The Russians

[Schlank]

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says


American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

 

[Ziggins]

Russia and the USA have similar conditions of territory. In Siberia, the native Russian population is dropping while Chinese immigrants move in.

In the USA, most of the land of the contiguous 48 west of the Mississippi River never completed the process of joining the USA. In many small towns, the spoken language is still Spanish since the first Spanish settlers arrived centuries ago. English use is dropping as English speakers move back east or don't reproduce and more Mexican immigrants move in.

Siberia and the western USA both look likely to split and become new nations or merge with their southern neighbors as loyalties shift.

 

[allison22]

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says


American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

A Russian intelligence unit that “has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats” offered Afghan insurgents bounties to kill US troops. “Islamist militants, or armed criminal elements closely associated with them, are believed to have collected some bounty money,” according to the report, which was confirmed by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Twenty US service members were killed in Afghanistan last year.


Trump was given “a menu of potential options” to respond to the attacks, but “the White House has yet to authorize any step.”

A month later, in late April, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “issued a rare joint statement” commemorating US and Russian forces linking up in Germany during World War II, saying it was “an example of how our countries can put aside differences, build trust, and cooperate in pursuit of a greater cause.”


Two weeks later, in early May, he bragged about his efforts to forge closer ties with Russia to a gathering of Republican lawmakers, saying, “all of a sudden, we have this great friendship. And, by the way, getting along with Russia is a great thing, getting along with Putin and Russia is a great thing.”

Later that month, he outraged other Western leaders by inviting Putin to attend the G7 meeting. He then spoke to Putin about getting Russia re-admitted to the organization that had expelled it over Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/th...n-donald-trump/?utm_source=push_notifications

Do the Russians own Trump's ass? Because it sure looks as if they do!

 

[Ziggins]

The Russian bounty story sounds like absolute bullshit at the usual partisan sites. But that is a practical reminder that American soldiers are still dying there in a 19 year invasion.

 

[KeithD]

The Russian bounty story sounds like absolute bullshit at the usual partisan sites.

You're the one providing partisan bullshit on this. Trump has openly functioned as a blackmailed asset of the Russians since before he became president. Try some common sense.

Not that anything serious can be taken from someone with a lettuce leaf slapped on their face.

 

[JackLuis]

‘They’re lying or US intelligence is a total failure’: White House blasted for Russian plot denial

1. White House is lying?

2. US Intel is incompetent?

3, Fake News?

4. US Intel is setting up Trumpski for being an incompetent Liar?

 

[KeithD]

‘They’re lying or US intelligence is a total failure’: White House blasted for Russian plot denial

1. White House is lying?

2. US Intel is incompetent?

3, Fake News?

4. US Intel is setting up Trumpski for being an incompetent Liar?

5. If the issue wasn't reported to Trump it's still his fault, as president, not to ensure issues like this are reported to him. But this isn't the case. He's just lying and is a functioning, blackmailed asset of the Russians, looking out for their interests because they hold the paper on his financials and his balls with a video on golden showers.

 

[Secretive_Victoria]

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says


American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

Republicans demand answers from Trump on the Russian bounty on American soldiers


Republican leaders are demanding answers from the White House after it was reported Friday that the Russian Federation put a bounty on the heads of American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, Bloomberg News reported.

According to a New York Times report Sunday, the American intelligence community members and commandos were aware of the information in January. President Donald Trump said that neither he nor Vice President Mike Pence knew about the information, despite multiple intelligence briefings over the past six months.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/re...rican-soldiers/?utm_source=push_notifications

 

[Leather_Lesbian]

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says


American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

Putin put bounties on U.S. troops. Trump sent him medical supplies, ventilators and invited him to the next G-7 summit!

