Hunter has made millions exploiting his father’s political connections. Even scarier....his father was grooming him for elective office (yikes). Biden let Hunter speak from his father’ VP’s podium (gag).
Posted on 02/16/2022 4:12:24 AM PST by Kaslin
Often a bribe is more destructive than a bullet.
In Afghanistan, the U.S. and NATO could never defeat the endemic corruption that riddled the Afghan government and army. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, U.S. military and diplomatic assessments insistently bemoan the damage corruption does to Ukraine's economy, civil institutions and war effort.
Military analysts use the buzz phrase "weaponized corruption" to describe 21st century gray-area warfare corruption tactics and techniques employed by Vladimir Putin's Kremlin and Xi Jinping's China.
Corruption, however, is a very ancient and effective weapon of war. The Roman historian Sallust tells us in the late second century B.C., Berber rebel Jugurtha used bribery, murder and raids to build a personal power base in Numidia (modern-day Algeria). Jugurtha repeatedly thwarted Roman army efforts to defeat him.
With its legions bogged in a no-win North African sand trap, Roman authorities co-opted Jugurtha's father-in-law and ally, Bocchus. They bribed Bocchus by promising him territory. The palm-greased in-law sent Jugurtha to Rome in chains.
Bribery, used as a weapon, secured Rome's strategic goal. Of course, Roman soldiers gave Bocchus a heavily armed reason to accept Rome's deal. From Rome's perspective, the combination of legions and bribery defeated Jugurtha.
Both Russia and China use corruption to further espionage and propaganda campaigns and undermine vulnerable nations.
As I pointed out in a recent column, Communist China has been particularly effective in purchasing favorable media coverage and stymieing criticism. China has co-opted American scientists with grants (disguised bribes) in order to gain access to their research.
Russia targets leaders and institutions everywhere but particularly in three nations it covets: Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The Ukrainian government contends the Russian-backed war in its Donbas region prevents it from effectively pursuing economic and political reform. The war slows reform, but since 2015 many Western creditors disagree argue Ukraine hasn't treated corruption as the grave security vulnerability it is.
Why? Fair question. U.S. government and media preach reform -- but there is increasing evidence that U.S. leaders and institutions don't practice what they preach.
Earlier this month John Solomon, reporting in "Just The News," analyzed State Department emails obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request.
One email, written on Nov. 22, 2016, by former U.S. embassy official George Kent, was particularly chilling. It directly contradicted mainstream media reports in 2020 and public testimony by U.S. officials that "insisted Hunter Biden's lucrative job with the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings ... had no impact on U.S. efforts to fight corruption in that country."
Solomon reported that in 2016 State Department officials in Ukraine told Washington "that Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine 'undercut' U.S. efforts to fight corruption in the former Soviet republic."
Kent included this guidance: "The real issue to my mind was that someone in Washington needed to engage VP Biden quietly and say that his son Hunter's presence on the Burisma board undercut the anti-corruption message the VP and we were advancing in Ukraine."
Kent added: "Ukrainians heard one message from us and then saw another set of behavior, with the (Biden) family association with a known corrupt figure whose company was known for not playing by the rules in the oil/gas sector."
Hunter Biden's blatant corruption and hypocrisy had and still have real world strategic and national security costs. If defending Ukraine is a U.S. security interest, American participation in corruption undermines our security efforts. Hunter Biden was hindering Ukraine's warfighting and corruption-fighting effort.
This is not a conspiracy theory. The Kent email is a fact that was hidden from the American people and is still ignored by benighted and politically corrupted media.
To forward Ukrainian anti-corruption efforts and to add spine to U.S. anti-corruption diplomacy globally, Hunter Biden must be penalized. The correct penalty is criminal investigation and public trial.
Joe Biden tried so hard to make Hunter into a “pitiable victim
But outside of Deep State, Hunter is seen as a crass, widow-diddling opportunist
with an insatiable sex drive, and a weak crackhead w/ an industrial strength penis on steroids.
Hunter has made millions exploiting his father’s political connections.
Even scarier....his father was grooming him for elective office (yikes).
Biden let Hunter speak from his father’ VP’s podium (gag).
It’s impossible to believe, seeing Hunter constantly at his father’s side
that Joe Biden would not ask Hunter where he’s getting tons of money to support
his expensive cocaine habit, his lifestyle of pricey homes, luxury cars and clothing,
his various girlfriends, wives, one-night stands, and Biden children born in and out of wedlock.
Hunter has made millions exploiting his father’s political connections. Even scarier....his father was grooming him for elective office (yikes). Biden let Hunter speak from his father’ VP’s podium (gag).
One savage to rule them all.
I have a hard time believing that corruption in Afghanistan or Ukraine or any place else is any worse than in the United States and particularly in Washington.
I seriously doubt there is more than a handful of the politicrats in Washington that are NOT on the take.
Hunter makes Billy Carter and Roger Clinton look like brilliant and productive citizens.
JOE BIDEN HAS UNLIMITED ACCE$$ TO THE U$ TREA$URY.
Where Have Hunter Biden and pres Joe’s Brothers Traveled to This Past Year?
The usual m.o. when Joe was VP would be Obama would send Joe to a crisis. Joe would show up with Hunter and a brother along for the trip. While Joe posed for cameras and with politicians, his bagmen would do the deal (”10% for the big guy”).
Secret Service protection most likely means someone in Congress could track down govt travel records. A Judicial Watch FOIA could extract Secret Service travel records.
The American political class crosses ideological and party distinction, and is driven by money and personal power. The only regard it has for the common people is they pay the bills and provide oceans of money to divide among themselves. Trump threatened their very existence, having interest in neither cash nor power. He was beyond their influence and has to be neutralized.
Republicans made a big mistake focusing on Hunter Biden‘s personal egregious behavior, especially being a drug addict. Conservatives probably lost votes of people who ever had a personal relationship with someone who was addicted to drugs. Republicans should have spent all their focus talking about Hunter Biden’s and thus Joe’s corruption in Ukraine, Moscow, and China. Far more people probably know that Hunter Biden is a crack addict then know anything about the family’s financial corruption.
I think you’re right....some just hide it better than others....some prosecute but many don’t. ......It’s like if you play in their ‘Hood’ their own decide your fate or not.
There is no evidence that would produce a conviction in court.
Reliance on the law and courts will do no damage to Hunter Biden
That wasn’t a mistake by Republicans. It was intentional misdirection because using family is fairly standard swamp corruption and the GOP doesn’t want that rock uncovered.
The GOP senate intel committee that spent 30 hours grilling Don Jr. couldn’t bother to spend 5 minutes interviewing Hunter, investigating the spying on President Trump, etc., etc. There were no “mistakes” here.
Agreed.
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