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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:41 AM Jul 2020

Would be nice if Congress added sanctions over Putin's offering of $100,000 per American in Afghanis


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The Kremlin is not happy with the latest UK sanctions against Russian individuals and promises a response. Would be nice if Congress added sanctions over Putin's offering of $100,000 per American in Afghanistan. Congress needs to do their job and punish Russia

I will be tweeting about this daily until this is addressed. The media moved on but I won't. We cannot let Russia go unpunished. If they do it will result in our troops being in greater danger around the world

UK to impose sanctions alone for first time:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53303100
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Would be nice if Congress added sanctions over Putin's offering of $100,000 per American in Afghanis (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP
By trump and republicans doing nothing to putin duforsure Jul 2020 #1
Here are some for starters soothsayer Jul 2020 #4
I hadn't heard the dollar figure. That ought to be thrown in cheetolini's face captain queeg Jul 2020 #2
Dems could keep this in the news cycle, gab13by13 Jul 2020 #3
It is crazy Nikki28 Jul 2020 #5
The media is accepting the stalemate. chriscan64 Jul 2020 #6
Yes, it would be nice. kacekwl Jul 2020 #7

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
1. By trump and republicans doing nothing to putin
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:50 AM
Jul 2020

Shows their being complicit allowing something like this to happen , and putting Americans in danger. Shows trump and some republicans are protecting putin instead of our Service members now. trump is in putins pocket, and looks like some republicans are too now.

captain queeg

(10,092 posts)
2. I hadn't heard the dollar figure. That ought to be thrown in cheetolini's face
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:51 AM
Jul 2020

Donny-do-nothing doesn’t seem to realize that all the wars he loves so much have always been, at least on paper, fought with allies. He’d done everything to alienate our allies. Who would stand with us now if something major came up?

gab13by13

(21,256 posts)
3. Dems could keep this in the news cycle,
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:57 AM
Jul 2020

if they wrote a bill, even just a bill condemning Putin without sanctions, but with sanctions would be better.

Nikki28

(557 posts)
5. It is crazy
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 07:58 AM
Jul 2020

that this is going on and Trump knows how to use distractions and use the media. they fall for it every-time. We need some Mark Meadows and Gatz and Jordan's in the party to get in front the camera like they would if this was Obama or Clinton or any Democrat.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
6. The media is accepting the stalemate.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 08:44 AM
Jul 2020

The administration's answers to the many questions this raises are either misleading, flatly false or not given at all. Taken in sum, the answers don't add up. How does an intelligence assessment make it to the daily briefing book and to British allies but not to the president? The claim that Trump didn't know is damning whether true or false.

The situation calls for the media to keep pressing to flush out the contradictions, not just accept it and go to the weather.

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