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Octafish

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1. What are friends for?

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:46 AM

Mar 2015

Next up, Kiev. Then, Moscow. Least we can do.

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Overreaching: Politics is one thing. Espionage is quite another. [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2015 OP

What are friends for? Octafish Mar 2015 #1

Isn't clandestine consorting with a foreign power against your own country still called treason? world wide wally Mar 2015 #2

Yes. The other person spying on America is called the enemy, also punishable by the death penalty. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #11

According to some DUers, nothing whatsoever qualifies as treason. FiveGoodMen Mar 2015 #17

I don't think the letter qualifies more JonLP24 Mar 2015 #35

Can You Imagine? maindawg Mar 2015 #3

Looks like it will come down to which side our military is on. jalan48 Mar 2015 #4

Let's assume the military is comprised of honorable individules and will follow the law. fleabiscuit Mar 2015 #5

It's a strange world we live in. I was referring to the brass, not the common soldier. jalan48 Mar 2015 #7

U.S.S. Liberty circa 1967 in international waters was kinda harsh treatment. gordianot Mar 2015 #6

I think most have forgotten that Israel blew up a US ship erronis Mar 2015 #8

By unmarked Mirage aircraft (depends on source) followed by torpedo boats. gordianot Mar 2015 #9

Bibi can be taken at his word....the question is, what word? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #10

You definately put your size 15's squarely into it this time, stinky. But I think you nailed it..... marble falls Mar 2015 #12

Republicans are enemies of Americans based on their platform. nt valerief Mar 2015 #13

Oh FFS. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #14

"We" Stinky The Clown Mar 2015 #15

"Because this is getting to be our pattern." Botany Mar 2015 #24

look bibi, I know you ain't got no problem RedstDem Mar 2015 #18

Did Dems use a foreign power to gather intelligence on Bush and then cosort with them to undermine world wide wally Mar 2015 #19

What a crock! BillZBubb Mar 2015 #26

It's not the strawman argument you have laid out as to "whether" Congress knows the information or yodermon Mar 2015 #28

so you think it is ok for congress to collude with foreign government spies to undermine our magical thyme Mar 2015 #30

They're Republicans. So all is good. :/ C Moon Mar 2015 #16

thats why the country is going downhill PatrynXX Mar 2015 #20

I wonder why. Stinky The Clown Mar 2015 #29

If you're Congress and the President isn't telling you anything about an extremely serious nuclear Wella Mar 2015 #21

A Republican would never make a deal geared toward "peace" world wide wally Mar 2015 #25

Who was president when peace in Vietnam came about? Wella Mar 2015 #33

Are you even suggesting that Nixon worked for a peace treaty? world wide wally Mar 2015 #34

Uh, you're forgetting one happy little fact: PatrickforO Mar 2015 #41

Gosh, we're all the same, aren't we! BillZBubb Mar 2015 #27

Politicians are the same when it comes to power and denying power to others Wella Mar 2015 #32

Baloney. That's a typical false equivalency always used by the right. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #36

No, sorry, there's only one word for that letter, and then this: PatrickforO Mar 2015 #42

WTF? blackspade Mar 2015 #22

You are correct Cosmocat Mar 2015 #23

Politics is a game where the winners get more spoils than the losers. Never any hard feelings. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #31

It doesn't really matter what they did, it is pretty well established these days Dragonfli Mar 2015 #37

Exactly! ctsnowman Mar 2015 #38

Must move forward. ctsnowman Mar 2015 #39

turn it around and the house would already be holding hearings spanone Mar 2015 #40