 

[Articulate_and_Analytical]

Newest Report On 2016 Russian Interference Hones In On Trump Campaign’s Incompetence and Corruption

The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee just released it’s fifth and final report on Russia’s “aggressive, multifaceted effort” to interfere in the 2016 election on Donald Trump’s behalf. The report goes further than the Mueller report, in that it concludes that Trump “most likely did discuss Russia’s hack of Democratic National Convention emails before WikiLeaks released them.” And what that devolves into, is a description of the Trump campaign which makes clear both its utter ineptitude and why this administration’s rank amateurishness has harmed America’s standing in the world community. Daily Beast:


The report is most critical of the Trump campaign’s general incompetence and vulnerability to Russia during the transition toward the White House. It concludes that the Kremlin capitalized on the “relative inexperience” of Trump’s transition team—and the new president’s “ desire to deepen ties with Russia.”

“The lack of vetting of foreign interactions by Transition officials left the Transition open to influence and manipulation by foreign intelligence services, government leaders, and co-opted business executives,” the report states.

The “disorganized and unprepared” transition team also actively engaged with foreign actors, which “created notable counterintelligence vulnerabilities” and allowed “Russian officials, intelligence services, and others acting on the Kremlin’s behalf” to exploit Team Trump’s shortcomings. The team repeatedly took actions that sometimes interfered with U.S. diplomatic efforts, were not part of a visible overriding foreign policy and were “narrow and transactional, seeking outcomes on only a select set of issues.”

“This created unnecessary confusion among U.S. allies and other world leaders, creating the potential to harm America’s ability to conduct diplomacy both bilaterally and in multilateral institutions, and undermine U.S. credibility and influence.”
https://dailysoundandfury.com/newes...-trump-campaigns-incompetence-and-corruption/

 

[KeithD]

Impeach the asset of Vladimir Putin again.

 

[oggbashan]

The Russians are more worried about Belarus than Trump.

 

[KeithD]

The Russians are more worried about Belarus than Trump.

They don't have to worry about Trump. They totally own him already.

 

[colddiesel]

Newest Report On 2016 Russian Interference Hones In On Trump Campaign’s Incompetence and Corruption

The report goes further than the Mueller report/[/url]

Just wondering. Is there a chance that a future administration could issue an uncensored version (the original) of Mueller's report.

 

[blisteredbunz]

How come?

How come it wasn't an issue when the Clinton's sold out to China?

 

[KeithD]

How come it wasn't an issue when the Clinton's sold out to China?

How come you're looking for reasons to avoid the here and now?

 

[Leather_Lesbian]

REVEALED: Jared Kushner secretly communicated with Putin moneyman singled out in Mueller probe

Jared Kushner brokered a deal to bring ventilators — which turned out to be faulty — from Russia by leaning on his relationship with a Vladimir Putin ally who was singled out in the Mueller report.

The mysterious delivery arrived in New York City on a Russian military aircraft in March, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with the federal government for help in fighting the coronavirus, and The Daily Beast reported that Kushner had worked out the deal with Kremlin-linked banker Kirill Dmitriev.


Kushner and Dmitriev, who has been investigated by Congress and special counsel Robert Mueller for his role in 2016 election interference, have been in regular contact since the Russian banker took part in an infamous January 2017 Seychelles meeting with former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/re...-mueller-probe/?utm_source=push_notifications

 

[Schlank]

Trump is up to his chin in Russian ownership connections.

And Trump is desperate to protect his Russian co-conspirators


Former DHS Official: ‘It’s Not About Leaks, It’s About Protecting Russia


https://politizoom.com/2020/09/02/f...-not-about-leaks-its-about-protecting-russia/

 

[Jesus_Ateo]

Trump is a National Security Threat


“It started with Russia, and it was always about Russia,” Strzok explains the agency was “investigating a credible allegation of foreign intelligence activity to see where it led,” before adding, “We needed to ask a question that had never before arisen in the entire 240-year history of our republic: whether the president of the United States himself might be acting as an agent of a foreign adversary.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/ho...f-russia-probe/?utm_source=push_notifications

 

[KeithD]

Yep, there isn't a single thing Trump has done since before he was elected that isn't more in Russia's interests than those of the United States. Trump is a blackmailed asset of Vladimir Putin--and he does it right out there in the open. He's a traitor and those enabling him to be a traitor are as well, by extension (including the board Trumpettes).

