough to vote for my own oppressor!

Thus, my admonition of the DNI’s rhetoric is steeped in thinking which is rational (in accordance with both logic and reason). This is the same method I use when practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in both my personal and professional life.

For context, it may be worthwhile to distinguish between thoughts and beliefs. A “thought” is an individual act or product of thinking. A “belief” is a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in a person or thing.

Whereas a thought is merely a fleeting idea, a belief is a thought that one strongly holds as true and that influences one’s perspective and behavior. Essentially, a belief is a thought that has been affirmed and integrated into one’s cognitive framework. It’s considered true, though not perfect.

With my approach to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”), I invite people to consider mental scripts which are rational – especially regarding events which correlate with strong feelings. I suspect that there are many such PSYOP events.

In REBT, unfavorable beliefs which cause unpleasant consequences are rigorously challenged. However, feelings (i.e., emotions and sensations) aren’t disputed. Thus, proper use of feelings-based language affords a person the opportunity to examine the logic and reason one uses.

Here, “logic” is the interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable, and “reason” is a statement offered in explanation or justification. For instance, a modus ponens syllogism uses the following logical form: If p, then q; p; therefore, q.

It may be helpful to offer an example. Before I do, allow me to first provide matters of context. Bear in mind that DNI Gabbard is, for lack of a better term, ultimately in charge of the CIA. She is the “Deep State.” Regarding such spooky business, one source reported in October 2025:

US President Donald Trump has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela, provoking outrage from the South American nation’s leader.

The US has conducted at least five strikes on suspected drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean in recent weeks, killing 27 people. US Air Force B-52 bombers also circled over the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday [10/15/2025] for several hours.

Trump has said the US “is looking at land” and eyeing more strikes on drug cartels in the area. The flurry of action came as a top US military leader in the region announced his sudden retirement.

One presumes that the DNI had knowledge of the CIA being authorized to operate in South America. Of course, one also considers Gabbard’s claim that the “Deep State” is operating independent of her watchful eye. Personally, the former seems more likely than the latter.

Of this matter, I stated in Is Kidnapping Part of an America First Agenda?, regarding Operation Absolute Resolve in which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady of Venezuela Cilia Flores were ostensibly kidnapped by U.S. forces—non-peaceful actions, to be sure:

I find it interesting that [Gabbard] has yet to speak out against Maduro’s capture. In November 2025, she stated, “For decades, our foreign policy has been trapped in a counterproductive and endless cycle of regime change or nation building.”

Apparently, Gabbard’s denunciation only months ago hasn’t survived scrutiny, given current events. Was Gabbard genuinely ever going to stand on principle and oppose Trump’s actions?

One source correctly states, “Tulsi Gabbard, was vocally opposed to what she called ‘regime-change wars’ when she ran for president in New Hampshire in 2020, but she hasn’t publicly commented on the recent U.S. military actions in Venezuela.” Yet, a separate source reports:

You could almost detect the clenched teeth and pursed lips in Tulsi Gabbard’s social-media post. “President Trump promised the American people he would secure our borders, confront narcoterrorism, dangerous drug cartels, and drug traffickers,” the director of national intelligence wrote on X yesterday afternoon [1/6/2025], days after the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

“Kudos to our servicemen and women and intelligence operators for their flawless execution of President Trump’s order to deliver on his promise thru Operation Absolute Resolve.”

It was Gabbard’s first and only comment on the raid. She has not always been so reticent about American pressure on Maduro. For many years, while serving as a Democratic member of the U.S. House, Gabbard was a leader of the clique that fiercely opposed American intervention abroad, casting it as part of a dark imperial history.

Apparently, Gabbard found the intestinal fortitude (i.e., guts) to speak up about Venezuela since I posted Is Kidnapping Part of an America First Agenda? However, she superficially advocated the Trump administration’s actions rather than standing on her previously-espoused principles.

When listening to an episode of Glenn Greenwald’s Rumble show, I was made aware of sources which attempt to explain Gabbard’s actions (or lack thereof) regarding what appears to be an admitted shift of the U.S. from a constitutional republic to an empire, which I find reprehensible.

