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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    There have been two ISIS attacks on military bases in the USA in the last six months. Even if trump surrenders the rest of the world to ISIS, Taliban, and Al Qaeda, who is going to tell them to stop attacking us here. Or should we just surrender the USA too?
    Afghanistan is the world lol?
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    the part about the WH admitting to it just makes you s childish troll

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    the part about the WH admitting to it just makes you s childish troll
    They didn't.

    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    “Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP. Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @NYTimesbnooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad.”
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    So Trumps DNI or NSA "do not find this credible" for obvious reasons
    of futility of purpose and utter lack of details +denial by everyone involved

    Can You say Russian Hoax? (again)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    They didn't.

    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    “Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP. Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @NYTimesbnooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad.”
    ~~
    So Trumps DNI or NSA "do not find this credible" for obvious reasons
    of futility of purpose and utter lack of details +denial by everyone involved

    Can You say Russian Hoax? (again)


    the part about the WH admitting to it just makes you s childish troll

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    Members of the American intelligence community have concluded that members of the Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants if they successfully killed members of the American military, the New York Times reported. The problem, however, is that almost everyone involved in this story says it isn't true. The White House, Russia and even the Taliban have said the Times' story is false.

    According to the anonymous source that spoke to the Times, the Russians intending "to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year."

    The source claimed that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were briefed on the situation and the National Security Council discussed it back in March.

    Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the country had no diplomatic complaints on record.

    “If someone makes them, we’ll respond,” Peskov told the Times.

    In the Times' piece, the Taliban's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the terrorist organization had no "such relations with any intelligence agency." He labeled the accusation as an attempt to "defame" the group.

    “These kinds of deals with the Russian intelligence agency are baseless — our target killings and assassinations were ongoing in years before, and we did it on our own resources,” Mujahid explained. “That changed after our deal with the Americans, and their lives are secure and we don’t attack them.”

    The most telling part of the article included absolutely zero details:

    The intelligence assessment is said to be based at least in part on interrogations of captured Afghan militants and criminals. The officials did not describe the mechanics of the Russian operation, such as how targets were picked or how money changed hands. It is also not clear whether Russian operatives had deployed inside Afghanistan or met with their Taliban counterparts elsewhere.

    this information is based on an anonymous source yet there are no details about how the operation took place, what American troops were targeted, how meetings were conducted or even how the Taliban received their so-called payments. Why are there no details?

    the president, he, the vice president and the chief of staff were never briefed about this operation. Trump labeled the story as "fake news"

    Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said he confirmed that Trump and Pence weren't briefed on the allegations.

    Former Acting DNI Director Ric Grenell slammed the attempted spin.

    Russian Embassy in the United States also denied the story.
    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethba...ymcpyphINutpLI
    Indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    the part about the WH admitting to it just makes you s childish troll
    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    “Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP. Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @NYTimesbnooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad.”
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    So Trumps DNI or NSA "do not find this credible" for obvious reasons
    of futility of purpose and utter lack of details +denial by everyone involved

    Can You say Russian Hoax? (again)

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    Democrat media leaks raw intelligence from an anonymous source; source implicates Trump; turns out to be ‘maybe true’; Pelosi calls for an investigation.

    Rinse, repeat.

    I wonder if it’s occurred to Democrats that two can play this game?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    No more half-assed wars where American soldiers die for basically, nothing.
    We are in Afg. for one reason...access to Pakistan. They have no ability to defend their nukes against the Taliban.
    Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

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    Can You say Russian Hoax? (again)

    Da Russians!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    The hoaxes and Nothing Burgers are beyond counting at this point lol.

    The story isn’t credible: for one, what does Russia have to gain from getting us out of Afghanistan? Wouldn’t Putin like us to be bogged down in Afghanistan as long as possible?

    And wouldn’t actually arming the Taliban be much worse than bribing them? What’s to keep the Taliban from taking the bribe money and saying ‘sure, we’ll go kill some Americans now’ and mocking the gullible Russian infidels later as they use their Rubles for something else.

    Doesn’t make a lot of sense.
    Indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    “Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP. Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @NYTimesbnooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad.”
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    So Trumps DNI or NSA "do not find this credible" for obvious reasons
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    Can You say Russian Hoax? (again)

    no source just means all you got is ass snot

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    no source just means all you got is ass snot
    Really?

    What’s the name of the NYT source?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    There have been two ISIS attacks on military bases in the USA in the last six months. Even if trump surrenders the rest of the world to ISIS, Taliban, and Al Qaeda, who is going to tell them to stop attacking us here. Or should we just surrender the USA too?
    Lone Wolf is not the same as ISIS attacks in the middle east.
    There really isn't any security to stop it short of rooting out radicalizaton which we do

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