Rep. Water-loo's fascist friends. (See 2 below.)
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Lying is just part of Russian and Chinese DNA.
Bibi spoke with Putin about escalating and Putin implied he would not and then a Russian plane was downed by Syria, killing some 15 Russians and Putin blamed Israel. (See 1 and 1a below.)
Trump is constantly blamed for lying and I do believe he stretches the truth when it comes to touting his administration's successes and covering his behind for actions he engaged in prior to becoming president. I also suspect he was engaged in financial dealings with Russian Mafia prior to becoming president and Democrats took the ball stretched it beyond recognition and ipso facta Russian Collusion and all the sordid history and skulduggery on the part of Hillary, The DNC, The FBI, The Justice Department and various Intelligence Agencies that has been revealed.
However, when it comes to telling the truth Trump also is on that side of the ledger and the best evidence is that he has done, or tried to do, everything he said he would during the campaign. That has shocked the anti-Trump crowd because they listed a litany of items we needed to be worried about from starting a war to being in bed with Putin etc.
Trump has been tough on Russia and Putin and by way of comparison with Obama it is a night and day matter.
Show me a politician that tells the truth. Some do most of the time but they are rare.
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Meanwhile:
This is your fascist America that is condoned by Democrats and Rep.Water-loo? (See 2 below.)
Finally:
From Sexual Assault to "He Drinks," The Democrat Attacks Run Out of Steam
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Just two personal observations.
Democrats are not straight shooters because they do not belong to The NRA.
And:
Oh, by the way. A whole lot of Democrats and their friends in high government places have been doing a bunch of lying. Does that make them Russians and guilty of Russian Collusion?
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1) In a blow to Israel, Russia says it will send Syria powerful antiaircraft missiles
By Anton TroianovskiLoveday Morris Liz Sly
MOSCOW — Russia said Monday it would equip Syria with sophisticated air defense systems, a move that could worsen a rift with Israel by limiting its ability to bomb across its northern border.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow would send Russia’s powerful S-300 ground-to-air missile systems to Syria, a longtime ally, in the next two weeks. Israel, which has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in Syria, has long opposed such deliveries, and Russia up to now has refrained from supplying the weapons.
But the downing last week of a Russian reconnaissance plane with 15 service members aboard changed the dynamic. The plane was shot down by a Syrian missile, but Russia faulted Israel for the crash because an Israeli fighter jet allegedly had used the Russian plane as a screen against Syria’s air defenses.
Israel, by contrast, said that its air force had not violated any agreements with Russia and that Israeli jets had already returned to Israeli airspace when the missiles were launched. The crash was one of the deadliest incidents for regular Russian service members in the Syrian war.
“Today, the situation has changed, for no fault of ours,” Shoigu said in a televised statement Monday announcing the S-300 deliveries.
Shoigu said Russia also will jam military aircraft communications in the airspace next to Syria over the Mediterranean Sea while upgrading Syria’s air defense command systems.
This Russian Il-20 electronic intelligence plane, seen in 2017, was accidentally downed by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike last week. (Marina Lystseva/AP)
Russian officials did not, however, signal a desire to fundamentally alter the relationship with Israel — a key element of the Kremlin’s push to build its influence in the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call Monday that the missile delivery was meant primarily to “counter any potential threat to the lives of Russian service members,” the Kremlin said.
Netanyahu told Putin that the transfer of advanced military systems to “irresponsible hands” would increase the dangers in the region and that Israel would continue to defend its security and interests, according to a statement from his office. The leaders agreed to continue dialogue, and Netanyahu reiterated his condolences over the deaths of the Russian soldiers, it said.
1a) US warns Russia over missile defense for SyriaBy MATTHEW LEE and JONATHAN LEMIRE
The Trump administration is warning Russia that supplying Syria with an advanced missile defense system would be a “major mistake” and should be reconsidered. It also says U.S. forces will not leave Syria until Iran leaves.
National security adviser John Bolton said Monday that delivery of the Russian S-300 would be a “significant escalation” in already high tensions in the region and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he would raise the matter this week with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the U.N. General Assembly.
“We think introducing the S-300s to the Syrian government would be a significant escalation by the Russians and something that we hope, if these press reports are accurate, they would reconsider,” Bolton said.
Russia announced earlier Monday that it would give Syria’s government more modern, S-300 missile defense systems after last week’s downing of a Russian plane by Syria in a friendly fire incident. The military’s reconnaissance Il-20 was shot down by the Syrian government missile defense systems responding to an Israeli airstrike. Russia laid the blame on Israel, saying Israeli fighter jets had pushed the plane into Syria’s line of fire.
“We have American forces in the area we’re concerned about,” Bolton said. “The Israelis have a legitimate right to self-defense against this Iranian aggressive behavior, and what we’re all trying to do is reduce tensions, reduce the possibility of major new hostilities. That’s why the president has spoken to this issue and why we would regard introducing the S300 as a . major mistake.”
Syria’s skies, where regional and international powers back different parties in the conflict, are increasingly crowded.
Shortly before the downing, Israeli strikes had hit targets inside Syria, reportedly preventing an arms shipment to the Iranian-backed militant Hezbollah group.
Russia launched its campaign in Syria to support President Bashar Assad in 2015, and though the involvement turned the tide of war in favor of Syrian government forces, Moscow has tried to play a careful balancing act, maintaining good ties both with Iran and Israel. For its part, Israel is wary of Iran’s growing influence in Syria.
Bolton said the U.S. would keep a military presence in Syria until Iran is no longer active there.
“We’re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,” he said.
Asked about Bolton’s statement that U.S. troops will stay in Syria as long as Iran forces and proxies are there, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon, “Right now our troops inside Syria are there for one purpose, and that’s under the U.N. authorization about defeating ISIS.” He said this includes training local Syrian forces to prevent an ISIS comeback.
Mattis did not explicitly support or dispute Bolton’s statement, although his description of the role and mission of U.S. troops in Syria did not include outlasting Iran.
Pressed to say whether he agreed with Bolton’s statement, Mattis said, “I’ll let Ambassador Bolton speak for himself,” but added later that he had spoken to Bolton twice Monday. “I think we’re on the same sheet of music,” which he said means supporting U.N.-brokered efforts to reach a political settlement. “There is no daylight between his appreciation of the situation and mine.”
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BREAKING. Activists just chased @TedCruz out of a fancy Washington DC restaurant, chanting “We Believe Survivors!”
Cruz has been friends with creep Kavanaugh for 20 years. Now Cruz is on judiciary committee hearing his testimony.
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