what is it with the republican party - are they all in bed with Russia?

[dherd]

we already know trump rohrbacker and several others are, but this is getting ridiculous.
MOSCOW — Republican members of Congress sounded a newly conciliatory tone in meetings with Russian lawmakers and officials here on Tuesday in a rare visit to Moscow and a preview of the looming summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ffcabeff946_story.html?utm_term=.aa90e93e8932

 

[Bankerreturns]

So, do you think we should just go ahead and bomb them right away? Didn't Cankles have a big press conference where she pushed the "reset button" with the Russian dude to symbolize a fresh beginning to our relationship? Did you get all pissy when that occurred?

 

[dherd]

there is a difference between reset and handing them the keys to the nation.
wonder what you'd be saying if dems were doing what republicon party is doing.
I know republicons are totally unethical and would do anything for money
but they surprise even me.

 

[herdfan429]

there is a difference between reset and handing them the keys to the nation.
wonder what you'd be saying if dems were doing what republicon party is doing.
I know republicons are totally unethical and would do anything for money
but they surprise even me.

“The 1980s called they want their foreign policy back”.

 

[ohio herd]

keep your friends close and your enemies even closer

 

[big_country90]

People on this board should know that anything the US and Russia do in public is smoke and mirrors, and that the real fight is all being done in secret.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

“The 1980s called they want their foreign policy back”.

Lol, pretty sure it was Russians that tried to attack US special forces a few months ago.

Find common ground (kill Muslims), keep the peace, but beyond that fvck Putin. He's not our buddy. And Russia makes China look like a pure system of capitalism.

 

[herdfan429]

Lol, pretty sure it was Russians that tried to attack US special forces a few months ago.

Find common ground (kill Muslims), keep the peace, but beyond that fvck Putin. He's not our buddy. And Russia makes China look like a pure system of capitalism.

I have never claimed Russia was/is our friend. Im just pointing out that Russia wasnt an issue a few years ago, pretty much right up until November of 2016 with the left.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

I have never claimed Russia was/is our friend. Im just pointing out that Russia wasnt an issue a few years ago, pretty much right up until November of 2016 with the left.

It's like some of you never watched the news until 2016.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation#Sanctions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine

And before some of you jackoffs start screaming about Wikipedia, this is a case where it will suffice to at least make someone aware of events in history.

You are correct there was no issue with American politicians being buddies with Russia until 2016....but I am sure that is just a coincidence with the date you claimed.

As I have stated dozens of times, I am pro-cooperation with Russia, because the only way to solve the Middle East is to leave it alone or burn it down, and if we going to burn it down it would be a good idea to get the Russians on board and split the spoils with them. Of course, the last time I heard Republicans say we would be taking some Muslim oil it was a fvcking lie, and we will be paying for that war for decades.

 

[HerdBuckeye]

I have never claimed Russia was/is our friend. Im just pointing out that Russia wasnt an issue a few years ago, pretty much right up until November of 2016 with the left.

You’re a fvcking idiot.

 

[herdfan429]

It's like some of you never watched the news until 2016.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation#Sanctions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine

And before some of you jackoffs start screaming about Wikipedia, this is a case where it will suffice to at least make someone aware of events in history.

You are correct there was no issue with American politicians being buddies with Russia until 2016....but I am sure that is just a coincidence with the date you claimed.

As I have stated dozens of times, I am pro-cooperation with Russia, because the only way to solve the Middle East is to leave it alone or burn it down, and if we going to burn it down it would be a good idea to get the Russians on board and split the spoils with them. Of course, the last time I heard Republicans say we would be taking some Muslim oil it was a fvcking lie, and we will be paying for that war for decades.

Dear lord I figured you could atleast follow along with the conversation. Russia wasnt an issue for the left prior November 2016. Of course there are things that happened that brought the russian relationship to the forefront. The left and for that matter the right didnt really give to sh!ts about them. Now that trumps in the white house people like dtard and buckeye, but I repeat myself, are going absolutely ape shit at every turn. Its not like this is all brand new in the Russian playbook

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Dear lord I figured you could atleast follow along with the conversation. Russia wasnt an issue for the left prior November 2016. Of course there are things that happened that brought the russian relationship to the forefront. The left and for that matter the right didnt really give to sh!ts about them. Now that trumps in the white house people like dtard and buckeye, but I repeat myself, are going absolutely ape shit at every turn. Its not like this is all brand new in the Russian playbook

I can't keep track of what any individual thinks anymore, so I have to assume Obama is part of "the left". God knows he has been called worse here. And the Obama Administration sanctioned the shit out of Russia and Russians for these events, so "the leftist" Obama must have see Russia as an issue.

