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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm betting Hillary wouldn't have ignored any bounties on our troops...
like trump has. In fact, Pootie wouldn't have even dared try it with Hillary.
Who's with me?
Skittles
(153,321 posts)I think it is a Putie puppet thing.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Skittles
(153,321 posts)he's one corrupt bastard
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Can you imagine that Iran, our enemy would be promised weapons for money to fund against Central America. They got away with it. I was young. Id like to be that young again.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)yup
Cha
(298,139 posts)from the very beginning. he doesn't try to hide a lot of. I'm sure there's a lot going on that we know nothing about.. yet, though.
Betting Putin knew trump wouldn't try to punish him for itj.. in fact cover it up. But that didn't work out so well.
That's why he worked to get trump rigged in.. Putin's fucking life would be so different if Hillary were President and so would ours.
Caliman73
(11,760 posts)Say what you will about Jeb, Cruz, Rubio, or the others, they would not have allowed Russia to target American soldiers.
Needless to say, Hillary would never have allowed Russia to even contemplate it. She would have had Putin on his heels since day one of her administration. That is why they fought so hard not to have her elected.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)and Hillary would have been a fine president, she would have done better than all of them
Tanuki
(14,931 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,321 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)he'd be hurting and raging now if she were. His power might well be in danger again, instead of being voted "president for life."
Leaders of oligarchies remain in power as long as they are able to protect the oligarchs and serve their ambitions. He had to stop the western nations' sanctions. They don't want to be international criminals confined to Russia and the planet's lawless hellholes. And the writing's on the wall for how safely they can hide wealth outside if nations around the planet increasingly go after it. It's not our nukes they're afraid of. They had to stop U.S. leadership.
And then there are his authoritarian followers. They don't like losers and weaklings any more than Trump's do, but with Democrats blocked from power and his assets in he's scoring them great victories.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)He asked a general question about China and she went into great detail about the territorial disputes in the South China Sea that involve our allies. Does Trump even know this is an issue? You don't hear about it on TV so, no. I like presidents who know what the foreign policy issues are, be they major or minor.
When Biden takes over, national security issues will not just be four years worse. Decades of progress in international affairs is under assault.
no matter how she reacted, the GOP Congress would have had endless hearings blaming her for the mere fact that it happened.
brush
(53,978 posts)Putin feared her, which is one reason why he helped trump so much.
But Putin would have continues to do sneaky underhanded shit.
Lulu KC
(2,579 posts)It would have gotten ugly, I believe. He would have done all possible to make her life miserable. Instead, he's doing all possible to make OUR lives miserable, with the help of someone who's not on our side.
Hillary would have been on our side. Such a basic expectation for a president.