Russia! Russia!! Russia!!!

[ssu]

Well, this is the Re: Russia! Russia!! Russia!!! -thread, so the topic is quite obvious.

And I too do know your stand that "Meh, Russia's a basketcase".

[Smitty-48]

I always thought of "Russia! Russia!! Russia!!!" as being a sarcastic shot at the libtards in the face of their ridiculous and sudden conversion to Red Scare mode, the moment they lost the election, as some sort of canard to avoid talking about the fact that the liberals blew themselves up by inciting a right wing backlash, I didn't take it as being a serious implication of an actual Russian strategic threat to America, but apparently you missed the punch line there.

There's the ever present danger of an accidental launch on warning nuclear exchange scenario, but other than that, the Russians pose no real strategic threat to the Americans whatsoever, in my judgement at least.

[Martin Hash]

Smitty’s got this.

ssu, you’re obssessed with Russia. It’s not just you, Penner too. You, I think because of your country’s history with Russia, her because she’s a Trump-hater.

[Smitty-48]

The real strategic threat to America, is the college campus commies and the liberals who pander to them, so if you feel the need to chuck some enemies of the republic out of a helicopter, there's no need to go to Europe to find them.

The Bolshies are no longer emanating from Moscow, America is the headquarters of World Communism naow.

You wanna kill a commie for mommie? Shoot the Millenials.

You had an actual fuckin' communist running for President, and these kids think he's the messiah, but you're worried about the Red Hordes coming from Russia? Yeah, OK, whatever.

Don't invoke Red Scare Cold War, unless you're prepared to hang Bernie Sanders and every fuckin' college professor in America from the lampposts, before you put even one more boot on the ground in the European theater, because the Soviet enemy is not there anymore, it's point blank right across Main Street USA from you, you're lousy with commies, a whole generation of Rosenbergs, and not a one of them has come from Russia.

The Lefties of America are invoking the Red Scare? I don't think they've thought this through, since everybody knows who the Reds are now, and it's them, so who exactly do they think we are going to nuke, if they continue whip this shit up into a frenzy? Go ahead, keep it up, Lefties, but just be advised, you're calling it in on your own position, because if push comes to shove, Red Scare, you're the ones who are going to be in the electric chair.

[Fife]

Faceberg is the USA's biggest strategic threat.

NN is the new SS; who knew?

[Smitty-48]

The mistake these Lefties are making, is thinking that somehow they can bend the power of the Red Scare Cold War paradigm to their purposes, but they're going to find out, that it cannot be controlled, they've got the tiger by the tail, and it will simply empower the right ever more, the Red Scare Cold War paradigm, only goes one way, and it ain't gonna be to the favour of the Left, this shit is going to come whipsawing around on them, their children, and their sacred cows, with a vengeance, and who is gonna shed a tear for them? Not me, since they are at this very moment, calling it in on their own pos, they are summoning this demon, of their own free, even if misguided will.

The Cold War demon only chucks one type of people out of the helicopters, and it ain't gonna be Donald Trump, bet dat.

Bear in mind, as some point in the future, these very same Lefties are going to be blubbering about coup de tats (ZOMG Mossadeg!), fascist take overs (Allende! Poor little fella!) and death squads (Contras!), and when they do, be sure to remind them that they were perfectly happy to be Cold War mongers when it suited them, so don't come crying to us about Pinochet later.

You wanna get into it with the Russians again? Hey, no problemo, Lockmart shareholders approve, but I don't want to hear any whining, when we start chucking Lefties out of helicopters again too, because that's all part of the deal, cest le guerre froide.

[ssu]

Smitty’s got this.

ssu, you’re obssessed with Russia. It’s not just you, Penner too. You, I think because of your country’s history with Russia, her because she’s a Trump-hater.

That I hold importance to what Russia does is quite natural. Actually through my work I see that this definately isn't just a talking point in some other country. The changes I've noticed in my own armed forces tells a lot. It's not impending WW3, but basically a turn back to the Cold War times in a different setting.

Of course Russia isn't the most important thing out there, but the total denial that Russia did anything is just continued campaign rhetoric detached from reality. Going with the line that Trump's campaign had nothing to do with the Russia is whimsical. It's not the end of the World, it simply was a major gaffe in my view. And President Trump's administration hasn't rocked the boat in any way.

I do get it that many Americans basically just go strictly along the partylines and never look at these things objectively.

[Martin Hash]

I do get it that many Americans basically just go strictly along the partylines and never look at these things objectively.

How many times do we have to tell you that we simply don't know what it is you want. America to go to war with Russia? Trump to be removed from office? My god, man, make a list of what it is you want, we can discuss that.

[Fife]

Mueller's 'Right-Hand Man' on Russia Probe Represented Clinton IT Aide Who Set Up Unsecure Server

Yet another key member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe appears to have deep ties to the Democratic Party.

Aaron Zebley served previously as Mueller’s chief of staff at the FBI and in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division and as a senior counselor in the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. He also was an assistant U.S. attorney in the National Security and Terrorism Unit in Alexandria, Virginia.

He is often referred to in the media as Mueller's "right-hand man."

Also, in 2015 when he was a lawyer, he represented Justin Cooper, the IT staffer who personally set up set up Hillary Clinton's unsecure server in her Chappaqua home, Fox News' Tucker Carlson revealed on his show Thursday.

Cooper, it so happens, is also the aide who destroyed Clinton's old BlackBerries with a hammer.

[Fife]

Obama Appointed Judge Mysteriously Recuses Himself From Michael Flynn Case

The case against former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn has taken a strange turn, as U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras abruptly recused himself Thursday night with no explanation. Contreras is an Obama appointee who also sat on the FISA court while the Trump team was under surveillance by the Obama administration. Judge Emmet Sullivan, an Bill Clinton appointee, was randomly assigned to take over the case after Contreras' recusal.

[snip]

Between the recused judge who sits on the FISA court, Sally Yates' transcript 'trap,' and the fact that the FBI reportedly interviewed Flynn without an attorney present, it will be interesting to see how the case against Michael Flynn holds up.