Will Don finally grant Vlad's most fervent desire?

[berg80]

Yet you think he’s a Russian agent.

That is what is called a strawman argument. I did not say he is an agent of Russia. However, it's a fact that he never once rejected Putin's help in the 2016 election nor did he repudiate Putin for meddling on his behalf. Nor did he or anyone in his campaign report contacts from Russian operatives to the FBI as required by law. It's also a fact he lifted sanctions on the sale of Russian oil to the benefit of billions for them.

These inconvenient truths don't disappear because you ignore them.

 

[berg80]

Here is some real Russian collusion. Not your phony one.

Heather Conley, the director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told CNN that Russia has previously suggested that it could retaliate for the missile defense system by stationing S-300 surface-to-air missile systems in Crimea and Kaliningrad, its European enclave located between Poland and Lithuania.

Obama had previously drawn criticism from politicians in the U.S. and Europe for canceling the Bush-era plan to station land-based interceptors in Poland and the Czech Republic in 2009. Obama was further criticized for announcing the change on the day of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland during World War II.

Conley said that announcement would “go down in the history of poorly timed announcements.”

Obama was also caught on an open mic in 2012 telling then-Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, that “After my election I have more flexibility,” with regard to the U.S.-led NATO missile defense system in Europe.

Obama’s posture made the Poles and Czechs “very concerned” that the entire missile defense project would be abandoned by his administration, according to Conley.

But, she said, “What they wound up getting with the current system was more robust than they had anticipated.”

Conley said that the Obama administration might have switched gears on the Bush plan in part because it may have been trying to “buy time in order to make the case” to Russia that the new system was not directed against them.

U.S. launches long-awaited European missile defense shield

The U.S. launched a new ground-based missile defense system in Romania Thursday, sparking fresh tensions with Russia, which quickly blasted the system as a threat to its security.

www.cnn.com

GFY.