For the current post, I’ll forego challenging Gabbard’s ostensive neglect of providing the U.S. public with information concerning her opposition to our nation’s support for Israel’s strategic endeavors, such as seeking U.S. military intervention in Iran. Rather, I’ll focus on Venezuela.

Could it be that the DNI was deceived by the “Deep State” that spookily seeks to undermine Gabbard’s credibility? I don’t believe it! Still, I’ll keep an open mind for now. According to one source:

The White House excluded Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning to oust Nicolas Maduro because her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela cast doubt on her willingness to support the operation, people familiar with the matter said.

The move to cut Gabbard out of the meetings was so well-known that some White House aides joked that the acronym of her title, DNI, stood for “Do Not Invite,” according to three of the people. They asked not to be identified discussing private conversations. A White House official denied there was any such joke.

Is it plausible that people joked that “DNI” stood for “Do Not Invite”? Yes. With my lived experience of having worked within the U.S. government, I imagine it’s believable that Gabbard was excluded from meetings. Yet, my experience doesn’t constitute her empirical evidence.

Is it likely that Gabbard had no idea that the Trump administration was planning a combined military and law enforcement operation in Venezuela, given it was well-publicized that the CIA was operating there? No. I don’t believe it. Gabbard likely knew something. It was in the media!

In fact, per a separate source, “Vice President JD Vance said reports that Gabbard was kept out of the administration’s plans are ‘completely false.” Per another source, “It is ‘highly unusual for the DNI not to be involved in any of these operations, especially something like Venezuela.”

I’ve taken part in activities which required a sensitive compartmented information facility—actions which were far less sensitive than the level of information to which a DNI has access. Regarding whether or not DNI Gabbard simply didn’t know about Venezuela, I don’t believe it!

Given the context I’ve outlined herein, I now offer a logical and reasonable proposition in support of my disbelief. As previously mentioned, I’ll do this through use of a modus ponens syllogism (if p, then q; p; therefore, q):

If Gabbard overseas the CIA that was publicly stated to have operated in Venezuela before Trump authorized a combined military and law enforcement operation in the South American country (p), then the DNI likely knew of the mission that was tantamount to imperialism (q).

Gabbard overseas the CIA that was publicly stated to have operated in Venezuela before Trump authorized a combined military and law enforcement operation in the South American country (p).

Therefore, the DNI likely knew of the mission that was tantamount to imperialism (q).

If Gabbard upholds the “Do Note Invite” narrative, then perhaps she was ignorant (lacking knowledge, awareness, or education) about imperialistic actions of the U.S. Yet, I don’t believe it. Further supporting my case, I offer a disjunctive syllogism (either p, or q; not p; therefore, q):

Either Gabbard is incredibly incompetent in her role as DNI (p), or Gabbard remains true to her PSYOP foundation by simultaneously feigning ignorance while actively supporting imperialism which ostensibly turns our nation into an empire from a constitutional republic (q).

Gabbard isn’t incredibly incompetent in her role as DNI (p).

Therefore, Gabbard remains true to her PSYOP foundation by simultaneously feigning ignorance while actively supporting imperialism which ostensibly turns our nation into an empire from a constitutional republic (q).

That’s some spooky shit! Nevertheless, I won’t violate Hume’s guillotine by unhelpfully demanding what ought to be (e.g., the U.S. ought not to abandon our constitutional republic foundation) when faced with what simply is (i.e., the U.S. is now openly an empire).

When viewing this matter from the perspective of REBT, I acknowledge my limited control and influence. For instance, as I realized what the CIA was doing in South America when assigned to diplomatic posts, I took appropriate actions which resulted in my early removal from Peru.

I couldn’t influence spooks to stop meddling in the affairs of sovereign nations. Still, I could control whether or not I’d participate in that spooky shit. Also, I can’t influence Gabbard from ostensibly betraying her principles and those members of the public who had high hopes for her.

Nevertheless, I can control whether or not I’ll believe a diehard PSYOP careerist who apparently will go down in history as one of the people who aided in the rapid corrosive actions which eroded what smidgen of moral and ethical integrity our nation had left. Spooky shit, indeed.

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