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ScubaSteve

(83 posts)
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 09:16 PM Dec 2016

WTF! Turkey and Nukes too!

Will someone please put together a scorecard so I can keep all of this ridiculousness straight in my head?

Okay - Let’s 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 we’re BFFs! The fucking Commies! Ronnie where out thou!

So, we’re in bed with Putin – Russia, who’s in bed with Assad – Syria! AND Rouhani IRAN! Fucking Iran! The Republican’s 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!! Russia’s 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 hasn’t even taken the office yet…..WTF!!!

What happened to England! Oh yeah Teresa May. France? Who’s the guy? Oh yeah, Hollande. What about Germany! Merkel…hmmm seem to have their own issues these days.

AND THEN!! Today Putin announces….

Snip –

MOSCOW -- Russia’s 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 America’s 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


That’s just Fucking Brilliant Donald…leading us into an arms race just in time for, wait for it…Christmas!

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still_one

(92,493 posts)
1. Well so much for the Susan Sarandon memo that: Hillary Clinton more dangerous than Donald Trump"
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 09:26 PM
Dec 2016

What is happening is f**king insane

 

Jim Beard

(2,535 posts)
2. Lets talke all the money we are spending there and give it to the Kurds
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 09:28 PM
Dec 2016

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.

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