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Senior defense official concerned 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout may resume arms trafficking
Fox News ^ | December 9, 2022 | Louis Casiano , Liz Friden

Posted on 12/09/2022 1:39:58 PM PST by george76

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To: george76

And what we got in the trade will resume smoking dope and kneeling for the National Anthem


21 posted on 12/09/2022 2:07:52 PM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: george76

Lockheed Martin enters the chat...

Raytheon enters the chat...


22 posted on 12/09/2022 2:15:26 PM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

DOES A BEAR S**T IN THE WOODS??? NAAH, I’M SURE HE WILL TAKE UP LINE DANCING!


23 posted on 12/09/2022 2:15:31 PM PST by ExSES (the "bottomhttps://youtu.be/ycrqXJYf1SU-line")
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To: george76

Well we know he won’t be able to smuggle any into the U.S huh


24 posted on 12/09/2022 2:17:35 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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bfl


25 posted on 12/09/2022 2:18:43 PM PST by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: george76

But the freedom of a black, female, lesbian, America-hater was of paramount importance.


26 posted on 12/09/2022 2:19:42 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: george76
...alleged to have fueled multiple conflicts across the globe through arms dealing, sometimes to both sides ...

Kind of like the US, huh?

27 posted on 12/09/2022 2:28:05 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: george76

I’m not too sure Bout has a future. He’s been in prison long enough for someone else to take over his top dog status. Remember what happened to Jimmy Hoffa after he came out of prison and attempted to regain his position?


28 posted on 12/09/2022 2:28:06 PM PST by ryderann
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To: george76
What a freakin dumb arse ... of course he will ... reminds me of Kerry's answer when asked if he worried that released terrorists would go back to the battlefield and he said "Well they shouldn't do that!"

Honestly, Democrats cannot be trusted with national security.

29 posted on 12/09/2022 2:29:05 PM PST by dartuser
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To: george76

As reported by ABC News in 2008 [before it was fashionable to censor such things]:

The “merchant of death” Bout was paid $60million by the USA to transport that ‘death’ throughout Iraq.

Oh, by the way, Bout is a Uke, not a russkie. The weapons he sold into Africa were Uke weapons left over from USSR days, not russkie.

Something to keep in mind when you hear on MSM that is dude was a “Russian Arms Dealer”. He is a Uke, paid by USA, “Russian” Arms Dealer.


30 posted on 12/09/2022 2:30:22 PM PST by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: natalie227

This stupid trade was Biden’s fault n00b. Biden was given a choice and he chose unwisely.


31 posted on 12/09/2022 2:31:52 PM PST by dforest
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To: gibsonguy

The sickening aspect to all this is that Bout was first involved with Al Qaeda during Bin Laden’s tour in the Sudan. Then, he may have been the ‘Russian’ pilot that transported Bin Laden to Pakistan when he left the Sudan. Bout was later involved with Abu Sayyaf, the Al Qaeda chapter in the Philippines. Aside from transporting arms all over Africa, and using Sharjah in the UAE as a hub, he was involved in the gemstone operation that Al Qaeda employed in southern Africa. He was one bad bastard, and the DEA was commended for picking him up in Thailand. He will, of course, revert to his bad old ways when he served as friend of the Kremlin and autocrats everywhere. Our homosexual Secretary of State and the sniffer President should be proud of their accomplishment.


32 posted on 12/09/2022 2:43:11 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: dforest

dforest said: This stupid trade was Biden’s fault n00b. Biden was given a choice and he chose unwisely.

Where did I say it was a good trade? The guy has killed Americans in the past through his arm sales and he needs taken out. I bet it is being planned.


33 posted on 12/09/2022 2:55:05 PM PST by natalie227
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To: TonyinLA

He was from what is now Tajikistan. Born in Dushanbe.

The weapons he sold came from all over, much was from the “stans”, the ex Soviet bits of Central Asia.


34 posted on 12/09/2022 3:01:26 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: george76

Thank you Mr. Obvious. So glad we got the sharpest minds in charge of this nation’s defense. China, Russia and Iran totally agree.


35 posted on 12/09/2022 3:01:39 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: TonyinLA

Bout is Russian. Where he was born (Tajikistan) is immaterial. He was trained in the Soviet Union, and served in Angola. Look at him! He could be the poster-boy for Russian propaganda.


36 posted on 12/09/2022 3:09:09 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Pollard

“Guess what weapons he’ll be selling. Some of the ones we’re sending to Ukraine but not keeping track of.”

That’s a very good point. And, the timing of it all (now that the election has been...erm, taken care of) is rather curious as well.


37 posted on 12/09/2022 3:19:50 PM PST by Salty Longshanks
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To: Pollard

Guess what weapons he’ll be selling. Some of the ones we’re sending to Ukraine but not keeping track of.
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True but there is more- the US is the largest arms dealer responsible for the greatest amount of destruction, 1) senile Joe’s abandonment of billions of US arms in Afghanistan 2) senile Joe’s shipping of arms to Ukraine are now being discovered in Africa and the middle east.3) I fully expect some of the Stingers Kadyrov captured to be “ returned to the US”, to be used on commercial US airliners….not if, but when.


38 posted on 12/09/2022 3:24:11 PM PST by delta7
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To: george76

Well, Brittney Griner will probably resume smoking pot, playing basketball and disrespecting the USA. What did they expect?


39 posted on 12/09/2022 3:27:28 PM PST by lump in the melting pot (Believe nothing until it is denied by the Kremlin)
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To: george76

Is his FFL up to date?


40 posted on 12/09/2022 5:09:32 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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