Bounty on US Troops....

[Evangelicalhumanist]

It seems that Russia has been offering -- and paying -- a bounty for the killing of US soldiers in Afghanistan. More than that, it appears that the President was made aware of it months ago and decided the best thing to do was -------- NOTHING.

I'll link to a Guardian article, but I confess I have not had time to do a deep dive and really understand who is supposed to have done or known, what or when. But it doesn't look goodl

Rachel Maddow has something to say on the subject as well.

Any comment?

 

[amorphous_constellation]

Again.. Originally, weren't those mercenary groups backed by the u.s. to oust russia from that region? With that in the context, it is perhaps harder to incense americans who pay attention. Do you recall what you thought about the news on this from 80's, where perhaps the opposite was happening?

 

[Terry Sampson]

Any comment?

Bunker Don's Inexplicable Russophilia

 

[Revoltingest]

It strikes me as nothing to get worked up about.
We tried to kill them. They tried to kill us.
Outrage would be hypocritical.

 

[sun rise]

It strikes me as nothing to get worked up about.
We tried to kill them. They tried to kill us.
Outrage would be hypocritical.

I don't blame them for attacking us - they're not our friends.

But us just laying there like weaklings and doing nothing in response? Oh well, I guess we can't expect anything from the current POTUS given his mental frailty after all.

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't blame them for attacking us - they're not our friends.

But us just laying there like weaklings and doing nothing in response? Oh well, I guess we can't expect anything from the current POTUS given his mental frailty after all.

Sometimes the strongest response is to not react immediately.
(Ameristan gets in trouble by acting without thinking.)
Tell me....do you really want Trump to take some decisive &
quick action to retaliate against a Russian threat which might
or might not have caused 1 or some Ameristanian deaths?
And this after we armed Afghans to kill many Russians when
they were there?
If we're to be hypocrites, let's at least think before responding.
Find a response that will actually advance some real goals.

 

[tytlyf]

It strikes me as nothing to get worked up about.
We tried to kill them. They tried to kill us.
Outrage would be hypocritical.

False equivalence.
You're missing the point and saying you're ok with enemies paying bounties for killing American troops.
I understand the radical right loves Russia and Putin.

If Iran was found to pay bounties on American troops, I'd suggest you're OK with that too.
But what you don't understand is that Trump would have done something if it happened to be Iran instead of Russia.

Trump is quiet because he has business interests in Russia. It's all about Trump, the country gets the side burner.

 

[Revoltingest]

False equivalence.

You really need a new catch phrase.
Some suggestions....
Yabba dabba doo
To the Batmobile
Ruh roh
Danger, Will Robinson
D'oh
Bazinga

 

[tytlyf]

You really need a new catch phrase.
Some suggestions....
Yabba dabba doo
To the Batmobile
Ruh roh
Danger, Will Robinson
D'oh
Bazinga

Your comment was pointless. And you agreed that bounties on American troops were OK because "everyone does it."

 

[Revoltingest]

And you agreed that bounties on American troops were OK because "everyone does it."

Yes....that is exactly what I said.

 

[esmith]

Bounties have been placed on American service members in many instances. The last one I remember was Vietnam.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Bounties have been placed on American service members in many instances. The last one I remember was Vietnam.

Therefore?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Sometimes the strongest response is to not react immediately.
(Ameristan gets in trouble by acting without thinking.)
Tell me....do you really want Trump to take some decisive &
quick action to retaliate against a Russian threat which might
or might not have caused 1 or some Ameristanian deaths?
And this after we armed Afghans to kill many Russians when
they were there?
If we're to be hypocrites, let's at least think before responding.
Find a response that will actually advance some real goals.

While I appreciate the exposure of hypocrisy, it seems to me that the issue is whether or not Trump's inaction is due, in whole or in part, to his subservience to Putin.

 

[Revoltingest]

....the issue is whether or not Trump's inaction is due, in whole or in part, to his subservience to Putin.

That is indeed a popular view.
But Trump as a Russian agent reminds me of
of Obama being a Muslim or Marxist infiltrator.
Fun to claim, but without merit.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Not sure any one in that region needs any encouragement to kill Americans.

It would seem that the Russians were wasting their money. All that they needed To do was supply a few more weapons and there would be a few more graves to dig.

Afghans were skilled in the art of war before The USA was formed. So far they have routed everyone in modern times.

Even Ghengis. Khan did not get all of it.

 

[esmith]

Therefore?

Therefore I remember do you?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

That is indeed a popular view.
But Trump as a Russian agent reminds me of
of Obama being a Muslim or Marxist infiltrator.
Fun to claim, but without merit.

I said nothing about Trump being a Russian agent. At issue is Trump's subservience to Putin.

If you truly maintain that such subservience is no more real than talk of "Obama being a Muslim or Marxist infiltrator," then I'll leave you to your delusions.

 

[Revoltingest]

I said nothing about Trump being a Russian agent. At issue is Trump's subservience to Putin.

If you truly maintain that such subservience is no more real than talk of "Obama being a Muslim or Marxist infiltrator," then I'll leave you to your delusions.

"Subservience to Putin"...."Russian agent"....to make
a distinction between them is to grasp at straws.
Both the loopy left and the loopy right always believe
that they & they alone have "The Truth".

 

[fantome profane]

"Subservience to Putin"...."Russian agent"....to make
a distinction between them is to grasp at straws.
Both the loopy left and the loopy right always believe
that they & they alone have "The Truth".

But it is only the loopy libertarians who really know “The Truth”.

 

[Revoltingest]

But it is only the loopy libertarians who really know “The Truth”.

My "truth" is to cast a jaundiced eye at all unevidenced
claims that so-&-so is a secret agent of this or that evil foe.
You fans & allies of The Big Two are free to hop on board
the conspiracy train though.
But I might mock, deride, & point at your privates.