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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:36 PM Feb 2017

Connecticut lawmaker begs Trump to stop tweeting and get that Russian spy ship off her state's coast

Tuesday, a Russian spy ship was spotted off the coast of Delaware heading north at 10 knots. The ship cruised up the eastern coast of the United States. As of Wednesday morning, that ship is now off the coast of Connecticut and one congresswoman wants the president to stop tweeting and start taking care of national security.

“A Russian spy ship patrolling 30 miles from the Groton SUBASE underscores that the threats posed by a resurgent Russia are real,” said Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), according to WTNH. “This unacceptable, aggressive action, combined with the buzzing of US Navy ships in the Red Sea yesterday are clearly testing the resolve of a new administration. While I have total confidence in our Navy’s vigilant, responsible readiness, the White House needs to move past their seeming infatuation with Putin and treat him like the serious threat to global peace and security that he has been for the last five years.”

Courtney’s fellow member in the neighboring district took it even further. In a series of tweets, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) replied to President Donald Trump’s morning tweets.

“Russia is flexing its muscle and floating a [ship] off the coast of Connecticut,” she wrote. “Maybe you should focus your attention there?”







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Connecticut lawmaker begs Trump to stop tweeting and get that Russian spy ship off her state's coast (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
Nothing any president can do about spy ships. HassleCat Feb 2017 #1
"This unacceptable, aggressive action" - the ship is in international waters... PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #2
While this is admittedly a small matter in the grand scheme of things... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #3
so nothing can be done???? bdamomma Feb 2017 #4
It is the way the world has been for a very long time. hack89 Feb 2017 #5
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
1. Nothing any president can do about spy ships.
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:41 PM
Feb 2017

They keep to international waters. It's all a big game for our military, feeding them false information, trying electronic countermeasures, etc.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
2. "This unacceptable, aggressive action" - the ship is in international waters...
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:46 PM
Feb 2017

what does the Congressperson propose be done about it?

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. While this is admittedly a small matter in the grand scheme of things...
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 02:30 PM
Feb 2017

I wrote to my annoyingly republican congresscritter abo9ut the ship.

He can't really do anything, but anything to keep the pressure up.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
5. It is the way the world has been for a very long time.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 01:11 PM
Feb 2017

we spy on them. They spy on us. When I was in the Navy you couldn't leave port without a Soviet spy ship joining the formation.

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