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2018-07-18 Home Front: Politix

The irrational hysteria over Trump and Putin

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-18 02:27|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Politics is Marketing

The point of which is that anybody who tries to reason with leftists is in idiot.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-18 10:40|| 2018-07-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Now that CNN and MSNBC have gone to DEFCON-1, I'm tempted to borrow a page from Orson Welles and phone in a report that Russian battleships are coming up the Mississippi River and disembarking Russian marines equipped with chainsaw bayonets. Attach a photo of a Russian battleship cleverly disguised as a Carnival Lines cruise ship. I'd give it a 50-50 chance of being reported.

Posted by Matt 2018-07-18 11:39|| 2018-07-18 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Why are those so eager to see Trump humiliated and undermined so willing to denigrate and provoke this nation's historical rival? What purpose would it have served to gratuitously insult Putin in front of the entire world? Is destroying Trump of such paramount importance that the potential of Russian retaliation could escalate into further reprisals on both sides leading to a possible lethal conflict as Putin is first and foremost a nationalist and not the most stable of international leaders?

Could Trump have chosen his words better regarding his confidence in the American intelligence community? Yes. But after nearly 18 months of unrelenting leaks and harassment, this same group, led by Robert Mueller, has made it exceedingly difficult to govern, and his annoyance and frustration bubbled out. It should not have, but, nonetheless, it is understandable, as 14 months of Mueller's investigations has revealed no criminal activity by the Trump campaign despite desperately seeking collusion under every rock.

Unlike so many others, I do not want any president of the United States to gratuitously and publicly insult an adversary, be it Russia or China, but instead to hammer out difficult issues in private. Over the history of mankind, too many conflicts and resultant casualties have occurred because of the egocentricity of the leaders over minor issues. Regardless of the hysteria, the Russian attempt to sow chaos during the 2016 election season is a minor issue, as the attempt was not only largely unsuccessful, but amateurishly executed.

Thank you, Donald Trump, for not succumbing to the rabble and instead leaving the door open for candid communication with Russia when and if a major crisis rears its ugly head.

Well said.

Posted by KBK 2018-07-18 12:20|| 2018-07-18 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank you, Donald Trump, for not succumbing to the rabble and instead leaving the door open for candid communication with Russia when and if a major crisis rears its ugly head.

Mind you, you'll have to take care of the rabble sooner rather than later.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-18 12:38|| 2018-07-18 12:38|| Front Page Top

#5 And now some congressional-swamp-creatures are demanding that the president's Interpreter testify about what he said during the meeting...

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-07-18 15:02|| 2018-07-18 15:02|| Front Page Top

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