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BREAKING NEWS: Russia paid the Taliban BOUNTIES for killing American troops in Afghanistan in plot orchestrated by secret unit which poisoned a defector spy - and White House has known for MONTHS
  • U.S. intelligence concluded a Russian unit paid bounties to Taliban elements for killings of U.S. troops
  • Would amount to a major escalation for Moscow
  • Trump administration took no apparent action in response
  • Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reports
  • The president has repeatedly called for having good relations with Moscow
In another brazen attack on the U.S., a Russian military intelligence unit has secretly paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a bombshell New York Times report.

The report represents a deadly escalation in Moscow's repeated efforts to undermine U.S. policy, and came as the administration was seeking to find ways to extract itself from the decades-long war by making peace with the Taliban.

President Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reported Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter – but the U.S. took no evident action.

There were times when the bounties were in fact paid, according to the paper, although it did not identify specific U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan were killed as a result of the Russian bounty payments, according to the paper. The money went to Islamist militants.

The matter was discussed at the White House national security council. Twenty Americans were killed last year in the bloody Afghan war, which began in 2001.

According to the paper, U.S. policy members developed a 'menu' of options, from a diplomatic slap to further increases in U.S. sanctions or other unnamed responses. But officials said the White House has taken no response to date.

The group paying the money was described as a Russian military intelligence unit, which the paper did not identify by name.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...TIES-killing-American-troops-Afghanistan.html
 
This is like shooting fish in a barrel of vodka!
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But, but, but, Benghazi!

Our country is run by the marketing department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation... Sad.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
BREAKING NEWS: Russia paid the Taliban BOUNTIES for killing American troops in Afghanistan in plot orchestrated by secret unit which poisoned a defector spy - and White House has known for MONTHS
  • U.S. intelligence concluded a Russian unit paid bounties to Taliban elements for killings of U.S. troops
  • Would amount to a major escalation for Moscow
  • Trump administration took no apparent action in response
  • Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reports
  • The president has repeatedly called for having good relations with Moscow
In another brazen attack on the U.S., a Russian military intelligence unit has secretly paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a bombshell New York Times report.

The report represents a deadly escalation in Moscow's repeated efforts to undermine U.S. policy, and came as the administration was seeking to find ways to extract itself from the decades-long war by making peace with the Taliban.

President Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reported Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter – but the U.S. took no evident action.

There were times when the bounties were in fact paid, according to the paper, although it did not identify specific U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan were killed as a result of the Russian bounty payments, according to the paper. The money went to Islamist militants.

The matter was discussed at the White House national security council. Twenty Americans were killed last year in the bloody Afghan war, which began in 2001.

According to the paper, U.S. policy members developed a 'menu' of options, from a diplomatic slap to further increases in U.S. sanctions or other unnamed responses. But officials said the White House has taken no response to date.

The group paying the money was described as a Russian military intelligence unit, which the paper did not identify by name.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...TIES-killing-American-troops-Afghanistan.html
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definitely should be the dominant discussion for the week-end news cycle but never doubt trump. his executive order and the fact that he chose to stay in washington tonight suggests to me another "friday night massacre" event for the weekend is coming.
he seems to insist that there is no such thing as bad publicity as long as it deflects from the constant reminder of corona virus infections and deaths
 
Trump and most of his supporters don't care
 
SlyPokerDog said:
BREAKING NEWS: Russia paid the Taliban BOUNTIES for killing American troops in Afghanistan in plot orchestrated by secret unit which poisoned a defector spy - and White House has known for MONTHS
  • U.S. intelligence concluded a Russian unit paid bounties to Taliban elements for killings of U.S. troops
  • Would amount to a major escalation for Moscow
  • Trump administration took no apparent action in response
  • Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reports
  • The president has repeatedly called for having good relations with Moscow
In another brazen attack on the U.S., a Russian military intelligence unit has secretly paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a bombshell New York Times report.

The report represents a deadly escalation in Moscow's repeated efforts to undermine U.S. policy, and came as the administration was seeking to find ways to extract itself from the decades-long war by making peace with the Taliban.

President Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reported Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter – but the U.S. took no evident action.

There were times when the bounties were in fact paid, according to the paper, although it did not identify specific U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan were killed as a result of the Russian bounty payments, according to the paper. The money went to Islamist militants.

The matter was discussed at the White House national security council. Twenty Americans were killed last year in the bloody Afghan war, which began in 2001.

According to the paper, U.S. policy members developed a 'menu' of options, from a diplomatic slap to further increases in U.S. sanctions or other unnamed responses. But officials said the White House has taken no response to date.

The group paying the money was described as a Russian military intelligence unit, which the paper did not identify by name.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...TIES-killing-American-troops-Afghanistan.html
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Bastards.
We need to respond by paying a bounty for Syrian fighters to kill Russians.
 
