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2018-07-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Trump says Putin ‘competitor’, not enemy

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Posted by Fred 2018-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 A distinction without a difference.

Posted by Raj 2018-07-13 00:25|| 2018-07-13 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 But ultimately he’s a competitor. He’s representing Russia. I’m representing the United States. So in a sense we’re competitors, not a question of friend or enemy.

A grownup speaks.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-13 03:36|| 2018-07-13 03:36|| Front Page Top

#3 vs the Obama-Clinton-Kerry 'they're just misunderstood fellow travelers on the Left'?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-13 08:47|| 2018-07-13 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, these are enemies general of the human kind.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-13 14:23|| 2018-07-13 14:23|| Front Page Top

#5 If you read Churchill's memoirs on the leadup to WW2 you'll find that he thought one of the major blunders of the allies was their inability or unwillingness to secure the cooperation, or at least the neutrality, of Mussolini in the battle against Hitler.

I'd suggest that we're in an analagous situation wrt Russia at the moment.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-07-13 17:47|| 2018-07-13 17:47|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd suggest that we're in an analagous situation wrt Russia at the moment. Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain

"What do you have to lose."

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-13 17:55|| 2018-07-13 17:55|| Front Page Top

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