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In reply to the discussion: What the Fuck was the Russian Ambassador Doing at the Republican Convention ? [View all]onenote
(42,581 posts)40. Exactly.
I know a lot of folks want to characterize Russia as an "enemy" of the US. And while it certainly is not a friend, nor does its interests align with those of the US in many many respects, it is not an "enemy" in the formal legal sense. It is a nation with which we still have diplomatic relations, still engage in bilateral commercial activity, and still allow its citizens to visit our country and our citizens to visit their country -- not exactly the way that nations who are "at war" behave.
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What the Fuck was the Russian Ambassador Doing at the Republican Convention ? [View all]
louis c
Mar 2017
OP
Nah, you're proffering a red herring seeing going to the event and MEETING with campaign staff
uponit7771
Mar 2017
#25
Using his SCOTUS affirmed Constitutional right to buy a presidential candidate.
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2017
#5
Actually I heard it commented that the unrecoverable expenses were less than the cost...
nolabels
Mar 2017
#57
Apparently lots of ambassadors get invited to both Republican and democratic
applegrove
Mar 2017
#28
Including ambassadors who are designated as spies by our intellegience agencies?
louis c
Mar 2017
#63