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    Kushner and Witkoff spontaneously enter Putin’s war game — Politico. 

    Putin used a mix of charm, calculated delays, and overt threats to show the American envoys Russia’s position on peace with Ukraine, the outlet writes. 

    Witkoff and Kushner enjoyed a walk around Moscow and lunch at an elite restaurant on Tuesday — the Russian president made them wait several hours before the meeting in the Kremlin. 

    While the Americans killed time, Putin spoke to the press at an investment forum, accusing Europe of derailing the peace process and hinting at future escalation. 

    As expected by those familiar with Putin’s habit of keeping foreign guests waiting, Tuesday’s talks began almost three hours later than the time announced by his press secretary — 5:00 p.m. In video released by the Kremlin, Putin greets Witkoff and Kushner and asks if they like Moscow; Witkoff replies, “It’s a wonderful city.” The meeting ended after midnight local time. 

    In a post on X, Putin’s foreign policy adviser Dmitriev, who attended the talks, called the meeting “productive.” Putin’s aide Ushakov, also present, described the conversation as “useful, constructive, and very substantive,” but added that “a lot of work lies ahead.” 

    Putin pointed to “destructive actions by the European side.” This may mean he will try to blame any failure of peace talks on the EU, which was conspicuously excluded from the meeting.

    In the days leading up to the Moscow talks, Putin showed no signs of backing down from his demand for Ukraine’s de facto capitulation, condemning Zelenskyy as an “illegitimate” leader with whom he supposedly cannot reach a deal.

    In fact, neither the earlier talks in Istanbul, nor the August summit in Alaska between Trump and Putin, nor Witkoff’s five previous visits to Moscow have led to any softening of the Kremlin’s position or its belligerent rhetoric.

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    Are we just going to ignore the fact that Putin jails and kills his political opponents and that he’s basically been a dictator for over 20 years?

    We need to stop trying to make a peace deal until Moscow wants to.  This is ridiculous.

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  2. 4 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Fuck that. Per Diem. Everyone gets a mustang. Every USMC base will be full of car salesman. We finance E-1 and up baby. 

    Are you going to throw in a starter wife from the local high school?

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    In a rare case of admitting that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was based on wrong data, Russian colonel general Chirkin commented as follows:

    „There was an underestimation of the enemy and overestimation of their (Ukrainian) troops. Everyone began to say that the war would end in three days.

    (…)

    Before the invasion began, the Russian leadership received reports that 70% of Ukrainians were for Russia and 30% against. It turned out the opposite, 30% for and 70% against."

     

     

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    Bradley seems like someone that deserves to be thrown under the bus. Just hopefully that POS takes the people above him down with him. 

    Is he willing to go down for an Army major who never held a major command and who had a spotty career of leaving and re-entering the service?

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  5. 5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Corruption isn't just not a problem, it is the order of the day.  It is a-ok now.

    Trafficking massive amounts of narcotics using the apparatus of a nation state isn't not just a problem.....it's perfectly fine.

    Defrauding people for hundreds of millions of dollars to enrich yourself gets pardoned because that is actually the preferred way of doing business for the regime.

    He respects these three men for trying to get paid.

  6. 3 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

    where'd i put that no shit file?

    Yeah, if it was a “clean” strike, we would have seen video footage already. Hell, they have pumped out footage almost same-day for other strikes.

    They were not having a full nighttime security council or whatever meeting the other night because the video exonerated them.

    And now NBC’s Signalgate investigation has been released, claiming Whiskey Pete put soldiers at risk with his use of Signal.

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  7. 4 hours ago, G650 said:

    This sidebar conflicts me because I think everyone should always be wearing suits but I'm not gonna agree with the peanut gallery 

    SIR, THIS IS A WENDY’S

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  8. 3 minutes ago, Satchel said:

     


    Trump Calls Ilhan Omar “Garbage” as His Team Breaks Out in Applause

    Donald Trump went on a particularly racist tirade about the Democratic representative. And his entire Cabinet enjoyed it.

     

    She’s a real terrible person … I hear [Somalians] ripped off that state for billions of dollars … I don’t want ’em in our country, I’ll be honest with you. Somebody’ll say ‘Ooh that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want ’em in our country. Their country’s no good for a reason. Their country stinks, and we don’t want ’em in our country.

    “We’re gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. Her friends are garbage.… When they come from hell, and they complain, and do nothing but bitch? We don’t want ’em in our country. Let ’em go back to where they came from and fix it.” 

    Trump’s Cabinet members started banging on the table, clapping, and cheering as the meeting concluded on that note. 
     

    https://newrepublic.com/post/203870/trump-calls-ilhan-omar-garbage-cabinet-applauds
     

     

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  9. 1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Is the whole series now just making fun of the dotard and this batshit government?  Hilarious if so. They are good on content for the next 3 years minimum. 

     

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  10. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Here's what I see as problematic for kegbreath.  Even if he didn't explicitly give the order to make the second strike, the soldier/sailor that did was operating under general orders that made it clear that's what was to happen.

    It's literally "A Few Good Men" - either Whiskey Pete ordered it, or the people under him are going against his orders and operating without constraints or restraint.

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