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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:06 PM Jul 2018

Former Defense Sec Ash Carter: Trump / Putin summit "like watching the destruction of a cathedral"

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JUST IN: Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, not known to utter anything unambiguous: “I never saw or imagined so uneven a handover of American security interests and principles with nothing in return...It was like watching the destruction of a cathedral.”

5:48 PM - 16 Jul 2018

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Former Defense Sec Ash Carter: Trump / Putin summit "like watching the destruction of a cathedral" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 2018 OP

K&R smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #1

K&R Scurrilous Jul 2018 #2

There was nothing worth getting in return for what Trump did. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #3

There is, FOR TRUMP... regnaD kciN Jul 2018 #5

For him, yes. That is true. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #6

I thought it was like watching one of those donkey sex shows myself. McCamy Taylor Jul 2018 #4

Well, donkeys getting fucked over is an apt analogy. n/t dixiegrrrrl Jul 2018 #7

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

1. K&R

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Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:07 PM

Jul 2018

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

2. K&R

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Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:08 PM

Jul 2018

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

3. There was nothing worth getting in return for what Trump did.

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Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:13 PM

Jul 2018

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

5. There is, FOR TRUMP...

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:23 PM

Jul 2018

...a guarantee of Russian assistance this November and in 2020. With advantages in hacking, and a compliant federal government lowering the defenses, who's to say they don’t now have the capability to hack directly into the infrastructure and simply change the vote totals to their liking?