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Buckeye_Democrat

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7. Romney seemed concerned about their nuclear arsenal and the bad leaders...
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 08:22 AM
Jan 2017

they promoted around the world.

Bad leaders like Trump?

http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/26/romney-russia-is-our-number-one-geopolitical-foe/

ROMNEY: Well, I'm saying in terms of a geopolitical opponent, the nation that lines up with the world's worst actors. Of course, the greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran. A nuclear North Korea is already troubling enough.

But when these - these terrible actors pursue their course in the world and we go to the United Nations looking for ways to stop them, when - when Assad, for instance, is murdering his own people, we go - we go to the United Nations, and who is it that always stands up for the world's worst actors?

It is always Russia, typically with China alongside.

And - and so in terms of a geopolitical foe, a nation that's on the Security Council, that has the heft of the Security Council and is, of course, a - a massive nuclear power, Russia is the - the geopolitical foe and - and the - and they're - the idea that our president is - is planning on doing something with them that he's not willing to tell the American people before the election is something I find very, very alarming.

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Yes blue cat Jan 2017 #1
You might be right. I never really thought about that connection... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #3
My 2 cents blue cat Jan 2017 #6
Romney seemed concerned about their nuclear arsenal and the bad leaders... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #7
Russians are also very violent towards LGBTQ people. mnhtnbb Jan 2017 #2
Yes, I've heard about that too. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #4
Chelsea Handler's show went to Russia trixie2 Jan 2017 #5
Yes. White supremacists in the US love Putin. enough Jan 2017 #8
Wow... thanks for that link! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #9
Putin's a violent, illiberal asshole for whom democracy, human rights, and opposition are threats YoungDemCA Jan 2017 #10
Some of this stuff has surprised me. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #11
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It looks like this thread might have "triggered" someone? Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #15
Absolutely. bravenak Jan 2017 #16
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