Posted on 07/22/2018 1:20:09 PM PDT by conservative98
The liberals, the media, the Democrats, and some Republicans are very upset about Russia. They've had more positions on Russia than Stormy Daniels as far as I'm concerned. Let me point out some history -- this is very, very important.
John McCain, God bless him, and others have said that what Trump did at that press conference is the worst interaction we've ever had with Russia, the worst diplomatic disaster ever. Forget about the media, I want you to know something:
In 1945, Franklin Roosevelt sold out half of Europe to Stalin. He repeatedly praised Stalin. Franklin Roosevelt is the hero of the Democrat party, he of Japanese internment camps, too. In Yalta he gave up half of Europe to the Soviet Union.
In 1961, JFK met with Nikita Khrushchev. JFK told a friend of his that he was rolled over, that he came across weak, that it was pretty disastrous. And a few weeks later, what did they do? The Soviets are shipping missiles to Cuba and they are building a wall in Berlin.
In 1975, Gerald Ford in Helsinki with Brezhnev, 35 other countries, recognized the territorial sovereignty of the Soviet Union which included the nations of Eastern Europe.
In 1979, Jimmy Carter placed a big wet kiss on Brezhnev's cheek in Vienna.
All of this hysteria about this press conference, and the President said 'I could have said it better', I should have said this and they act like it's the apocalypse. It's not.
The left in this country has defended the Rosenbergs, they defended Alger Hiss. They defended Ted Kennedy in 1983 and 1984 when he was colluding with the Kremlin to defeat Reagan. The left, the Democrats in the country opposed the Strategic Defense Initiative which had as its purpose to defend us against Russian nuclear missiles, they called it "Star Wars." To this day, the left won't fund it. To this day, the Democrat party opposes it. They oppose the Pershing II missiles, to modernize medium-range nuclear missiles which you eventually put in Europe, again to defeat the Soviet Union.
If, in fact, Donald Trump had turned to Vladimir Putin after a 2 hour private meeting, after setting up this summit and all of a sudden and all of the sudden turns to Putin and says look, you little bastard, we know you inteferred in our election --- they would be attacking Trump today. The way that Trump turned to the Germans and NATO, and said, hey, you're buying 70% of your natural gas from the Ruskis, you're funding their war machine and then you ask us to subsidize you?
The media and the Democrats and the same people went nuts. But some more facts. Obama as president, Obama did nothing effective at all to stop the Russians interfering in our election. He's the one who ought to be under investigation. No pushback for the invasion of Georgia. No pushback for the annexation of Crimea. No pushback for the invasion of eastern Ukraine. No pushback from Russia's criminal shootdown of flight MH-17. He capitulated to Russia in Syria, the redlines, his betrayal of Poland and the Czech Republic by acceding to Russia's demand to remove U.S. missile defense systems there. He betrayed The Ukraine by refusing them with defensive weapons.
Now contrast that disaster, that utter appeasement to what Trump has done in the 18 months:
• He's expanded sanctions on Russian companies and apparatchiks, he's expanded and beefed up NATO.
• He's had a massive increase in U.S. defense spending no thanks to the liberals.
• He's restoring missile defenses to Poland and the Czech Republic.
• He's returning heavy armored divisions to Germany, prepositioning armored divisions in the Baltics.
• He's ending arms embargoes on The Ukraine and Georgia that Obama imposed on victims of Russian aggression.
• He's ending the ban of oil exports to try and compete with the Russians when it comes to their oil.
All of this hysteria, the fact of the matter is Trump hasn't done a thing to harm America with respect to Russia and Obama did nothing to protect America when it came to Russia.
The same attitude Obama had to the Chinese in the South China Sea, building their phony islands. The North Koreans as they are building their nukes, the Iranians -- he gave them $150 billion and a wet kiss on the lips.
So the attacks on Trump, this overwrought hysterical, insane attack by the media, the Democrats some in the Republican party and some phony conservatives -- you're allowed to question the president, just don't go nuts...
The bottom line is two entities interfered in our election -- the Russians and the Obama administration.
The Democrats defend the Obama administration and all of a sudden they don't like the Russians who they've been kowtowing to since 1917.
Mark - there’s a third entity: MEXICO.
[John McCain, God bless him]
I would prefer that first, God cause him to tell the truth about his role in the fake Steele dossier, and then what the Clinton and Obama groups have been up to.
It would be Earth-shattering, almost literally.
I’m not expecting John McCain to come clean.
Disappoint me, John. Prove me wrong, McCain.
(I think Hannity played this clip from Levin a few nights ago - it’s good stuff)
Trump is working Putin. He needs several things at once. He needs him to seal the box Kim is in until Kim starts fulfilling what was promised at the summit. Trump was very gracious with Kim, you notice, and yet the sanctions are still on.
Trump needs to try to peel Putin away from Iran on two levels. Trump is trying to ratchet up the pressure on Iran to come back to the table on the nuclear agreement, and he needs Russia to close that back door. And he needs to get Iran out of Syria.
Netanyahu has been working Putin on the latter issue, and has been shuttling back and forth between Putin and Trump; the meeting the other day was the climax of that shuttle diplomacy.
Putin is never going to give up Crimea, and everyone knows that. The main reason to pretend its still in the air is to use it as a bargaining chip against Russian-occupied Ukraine. But, actually, Russian-occupied Ukraine is a bit of a bargaining chip against Crimea as well. There are several moving parts to this Rubik’s Cube, and Trump knows that very well. The adults in Washington also know it, though most of them pretend not to know.
“Interfered” keeps getting thrown around - how was the election interfered with ? what was the result ?
These people have to stop using that word by itself.
Russia may have tried to interject themselves into the campaign, they may have tried to interfere, but actually interfered ? not hardly.
John McCain is a traitor. Since he is on his dead bed and won’t come clean, in my eyes he is forever a traitor. Just ask Sarah Palin.
It is of course absurd to say “only two”.
Hundreds, if not thousands, if not tens of thousands of entities from foreign governments to corporations, many internal groups public and private, right on down to individuals who felt their own judgement was superior to election integrity, and so on and so forth attempted to interfere in our election.
If the election is being done right, it should be verifiably proof against ALL of those things.
Lisa Page says it was not Russia at all.... and it’s China that interfered.
Russia interfered in that they gave Hillary a ton of money several years ago.
Mexico, just saying.
Mexicans claim dual nationality and are encouraged by Mehi Co. to vote in both countries’ elections.
Must admit I’m impressed with Mark Levin right now. Even though he’s a Never Trumper, he’s at least not pinning the blame on Trump for possible election interference unlike certain other people, and instead blaming it on either Obama or the Russians, possibly even both.
China colluded personally with Clinton and Gore in 1996 and nobody went to jail, they only gave back money after the election. China didn’t give back military technology they were given.
If you don't think China is a major meddler, you're not thinking. And of course all the minor players from Central America should get credit as supporting cast.
One’s a patriot. The other’s a complete traitor and an utter disgrace to America.
“MARK LEVIN: Only two entities interfered in our election -— Russia and the Obama administration”
I was just going to say that...even Levin is throwing around “interfered”, “meddling” etc. Zero specifics because it’s all a democrat fabricated crock of shit! I’m sick to death of hearing it!
Nice deconstruction.
Anyone who has watched Trump operate knows his MO....one step at at time.
Trump's trip to Russia was only the first volley.
Putin’s Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have all employed provocateurs to frequent Twitter, Facebook and public internet forums to spread propaganda in the hope of delegitimizing governmental and societal processes. If you believe they aren’t you are delusional.
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