 

[SevMax2]

The Russians are more worried about Belarus than Trump.

Shh...don't undermine their narrative. They still want to believe in RussiaGate. It's a cult. They've been brainwashed. Do I personally think that Trump is a traitor beholden to Russia? No. He wouldn't have annoyed Putin by pulling out of the INF Treaty and the Iran Nuclear Deal if he were.

Is Trump easily flattered due to personal vanity and a super thin skin that allows men like Putin to easily sway him on occasion? Sure, but he's also fickle as fuck, and one minute, Putin has him charmed, the next he's rattling the saber at Russian proxies like Iran and cozying up to MBS and Netanyahu. No doubt this is due to flattery from MBS, Bibi, Pompeo, Bolton, etc.

There have been specific policy actions that thwart Russia, including, though it was delayed, aid to the Nazi militias in Ukraine. You know, the very aid whose delay got him impeached for that instead of emoluments, crimes committed prior to his term of office that were still quite grave (such as rape, harassment, assault, fraud, etc.), and oh, I don't know....war crimes (such as aiding the Saudis in Yemen and assassinating Soleimani).

It's funny how neoliberals wring their hands over imagined crimes committed by Trump when there are so many real ones from which to choose. Then again, since many of those same real crimes were committed by prominent neoliberal and neoconservative heroes of the military industrial complex and the Gestapo state, perhaps it's not so funny, but revealing....very revealing.

 

[KeithD]

You have to be blind not to see that Trump is falling into Russian agendas and failing to response to Russian attacks on the United States in the open--constantly, totally. Trump is a blackmailed asset of the Russians. Right out in the open.

 

[SevMax2]

You have to be blind not to see that Trump is falling into Russian agendas and failing to response to Russian attacks on the United States in the open--constantly, totally. Trump is a blackmailed asset of the Russians. Right out in the open.

So, he's such a Russian puppet that:

1. He pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal.
2. He pulled out of the INF Treaty.
3. He sent, even if a bit delayed due to his desperation to use it for leverage on Ukraine to get dirt on Biden, aid to NAZI militias in Ukraine.
4. He assassinated the top general of a Russian proxy known as Iran.
5. He straight up bombed another Russian ally, Syria, with the MOAB.
6. He seized oilfields in Syria in cahoots with Turkey to prevent Russia from getting them. That's an outright war crime by the way. Trump and Erdogan are both war criminals for their actions in Syria.
7. He helped Saudi Arabia against a proxy of a proxy..the Yemeni rebels.

Yeah...right.

You have wild assertions and suppositions. I can point to concrete policy decisions that thwart Russia's foreign policy goals. Or Putin's at least.

Look, I'm the furthest thing from a MAGA. I quit the GOP in protest over Trump becoming the presumptive nominee back in May of 2016. I want Trump gone badly enough that I'm sucking it up and voting for a former Jim Crow sympathizer named Joe Biden and a slimy, ruthless politician with horrible, authoritarian, almost fascist instincts named Kamala Harris. That's how desperate I am to get rid of this colossal embarrassment of a criminal gangster President who reminds me not of Hitler, but of Nero, the malignant narcissist Emperor of Rome.

But I'm not going to make up and follow wild, McCarthyist conspiracy theories that rival Qanon for their sheer paranoia and hysteria, no matter how much Rachel Maddow, Hillary Clinton, and MSNBC peddle them.

 

[KeithD]

Trump is doing absolutely nothing in the open that doesn't show that he is the blackmailed asset of Vladimir Putin.

 

[SevMax2]

Trump is doing absolutely nothing in the open that doesn't show that he is the blackmailed asset of Vladimir Putin.

So, Putin wanted him to do everything that I just listed? That's rather...unlikely, to put it charitably.