When America needed a Commander in Chief, America got a traitor.
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From: Don Winslow-an American author most recognized for his crime and mystery novels. Many of his books are set in California. Five of his novels feature private investigator Neal Carey. He has also co-written screenplays for Savages, Satori, and other adaptations of his novels.
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'Breaking News': https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/several…
"The Russian bounties resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members in Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported Sunday. These deaths were from 2018 and 2019, according to the report so it’s unclear what the number of soldiers could be. There were 10 deaths in Afghanistan in 2018 and 16 in 2019, so reporters are trying to gather the exact number of those deaths that resulted in bounty cash from Russia.
The Post cited “intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months.”
“Several people familiar with the matter said it was unclear exactly how many Americans or coalition troops from other countries may have been killed or targeted under the program,” said the Post. “U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered a total of 10 deaths from hostile gunfire or improvised bombs in 2018, and 16 in 2019. Two have been killed this year. In each of those years, several service members were also killed by what are known as “green on blue” hostile incidents by members of Afghan security forces, which are sometimes believed to have been infiltrated by the Taliban.”
The intelligence was reportedly given to the U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan and then handed revealed in a high-level meeting at the White House in late March. President Donald Trump has denied he and the VP knew anything about it.
“The meeting led to broader discussions about possible responses to the Russian action, ranging from diplomatic expressions of disapproval and warnings to sanctions, according to two of the people,” said the Post. “These people and others who discussed the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity because of its sensitivity.”
Both Republicans and Democrats have called for an investigation into why this wasn’t known by the president and if it was in the Presidential Daily Briefing, which Trump is known to ignore. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who is not only a speaker but also is. on the House Intelligence Committee, said that she wasn’t briefed on the situation. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) also said that the Senate Intelligence Committee wasn’t briefed either."
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BOOM! FTW!
“Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP. Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @nytimesbooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad!!!“
There you have it, Trump wouldn’t lie about something like that would he?
So, ah, YEAH... I believe what he's saying here regarding this matter. No... I really mean it... I do. Yes siree, bob... I really do. Only a fool wouldn't believe Trump. Please... for the love of all that's Holy... DON'T BE THAT FOOL.
I’ll take a NYT article seriously if they ever have a named source. Until then, yawn.
Well-rounded BBC analysis of the Russian bounty on NATO troops story. Introduces the possibility that this is a Putin-Russian attempt to plant disinfo and sow discord and conflict leading up to the Nov election.
this is from an article written by Paul Begala and I know that he is a liberal spin meister, still this is an appropriate statement to make after hearing reports of Russian payments to the Taliban for our patriots deaths, It would behoove Mr Trump to respond seriously to this very serious charge.
There's no question the US has put bounties on Russian troops. I guess they are simply supposed to take it and not respond?
Would have made a fervent, unquestioning, even slavish member of The Hitler Youth ---------- "Blood and Honour"
With a lot of effort to improve his slapdash, rambling prose and questionable transitions he might have earned a Paul Joseph Goebbels propaganda merit badge. He already shows the ability to present twisted, strained logic and gutsy statements of unadorned, outright lies.
[The Hitler Youth was the youth organization of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins dated back to 1922 [...] From 1933 until 1945, it was the sole official boy's youth organization in Germany and was partially a paramilitary organization; it was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth for younger boys aged 10 to 14] Wikipedia
But your president instead of protecting the right of people to peacefully protest, instead creates, and enacts an executive order to protect the statues, (I can't bring myself to call these statues monuments) So lest we get caught up in the back and forth of doublespeak, that you are engaged in, who exactly is a traitor and who exactly is a patriot .
The liberals always want to paint Republicans or anyone right of center as Nazis, but they forget the Nazis originated as a leftist party. The name comes from the German contraction of their official name, the National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in German. National Socialists. Nazi for short.
Does the "anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric" sound familiar? It's the same pandering to the masses, but just wait and see what happens if the current socialist/communist mob called the Democratic party gets in full power by taking the White House and both houses of Congress.
Contrast that with hot claims tha Obama wasn’t born here an Obama released his birth certificate and IDGAF how many of you birthed out there claim it’s a fake trump hasn’t released shit about any of his records be they Tax Returns, Medical History School Transcripts nada so drop it already and let Mr Trump do as he promised and show us his returns
So, Trump is a rude, crude, egotistical meanie. I don’t care.