Pretty fucking suspicious when the president praises Putin...let's him take out contracts on American soldiers in the field...pulls troops out of Germany and invites the same guy to join G7......if Trump were a Democrat he'd be tarred and feathered and disgraced for life over this...all this while Trump obsesses about Hunter Biden's job in Ukraine.....clownfuckingtown
 
In the final analysis, is anyone surprised Trump doesn't care? He cheers constantly for Confederate traitors who killed a lot more Americans.
 
crandc said:
In the final analysis, is anyone surprised Trump doesn't care? He cheers constantly for Confederate traitors who killed a lot more Americans.
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no, it's not surprising. What IS surprising is the same group that said "why do you hate the troops" anytime you questioned the Iraq war (or the made up justification for said war), will totally turn a blind eye to this, because "pwn the libtards!"
 
riverman said:
There's going to be so much dirty laundry from Trump's presidency once this is over...it has been a shameful chapter of American history
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I had mentioned previously that the only good thing i see coming from this administration is trump exposing all the loopholes in our laws and regulations. I don't think anyone ever fathomed having such a dispicable person in the White House.
 
CupWizier said:
I had mentioned previously that the only good thing i see coming from this administration is trump exposing all the loopholes in our laws and regulations. I don't think anyone ever fathomed having such a dispicable person in the White House.
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Nixon was clearly that guy before Trump
 
ABM said:
Well, if it isn't the room's self-proclaimed babysitter. Heh. Hey, the kids, here, rule the roost......grandpa.
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maris and I are close to the same age.....I beg to differ with your take here.....old farts actually don't need to rule anything...we're past that stage in life
 
What's so weird to me is that I grew up in a time where we feared and hated Russia.

And now half the country is okay with Russia just to spite the other half of the country, in the face of overwhelming evidence that Russia is meddling in our politics and killing our troops.
 
Natebishop3 said:
What's so weird to me is that I grew up in a time where we feared and hated Russia.

And now half the country is okay with Russia just to spite the other half of the country, in the face of overwhelming evidence that Russia is meddling in our politics and killing our troops.
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Russia has undergone the biggest military expansion in recent history since Trump....they needed a port for their Navy and Trump gave them Syria..now he's throwing Germany under the bus to Putin's delight....huge military gains for Russia and China under Trump's watch..and now the lid is off for N Korea and Iran to escalate their nuke programs as well.....didn't take long for Trump to dismantle our checks and balances around the globe.....if he's draining the swamp I want the swamp back
 
riverman said:
Russia has undergone the biggest military expansion in recent history since Trump....they needed a port for their Navy and Trump gave them Syria..now he's throwing Germany under the bus to Putin's delight....huge military gains for Russia and China under Trump's watch..and now the lid is off for N Korea and Iran to escalate their nuke programs as well.....didn't take long for Trump to dismantle our checks and balances around the globe.....if he's draining the swamp I want the swamp back
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The guy is fore sale. Or he was already bought. Either way, he doesn't have our best interest at heart at all. Part of me thinks he let COVID hit the US intentionally.
 
Natebishop3 said:
What's so weird to me is that I grew up in a time where we feared and hated Russia.

And now half the country is okay with Russia just to spite the other half of the country, in the face of overwhelming evidence that Russia is meddling in our politics and killing our troops.
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I get how countries change, we're no longer enemies with Japan and Germany, but the difference is, they changed as countries. Russia hasn't, and they're still trying to take us out. It boggles the mind that the saying went from "better dead than red" to "better Red than democrat".
 
riverman said:
Nixon was clearly that guy before Trump
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Yeah but.....Nixon gave us the Environmental Protection Agency, oversaw every moon landing, pushed for detente with Russia and China, lowered the voting age, abolished the draft, etc, etc, etc. In other words, actual positive accomplishments. It wasn’t done in a vacuum, but at least Tricky Dick tried to lead. He looks like an American hero (And a flaming left wing liberal) next to the Moron. And I HATED Nixon......
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Yeah but.....Nixon gave us the Environmental Protection Agency, oversaw every moon landing, pushed for detente with Russia and China, lowered the voting age, abolished the draft, etc, etc, etc. In other words, actual positive accomplishments. It wasn’t done in a vacuum, but at least Tricky Dick tried to lead. He looks like an American hero (And a flaming left wing liberal) next to the Moron. And I HATED Nixon......
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Nixon was smart and well informed about international diplomacy and govt....just paranoid. Trump is just dumb as a lint trap in a drier
 
julius said:
I get how countries change, we're no longer enemies with Japan and Germany, but the difference is, they changed as countries. Russia hasn't, and they're still trying to take us out. It boggles the mind that the saying went from "better dead than red" to "better Red than democrat".
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GOP = Red
Russia = Red

Math checks out.
 
I remember when Nixon resigned. I was on board the Blue Ridge (we were invading the coast of California/Camp Pendleton), it was evening and we all stood around the PA system in our berthing compartments listening to his speech. When he got to the part about resigning, that whole ship (900~ strong) broke into cheers, no exaggeration. No matter where you were in the ship, you could hear the cheering. It was like a street party without the booze. I’d bet serious money that if the Moron resigned, the crew of the Roosevelt (And every other ship in the Navy) would capsize their ship just by doing the happy dance......
 
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