Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says Quote American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter. The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year. I'm absolutely sure that more than a few of the older senior leadership members of those insurgent groups received payments from the CIA around 30 years to target Russian forces in Afghanistan. That's what we call "double-dipping" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Not the Friday news dump I was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 Quote Operations involving Unit 29155 tend to be much more violent than those involving the cyberunits. Its officers are often decorated military veterans with years of service, in some cases dating to the Soviet Union’s failed war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Just like old times, comrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 So... what does Chump say about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Just now, skillzdadirecta said: So... what does Chump say about this? He moved to invite Russia back into the G7 after learning about this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 18 hours ago, Jason said: He moved to invite Russia back into the G7 after learning about this. So, like, this should be a huge deal right? Like, something that would have killed any other President’s chances of making it to November? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, MarSolo said: So, like, this should be a huge deal right? Like, something that would have killed any other President’s chances of making it to November? cry moar libcuck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, MarSolo said: So, like, this should be a huge deal right? Like, something that would have killed any other President’s chances of making it to November? This is just another one added to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 hours ago, MarSolo said: So, like, this should be a huge deal right? Like, something that would have killed any other President’s chances of making it to November? dont worry. nothing matters anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Looks like Russia is cutting out the middleman and see if it’s feasible on their own. US jets intercepts Russian Military Aircraft flying over Alaska today. Its only the 3rd time in a month they have encountered Russians in Alaskan water/aIr space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, silentbob said: Looks like Russia is cutting out the middleman and see if it’s feasible on their own. US jets intercepts Russian Military Aircraft flying over Alaska today. Its only the 3rd time in a month they have encountered Russians in Alaskan water/aIr space This is typical Russian tactics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I like how they casually slide in that Russia interfered with our election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Come to think of it, isn’t this another deflection on the part of Trump? I swear like two days ago (or weeks, maybe months, time is hard under Trump) he flat out accused Obama of treason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 lol, we know nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Uh-huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That's bad. Well past time to impeach Trump again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Because the intelligence community feeling like they shouldn't brief the president about this would totally be a better look for the administration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, PaladinSolo said: lol, we know nothing! Trump and Pence not knowing about this is just as bad as if they knew about it (and did nothing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I mean did we expect anything else? lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 It would have a smidge more weight to it if US Intelligence came out confirmed the report (or parts of it) themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, Reputator said: It would have a smidge more weight to it if US Intelligence came out confirmed the report (or parts of it) themselves. It really doesn't matter, at this point if a person hasn't figured out Trump lies about literally everything and always does the worst possible option, you're not going to care if someone says he absolutely did the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 European sources have said they corroborate the reporting. I'm frankly pleased and a bit surprised at how big this story is getting. It's an extremely serious thing and I hope that we get more answers. Side note: Am I the only one that hasn't watched a single one of these Project Lincoln videos? These dorks are going to disappear after the election. It's dumb gotcha politics that's all flash and no substance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 minute ago, CayceG said: European sources have said they corroborate the reporting. I'm frankly pleased and a bit surprised at how big this story is getting. It's an extremely serious thing and I hope that we get more answers. Side note: Am I the only one that hasn't watched a single one of these Project Lincoln videos? These dorks are going to disappear after the election. It's dumb gotcha politics that's all flash and no substance. I think people mostly misunderstand what they're doing, its basically a GOP troll project against Trump, they spread on social media cause its free, but they only buy ads in DC, lol. Their singular focus is to enrage him and go on tirades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: I think people mostly misunderstand what they're doing, its basically a GOP troll project against Trump, they spread on social media cause its free, but they only buy ads in DC, lol. Their singular focus is to enrage him and go on tirades. If this is true, then that's even more worthless. This is the type of deeply diseased The West Wing-style bullshit that's infected political 'minds'. I would say liberals are behind it, but never-Trumper Republicans fit that mindset too. So worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 We know who's behind it, it's a group of never-trumpers (but honest). One of them is the guy who tried to get the Starbucks guy nominated though. Still, I think what they're doing is having the effect they want. I agree that i don't see them sticking around for liberal causes but we also need honest opposition. We need to at least first unite around a majority in this country of people who want the government to actually function and respect basic norms, we can shake our the disagreements later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Anathema- said: We know who's behind it, it's a group of never-trumpers (but honest). One of them is the guy who tried to get the Starbucks guy nominated though. Still, I think what they're doing is having the effect they want. I agree that i don't see them sticking around for liberal causes but we also need honest opposition. We need to at least first unite around a majority in this country of people who want the government to actually function and respect basic norms, we can shake our the disagreements later. I understand your point, but this isn't honest opposition. This is a dishonest opposition because they don't intend to stick around! The idea that we should unite around 'respect for basic norms' is ridiculous when even never-Trumpers disagree with Dems on very fundamental things. There's not an agreement on basic norms. The goal shouldn't be that the government to function either. Again--the fundamentals between never-Trumpers and Dems are miles apart with respect to what a functioning government should do. Their whole schtick is to point to contradictory things Trump has done, or underlining the worst actions he has performed. And the Dems have been doing this to Republicans for 30 years--to literally no effect. This is a political fight that has no effect outside of making liberals and centrists feel good inside their fairy tale ideas about modern politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I'm fine with what they're doing. They have a goal if keeping Trump from getting re-elected and that's all they set out to do. But also I read they're trying to help Dems win Congressional races as well? The fact that they're not doing more is not a good argument against them existing and making damaging videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Reputator said: I'm fine with what they're doing. They have a goal if keeping Trump from getting re-elected and that's all they set out to do. But also I read they're trying to help Dems win Congressional races as well? The fact that they're not doing more is not a good argument against them existing and making damaging videos. I'm not saying it's bad they aren't doing more. I'm saying their methodology of pointing out distasteful and contradictory things Trump has done is not an effective strategy to meet their stated goal to prevent Trump's reelection. That they think it will work tells me that they do not understand why Trump happened or what the actual issues in this country really are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbiggsly Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 In fairness to Trump there's no way he absorbs anything from those briefings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That's just boilerplate CYA for the intel agencies. I don't lay blame on them, but putting it in the PDB is the most standard procedure they could take. Like, at work, when I want to point out some critical shit to the decision-makers, I send them an email about that exact thing and I get it documented. I won't be the one holding the bag when shit doesn't get fixed. This is obviously the responsibility of the Russians because they're the ones putting hits out on soldiers, but the responsibility to respond is 100% on Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I’m still cracking up that he seriously tried to make Hunter Biden a thing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Maybe we shouldn't be in Afghanistan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Well: It's the intelligence community's fault for not communicating it in a form Trump can understand. "🇷🇺 paid 💵 for 🇺🇸 🩸 " would have gotten the appropriate reaction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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