And follow what of your conversation? The only point you conversed is mocking dherd about wanting an 80s foreign policy. Russia has been an issue for a while for those who pay attention, on both the "right" and "left". Dherd may or may not pay attention.

 

[HerdBuckeye]

Dear lord I figured you could atleast follow along with the conversation. Russia wasnt an issue for the left prior November 2016. Of course there are things that happened that brought the russian relationship to the forefront. The left and for that matter the right didnt really give to sh!ts about them. Now that trumps in the white house people like dtard and buckeye, but I repeat myself, are going absolutely ape shit at every turn. Its not like this is all brand new in the Russian playbook

Don’t forget Mueller, Wray, Rosenstein and sessions.

 

[raleighherdfan]

And the Obama Administration sanctioned the shit out of Russia and Russians for these events, so "the leftist" Obama must have see Russia as an issue

And....DJT hasn't really changed much...…..

http://thehill.com/policy/national-...trump-maintains-many-obama-era-russia-polices

 

[Chevy1]

keep your friends close and your enemies even closer

and kiss their ass or that pee tape may get out.

 

[Chevy1]

When is trump headed to Russia to get his 6 month review from Vladimir? It's supposedly pretty soon.

 

[raleighherdfan]

and kiss their ass or that pee tape may get out.

 

[Chevy1]

 

[Bankerreturns]

Well, Obama's lack of a spine, as much as anything else, emboldened Putin to move on Crimea. Why would Putin worry about a guy who draws lines that don't mean anything. Sanctions don't mean anything to Russians, they are people who sustained on rats and the dead for years during WWII. As long as they have Vodka, they're fine.

 

[Chevy1]

Well, Obama's lack of a spine, as much as anything else, emboldened Putin to move on Crimea. Why would Putin worry about a guy who draws lines that don't mean anything. Sanctions don't mean anything to Russians, they are people who sustained on rats and the dead for years during WWII. As long as they have Vodka, they're fine.

Won't disagree Obama made mistakes. Guess we'll see how the Trump administration handles the Russian sanctions. If we don't stand our ground on that issue, then there's really no reason to talk about how tough Trump is....and standing his ground...or "moving lines." But seriously, "moving lines" or changing position is no problem for the current President.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Well, Obama's lack of a spine, as much as anything else, emboldened Putin to move on Crimea.

This is stupid. What was Obama going to do, launch WWIII over fvcking Crimea? By your logic, Russia should have nuked us over Iraq.

 

[dherd]

“What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.

For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven other Republican lawmakers posing for propaganda photos with Russian officials. On the same day it was reported in Britain that two more people had been poisoned by a Russian nerve agent British officials say came from Vladimir Putin’s regime. On the day after the Senate Intelligence Committee affirmed the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump.

Johnson and his colleagues apparently exercised their freedom not to meet with opposition or civil society figures (those whom the Putin regime has not imprisoned or killed), avoiding the risk of offending their hosts. They also exercised their freedom to soft-pedal their criticism of the Russian government, leading Russian politicians and state media to mock them as supplicants.

There was a time, in the pre-Trump era, when Republicans would have erupted in fireworks over an Independence Day visit by submissive American lawmakers to the country the 2012 Republican presidential nominee called “our number one geopolitical foe.” (Relations have worsened considerably since then.) They called Jane Fonda “Hanoi Jane” and a traitor when she went to North Vietnam in 1972. After Democrats visited Iraq in 2002, Republicans ridiculed them as “Baghdad boys.”

So, what do we call these Red Square Republicans? My interlocutors on Twitter suggest “Moscow Mules.” Or, given the position they put themselves in before our masters in Moscow, perhaps they should be called the Prostrate Eight: Sens. Richard C. Shelby (Ala.), Steve Daines (Mont.), John Hoeven (N.D.), John Neely Kennedy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), John Thune (S.D.) and Johnson, plus Rep. Kay Granger (Tex.).

One can hardly wait to see the lawmakers’ next codel: meeting with wounded Taliban fighters on Veterans Day? A Memorial Day wreath-laying for fallen members of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard? Flag Day at a street protest in Tehran?

Soon they’ll be meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and praising him as talented, honest and trustworthy. Oh, wait.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...f4d2a1aeef1_story.html?utm_term=.9a9f849c68ea