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Will someone please put together a scorecard so I can keep all of this ridiculousness straight in my head?
Okay - Lets get a handle on who our new friends are
first we have Putin, holy shit who would a thunk it! Russia put in the hacking fix and now were BFFs! The fucking Commies! Ronnie where out thou!
So, were in bed with Putin Russia, whos in bed with Assad Syria! AND Rouhani IRAN! Fucking Iran! The Republicans number one, major world ending reason for all that is evil in the world, and this Triad is now part of the new Middle Eastern bloc?
AND THEN!! Russias Ambassador is assassinated in Turkey by a killer who shouts Allah Akbar, and Remember Aleppo! So enter Turkey Erdoğan, who has begun sucking up to Putin to find the killer and unite them against terrorism.
SO, the United States of America
with a few words from its future leader about what a strong leader Putin is and
who knows who did the hacking? We have within the last year 37% of Republicans now saying Putin is OK (wink, wink), so now the Pubescent Elect has us in bed with; Russia, Syria, Iran, and Turkey! And he hasnt even taken the office yet
..WTF!!!
What happened to England! Oh yeah Teresa May. France? Whos the guy? Oh yeah, Hollande. What about Germany! Merkel
hmmm seem to have their own issues these days.
AND THEN!! Today Putin announces
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Snip
MOSCOW -- Russias military today can overpower any potential foe, President Vladimir Putin told an annual end-of-year meeting Thursday with defense chiefs.
We can say with certainty: We are stronger now than any potential aggressor, he told the meeting. Anyone!
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/vladimir-putin-says-russias-military-is-stronger-than-any-potential-foe/
Snip
"We need to enhance the combat capability of strategic nuclear forces, primarily by strengthening missile complexes that will be guaranteed to penetrate existing and future missile defense systems," Putin said.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/12/22/putin-russias-military-is-stronger-than-any-potential-aggressor.html
(I know, but wherever you can find the quote, right,
AND THEN!!
President-elect Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he will look to "strengthen and expand" the US's nuclear capability hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to enhance his country's nuclear forces.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/politics/donald-trump-strengthen-expand-nuclear-capability/
US President-elect Donald Trump called on Thursday for a strengthening of Americas nuclear weapons program, throwing into doubt longstanding efforts to reduce its arsenal.
On Thursday, Trump tweeted; The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/22/donald-trump-tweets-expand-nuclear-weapons
Thats just Fucking Brilliant Donald
leading us into an arms race just in time for, wait for it
Christmas!
still_one
(92,493 posts)What is happening is f**king insane
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)Give them all the weapons they want. They will definitely. They are the only ones in the region that will fight. Their home land is Eastern Turkey, western Iran the north of Iraq.They give a damn and will fight. Let the take the Iraq oil because they will fight and have been screwed over too many times.