US GEN, Trump Afghanistan remarks right out of Russian INTEL. FBI "WILL" investigate

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I have another thread running with a video on this subject. This is a FOLLOWUP. This is from a retired General and retired FBI expert with Brian Williams late last night. The general said that TRUMP'S revisionist history is "straight out of the GRU". Using astonishing back to back. The FBI agent didn't hedge his remarks either. He didn't say the FBI might or could look, instead says is going to.

“It’s an astonishing assertion by the president,” said McCaffrey. “It sounds as if the talking
points are written by the GRU… This is a truly astonishing, ignorant statement by the president.”


“The counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding with a
communist regime claiming that the Russians were ‘right’ to go into Afghanistan,

FBI will investigate where Trump got made-up Russian history of Afghanistan invasion: Former intel chief


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MARTIN CIZMAR
04 JAN 2019 AT 23:54 ET



President Donald Trump speaks to reporters/Screenshot

During the televised portion of his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump delivered a bizarre rant about how the war in Afghanistan led to the collapse of the Soviet Union which has been widely mocked by American journalists and historians, including even the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board.

Trump falsely claimed that Russia invaded Afghanistan because “terrorists were going into Russia” and “literally they went bankrupt” as a result.

On Friday, MSNBC’s Brian Williams brought up Trump’s retelling of history with two experts, former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi and Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.).

“It’s an astonishing assertion by the president,” said McCaffrey. “It sounds as if the talking points are written by the GRU… This is a truly astonishing, ignorant statement by the president.”

Figliuzzi said American counterintelligence agencies will want to know where Trump got his warped ideas about the subject.

“The counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding with a communist regime claiming that the Russians were ‘right’ to go into Afghanistan,” Figliuzzi said. “They’re going to want to know the reasoning behind that, and where it’s coming from.”...


https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/fbi-will-investigate-trump-got-made-russian-history-afghanistan-invasion-former-intel-chief/

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Uh oh!! From Rupert Murdoch's (FOX) newspaper. I don't have a subscription. This is a far into it as I can c&p. Everything you need though is in the TITLE...

Trump’s Cracked Afghan History

His falsehoods about allies and the Soviets reach a new low.

By The Editorial Board

Jan. 3, 2019 7:03 p.m. ET

President Trump’s remarks on Afghanistan at his Cabinet meeting Wednesday were a notable event. They will be criticized heavily, and deservedly so. The full text is available on the White House website.

Mr. Trump ridiculed other nations’ commitment of troops to fight alongside America’s in Afghanistan. He said, “They tell me a hundred times, ‘Oh, we sent you soldiers. We sent you soldiers.’”

This...



https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-...ry-11546560234