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panfluteman

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3. Great! Kill the Puppetmaster!

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 09:46 AM

Jan 2020

I was recently talking with some friends who were also in despair over the Trump presidency like I was. They then shrugged their shoulders and hoped that something would happen to Putin - that he would either die, be assassinated or somehow lose power. Without his Russian puppetmaster, Trump would be totally clueless.

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As I understand it, the Trump rationale for the assassination of Soleimani amounts to "he had [View all] Atticus Jan 2020 OP

And what about the blood of Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi? babylonsister Jan 2020 #1

My thoughts exactly. Firestorm49 Jan 2020 #6

The latest news out, gab13by13 Jan 2020 #15

Trump is pretty transparent. The inner workings of the Iranian regime less so. DFW Jan 2020 #2

Interesting Post - and Food for Thought panfluteman Jan 2020 #4

Great! Kill the Puppetmaster! panfluteman Jan 2020 #3

Bush The Younger called them "pre-emptive strikes." rocktivity Jan 2020 #5

Nothing like crystal ball diplomacy. defacto7 Jan 2020 #7

Eisenhower had it right greenman3610 Jan 2020 #8

Trump has the kingly power to murder anyone he wants to Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #9

Every Iranian action is magnified, every Saudi action minimized grantcart Jan 2020 #10

The rationale?....he needs a war to distract from his impeachment.... mudstump Jan 2020 #11

+++++++++ not fooled Jan 2020 #14

Moscow Mitch's fault. He stands in the way of Trump' removal. nt NCjack Jan 2020 #12

When in reality, the orange fuckwit started this shit in the first place. Crowman2009 Jan 2020 #13