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Trump’s Pentagon Pick, James Mattis, Holds Dimmer View on Russia

Mason66 said:
When Obama said he wanted to talk to Iran and not isolate them, he won a Nobel Peace Prize.

When Trump says he wants to talk to Russia, he is derided as crazy.

I don't understand why there is a difference in how the two are treated.
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Did Iran hack one of our political parties to sway an election? Nope.
 
Praxas said:
Did Iran hack one of our political parties to sway an election? Nope.
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That is your line in the sand? Really?

Iran thinks the US is evil. They will never be on friendly terms with the US. Everybody knows that.

Why do you think it is a negative to be on good terms with Russia?

Is Iran going to help the US in the fight against terrorism?

I just don't understand this way of thinking. Iran is a friend and Russia is the enemy.
 
celticwar17 said:
Why do you care so much about Russia now?
Russia, China, North Korea, etc. etc. have been repeatedly trying to hack us for decades...
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What is different this time is that we have a President Elect who defends Russia and calls the CIA Nazis.
 
mbig said:
Yes , I, like you and sanman, believe, consistent with previous statements by Both Putin and Trump, get rid of NATO and befriend Russia/Putin, while he Cyber-Porks Western Democracies. The UK, France, Germany, etc, just don't share our values, while Police State and Kleptocracy Russia (and the New USSR Putin is slowly rebuilding) do!
Yep.
Let's let him take the Baltics too, and lets be happy about it. No reason for hostility!

This is a great Rorschach Test for REAL GOPers vs those conflate Politics with Sports/the Home Team no matter what.
Indeed, I have noticed many of the more thoughtful/real Republicans staying out of many of the [Crazy/RINO] Trump-critical strings.
But the $5 Bleacher seats GOPers are all-in.. no matter what.
ie

How is it a "strawman"?
Other GOP leaders Graham, McCain, MANY others, are baffled at Trump's Blindness about Putin/Russia. Everyone is "strawmanning" I guess.
And I/they are not "Left".
Your posts are all Hideous garbage btw.
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Speaking of hideous.........

McCain never saw a country he didn't want to go to war with.

Graham is another looney tune lock stepping with McCain.
 
Aristaeus said:
What is different this time is that we have a President Elect who defends Russia and calls the CIA Nazis.
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I think you live in an alternate universe and we are comunicating through a wormhole... or you are over exaggerating...
 
mbig said:
Trump's unexplainable Man Crush/Russia-Love appears to be all his own.
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pootin is my best good friend

Forrest Trump
 
RetiredUSN said:
Speaking of hideous.........
McCain never saw a country he didn't want to go to war with.
Graham is another looney tune lock stepping with McCain.
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So you have NO answer to my post to You, and your unwitting Russian sympathy in the name of petty partisanship.
Zero.
Again
mbig to RetiredUSN said:
Yes , I, like you and sanman, believe, consistent with previous statements by Both Putin and Trump, get rid of NATO and befriend Russia/Putin, while he Cyber-Porks Western Democracies.
The UK, France, Germany, etc, just don't share our values, while Police State and Kleptocracy Russia (and the New USSR Putin is slowly rebuilding) do!
Yep.
Let's let him take the Baltics too, and lets be happy about it. No reason for hostility!

This is a great Rorschach Test for REAL GOPers vs those conflate Politics with Sports/the Home Team no matter what.
Indeed, I have noticed many of the more thoughtful/real Republicans staying out of many of the [Crazy/RINO] Trump-critical strings.

But the $5 Bleacher seats GOPers are all-in.. no matter what....
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mbig said:
So you have NO answer to my post to You, and your unwitting Russian sympathy in the name of petty partsishanship.
Zero.
Again
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You have no idea of what I think of the Russians. But you think you strengthen your argument by adding in my sympathy for the Russians by being partisan to my party.

Hey Sherlock........ I don't belong to any party.

And yeah............... I want great relations with Russia, unlike keyboard warriors like yourself.
 
RetiredUSN said:
You have no idea of what I think of the Russians. But you think you strengthen your argument by adding in my sympathy for the Russians by being partisan to my party.
Hey Sherlock........ I don't belong to any party.
And yeah............... I want great relations with Russia, unlike keyboard warriors like yourself.
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I have an excellent idea of what you think of the Russians. I was pointing out to you how you've EATEN that idea/sold out in the name of Partisan politics.
You want to smile right through Putin's sabotage of Western Democracy and reassemblage of the CCCP.

We cannot be friends with Putin. Period.
The last Two presidents tried and didn't stop a thing.
He is our enemy, but YOU want to be friends. No, NOT possible.
See ya over at RT.com with General Flynn!
 
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mbig said:
I have an excellent idea of what you think of the Russians. I was pointing out to you how you've EATEN that idea (and patriotism) in the name of Partisan politics.
You want to smile right through Putin's sabotage of Western Democracy and reassemblage of the CCCP.

We cannot be friends with Putin. Period.
The last Two presidents tried and didn't stop a thing.
He is our enemy, but YOU want to be friends. No, NOT possible.
See ya over at RT.com with General Flynn!
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China isn't our friend either, and we have done trillions of dollars in commerce with them. They are also trying to take over vast areas of geography, continue to threaten Taiwan, and prop N Korea. And yet, we will continue to do trillions of dollars worth of commerce with them.

So what is your point Sherlock? There is a large gaping hole in your argument that is bordering on ignorance or hypocrisy, but only you would know for sure.
 
11Bravo said:
lol the libbiez are makin threads whinin about our best friendship with russia. get used to it libbiez. were with moscow now- they r the new ally of the us
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More likely, the US is now a puppet state of Moscow, with Donald Trump the Regional Manager. Why is it that the Donald gets weak in the knees and turns to a complete p---- when he speaks of Putin? This is no longer odd; its now alarming.

Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan is getting no rest.
 
mbig said:
Trump's unexplainable Man Crush/Russia-Love appears to be all his own.
That odd penchant (perhaps merely for a fellow sociopath) is what gave legs to the allegations: so far shown false, in as much as has been shown.
But as we all know, "He knows more than the generals."
Mattis hearings.

Trump’s Pentagon Pick, James Mattis, Holds Dimmer View on Russia
Retired Marine general in Senate confirmation hearings says Putin ‘is trying to break the North Atlantic alliance’
By GORDON LUBOLD and PAUL SONNE
Updated Jan. 12, 2017 1:50 p.m. ET
Trump's Pentagon Pick, James Mattis, Holds Dimmer View on Russia - WSJ
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The confirmation hearing kinda remind me of a parole hearing. You gotta say what everyone in that room wanna hear.
 
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