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Pentagon: ‘No Corroborating Evidence’ Russians Offered Bounties for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
breitbart.com ^ | 6/29/2020 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 06/30/2020 9:03:26 AM PDT by rktman

The Pentagon said in a statement late Tuesday evening that it had no corroborating evidence that Russian operatives offered bounties to the Taliban for American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.

“The Department of Defense continues to evaluate intelligence that Russian GRU operatives were engaged in malign activity against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan. To date, DOD has no corroborating evidence to validate the recent allegations found in open-source reports,” said Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Philosophy; Russia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2020election; afghanistan; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; russia; smdh; smearmachine
Dem/lame stream take: 'Well of course they'd say that. Orange Man Bad ordered them to say that because he knew from putin and he hates our troops almost as much as he hates POC and gay people. No, really.'
1 posted on 06/30/2020 9:03:26 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Liberal Reporters go to work and write a Column about the Wet Dream they had the night before and we end up with stupidity like this.

How many Morons took this Story as serious fact based Journalism? Looks like all of them.

Whatever it takes said Harry Reid. He knew his Audience when it came to lying about Romney not paying his Taxes.


2 posted on 06/30/2020 9:08:15 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: rktman
Yeah, because The Intelligence Community is filled with loyal Trumpeteers who do his bidding without question or reserve.

I mean, other than all those Generals and other Intelligence Community officials who have come out and accused President Trump of all sorts of being a poopy head and a meanie and all sorts of other sticks and stones.

3 posted on 06/30/2020 9:08:16 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: rktman

Exactly. Expect CNN, MSNBC, and all to continue to report this all week. On Sunday, Chuck Todd and George Stephanopoulos will have on multiple “guests” who will be asked about whether this justifies a new full-scale investigation of POTUS, to be followed by impeachment proceedings.


4 posted on 06/30/2020 9:10:04 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: NEMDF

Head cheese schiff-4-brains will lead the charge with bolton’s book under his arm.


5 posted on 06/30/2020 9:12:12 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Oh this has already been debunked. An anonymous source said that Bolton told him he told Trump about it last year.
6 posted on 06/30/2020 9:15:20 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: NEMDF

Well these news outlets are being completely and utterly absurd.


7 posted on 06/30/2020 9:17:13 AM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: rktman

Dem’s still throwing Jello at the wall to see what eventually will stick.


8 posted on 06/30/2020 9:18:30 AM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: rktman

Are the democrats outraged that the Russians are spending billions building a military that can destroy the entire American nation? Or the Chinese? Or the Iranians? Or the North Koreans?


9 posted on 06/30/2020 9:28:34 AM PDT by odawg
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It’s a fake story, concocted just as cv19 is winding down, and the blm’ers are going home to mommy’s basement. This story is a filler. It’s designed to be a problem for Trump, but it will go away soon, just like the bolton book did.

Look for 2-3 more concocted crises for Trump between now and the election.


10 posted on 06/30/2020 9:31:57 AM PDT by I want the USA back (THERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A DEBATE TRUMP VS BIDEN! It will be the best show ever!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

You should have seen yesterday’s White House Press Conference, what with all the BS questions pushing this narrative. KMAC swatted them down.


11 posted on 06/30/2020 9:36:38 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Another democrat plane shot down still winning.


12 posted on 06/30/2020 9:44:00 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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I don’t get it. So what? It’s a war.


13 posted on 06/30/2020 9:44:21 AM PDT by SanchoP (We're passed the biological softening up and beginning the open warfare strategy. WAKE UP!!)
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To: NEMDF

Exactly. Expect CNN, MSNBC, and all to continue to report this all week. On Sunday, Chuck Todd and George Stephanopoulos will have on multiple “guests” who will be asked about whether this justifies a new full-scale investigation of POTUS, to be followed by impeachment proceedings.


Why not? The Dems have a green light from the GOP to continue this nonsense. The GOP Senate never lifted a finger against the hoax impeachment launched from a CIA desk in Langley.


14 posted on 06/30/2020 9:50:58 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: FreedomPoster

I heard that some Moron Reporter asked if POTUS Trump was happy the Confederacy lost the Civil War at the Press Briefing.

That was a Godzilla sized Facepalm moment right there.

I usually watch the White House Briefings live. I’ll have to check out the replay from yesterday.


15 posted on 06/30/2020 9:55:41 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: rktman

Why would the Russians pay the Taliban to do what they have been doing free for the past 20 years. On the other hand, I seem to remember when we financed the Afghan warlords and Osama Bin Laden’s group to kill Russians. That was after Russians financed Vietnam in killing Americans which was OK because the Democrats opposed American troops then. What a tangled web we weave when we practice to fight endless wars we are not prepared to win.


16 posted on 06/30/2020 10:01:26 AM PDT by etcb (or)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Yes, that was in there too.

Even if I were as smart as KMAC, there’s no way I could handle having to regularly deal with that particular group of nasty idiots pushing their narratives and agendas.


17 posted on 06/30/2020 10:11:21 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: rktman

Why not ask the Afghans.


18 posted on 06/30/2020 12:05:51 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: rktman

A thought occurs to me. All the democrat schemes have one common thread, they accuse you of what THEY do.

Trump and Russian prostitutes peeing all over someone to humiliate them? The is from the fevered mind of a democrat homo in Hillary’s campaign. Say Robby Mook for example. A normal man would never even think of such a thing.

So... who exactly would think up the idea of PAYING CASH to Afghans to kill the enemy? Broke Russia? OR does that sound like something invented by the people who have just spent 19 years PAYING AFGHANS to do what they want?

Also, in the exceedingly unlikely event that some goat humper actually DID tell our intel guys this story, did it ever occur to our “intelligence” guys that the most famous middlemen in human history might have been trying to hike the price on what the USA pays them to NOT shoot at our guys?

Morons. We ara a nation run by blithering idiot morons.


19 posted on 06/30/2020 12:27:06 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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