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Xolodno

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33. Was going to respond to him...but remembered something...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #24)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 06:15 PM

Jul 2014

"You can't argue with stupid people, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience".

Could almost see it now, our jets scramble outside of Florida and demand he land in Miami. They say no. One of our jets fire a warning shot, on of their jets in the Russian Military escort fire a warning shot back (and calls for more jets from Cuba). If the US downs any plane, they will respond in kind....and you have war.

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Edward Snowden applies to extend his stay in Russia [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 OP

I'll bet. nt onehandle Jul 2014 #1

. stonecutter357 Jul 2014 #2

Yeah, why wouldn't he want to come home? hueymahl Jul 2014 #4

I don't thinks democrats support spies. stonecutter357 Jul 2014 #6

More discredited memes at play here hueymahl Jul 2014 #8

+1,000,000 It is sad when democrats can be so easily brainwashed isn't it? cosmicone Jul 2014 #11

I have been a democrat all my life........... stonecutter357 Jul 2014 #19

Low post counts, really? Andy823 Jul 2014 #25

trained as a spy............. stonecutter357 Jul 2014 #21

Hacker he was not .. Lenomsky Jul 2014 #31

nice evisceration of the comrade Psephos Jul 2014 #34

Putin needs him to trot out as a propaganda piece every now and then. stevenleser Jul 2014 #3

He certainly faces torture MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #7

You're right cosmicone Jul 2014 #10

Every country in the world has done it in the past. That is a red herring. nt stevenleser Jul 2014 #12

Oh yes ... USA hasn't done it for over a 100 years .... cosmicone Jul 2014 #14

As opposed to Russia? LMAO stevenleser Jul 2014 #15

Russians never claim to be the good guys cosmicone Jul 2014 #27

Now its all about what governments claim to be. Keep moving the goalposts. You're now off the field stevenleser Jul 2014 #30

I hear Crimea is lovely this time of year nt geek tragedy Jul 2014 #5

Yes dipsydoodle Jul 2014 #18

Red Herring cosmicone Jul 2014 #9

Why wouldn't we detain Putin's plane? What is he going to do, nuke us? stevenleser Jul 2014 #13

LMAO cosmicone Jul 2014 #16

Nope, not joking. If your contention is that we detained Morales' plane, there is nothing stopping stevenleser Jul 2014 #17

If you're not joking, you're making yourself look damn stupid muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #20

Which is exactly what the US could do with Crimea. Again, all bad options. Nice try. Not. nt stevenleser Jul 2014 #23

You seem to be saying US and Russian politicians are just the same muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #24

No, that is your straw man. Don't forget how this thread started. stevenleser Jul 2014 #26

well, it is FOX TV. grasswire Jul 2014 #28

+1,000,000 cosmicone Jul 2014 #29

Was going to respond to him...but remembered something... Xolodno Jul 2014 #33

Far more devastating is their drive to remove the dollar as reserve currency. Psephos Jul 2014 #35

this is the most desperate attempt at being a celebrity i have ever seen. stonecutter357 Jul 2014 #22

I would be worred right now if I were Snowden that Russia might make a backroom deal cstanleytech Jul 2014 #32