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10. If true, we should investigate how often a US president. candidate for the

Reply to yardwork (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 09:28 AM

Sep 2019

presidency, or a party has been complicit in such a farce to protect an election.

From what I remember, wasn't Nixon's election bolstered by extending the Vietnam War? And then there are questions about 9/11. The one thing that stands clear today is that the FBI knew the Saudis were responsible, but they didn't share it with the War commission.

And now we have Trump who plays the "Corruption for the sake of self-preservation" game. And does it well.

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I think the promise was to Netanyahu to go to war with Iran. [View all] yardwork Sep 2019 OP

Possibly but I don't think there's a call to Netanyahu during that period Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2019 #1

Trump is on his cell phone all the time. Who knows who he talks to. yardwork Sep 2019 #2

Promise to go to war, but not to Bibi liberalgunwilltravel Sep 2019 #11

Maybe, but I'm betting on a call to Vlad that somehow related to the CIA operative Vinca Sep 2019 #3

I thought the operative was pulled in early 2017? yardwork Sep 2019 #4

I wonder if he promised to look the other way if there was an "accident" on US soil? n/t CincyDem Sep 2019 #5

Don probably didn't know about it until a journalist called someone Vinca Sep 2019 #6

We have many operatives Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #13

+1. Something that shocked the conscience of a spook dalton99a Sep 2019 #16

Very possible. kentuck Sep 2019 #7

Drone attack moondust Sep 2019 #8

Trump is conflicted; war with Iran would mean no Nobel Peace Prize William Seger Sep 2019 #9

War is bad for Trump's businesses, but good for the Bush-Cheney-Bolton arm. yardwork Sep 2019 #12

If true, we should investigate how often a US president. candidate for the Baitball Blogger Sep 2019 #10

That actually sounds about right. lark Sep 2019 #14

Everyone's speculating, yours a reasonable guess bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #15

I Agree McKim Sep 2019 #17

I would put your guess in the top two. Greybnk48 Sep 2019 #18