Posted on 12/29/2016 5:31:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two hawks on U.S. policy toward Russia, said they will lead the push in the upcoming Congress for sanctions on Moscow that are stronger than those the Obama administration announced Thursday.
"The retaliatory measures announced by the Obama administration today are long overdue. But ultimately, they are a small price for Russia to pay for its brazen attack on American democracy. We intend to lead the effort in the new Congress to impose stronger sanctions on Russia," the senators said in a joint statement Thursday.
The Obama administration issued an executive order Thursday authorizing sanctions on individuals and organizations it believes were involved in alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. The White House sanctioned nine entities and individuals: two Russian intelligence agencies, four officers of its largest intelligence agency, GRU, and three companies that supported GRU's operations. It also expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to what it said was harassment of American diplomats in Moscow.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called Obama's sanctions counterproductive and said they will harm the restoration of bilateral ties, according to Reuters....
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John to linda:
Do you still have those red leather shkrts?
These lunatics won’t be happy until ICBMs are flying.
McCain and his “fart sniffer”. (courtesy of my elderly mom).
Honestly, I was voting for Palin’s ticket which McLame happened to be on.
Does anyone else see the error in this sentence fragment?
Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dumber.
I’m so sick of this set of idiot twins.
How about stronger proof?
For some reason we can't rid America of this.
John and Linda need to get a room.
How about ANY proof? I have yet to see any.
>Considering, that two weeks prior the elections, an arrest of a Police colonel yielded $200 million in cash fresh from the US Mint press, still wrapped in federal mint packaging. Considering, also, that another $300 million were found on his father’s bank accounts. It’s a general idea that this cash was intended for organization of a “Maidan” like event in Russia. That didn’t pan out, because an “opposition” doesn’t exist without foreign money, just like mold doesn’t exist without dampness.
http://thesaker.is/stratfors-and-others-forecasts-for-russia-in-2016-hit-or-miss-by-scott/
I'd like to know where that half a billion came from and if it was allocated from the US budget legally.
Show us any proof first, John, Lindsey. Show us any proof that the Russians had any affect on our election.
Isn’t McCain the fool that armed the ‘moderate’ head choppers in Syria ?
John and Lindsey. Only two left.
Who will volunteer to replace Kelly?
[John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two hawks]
Who never miss an opportunity to throw our sons and daughters into a meat grinder.
I'd like to see their version of the 'car-chase around the fountain' scene from Pink Panther.
Are you trying to terrorize the cows! For Gods sakes, lets fund them to research santa clause for the next 12 years in the north pole, families included.
YES, he’s the one.
Fear flavored beef.
It’ll be a new rave!
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