rocketalum;1837116 wrote:What I find troubling about this is the timeline of events. The acting AG informed the administration a month ago that Flynn had lied to them. If it wasn't for the WaPo story last night I'm doubtful any action would have been taken at all.

superman;1837127 wrote:Yeah it would have been really hard to accept any advice from the acting AG. She was such a partisan hack.

ptown_trojans_1;1837158 wrote:Hey remember when people were upset Obama didn't rake Russia over the coals for the potential violation of the INF treaty? Welp, looks like Russia is violating it now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/europe/russia-cruise-missile-arms-control-treaty.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Ball is in your court Trump.

ptown_trojans_1;1837129 wrote:Depends on the evidence she had...

superman;1837127 wrote:Yeah it would have been really hard to accept any advice from the acting AG. She was such a partisan hack.

ptown_trojans_1;1837158 wrote:Hey remember when people were upset Obama didn't rake Russia over the coals for the potential violation of the INF treaty? Welp, looks like Russia is violating it now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/europe/russia-cruise-missile-arms-control-treaty.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Ball is in your court Trump.

Con_Alma;1837169 wrote:I'm upset that Russia isn't being "raked over the coals".

sleeper;1837162 wrote:....connected illicitly to Russia.

gut;1837173 wrote:You mean, basically, starting his job a month early? Scandalous.

ptown_trojans_1;1837172 wrote:If this is a violation of the INF, I would be too.
Still, I wonder, how many of the State Dept actual arms control experts are still there to go through the proper channels for the treaty?
The whole point of the INF was to deescalate nuclear war in Europe. A violation or collapse of the treaty would be the greatest threat to Europe since 1989.

Con_Alma;1837178 wrote:I understand your skepticism but we simply aren't able to know.

sleeper;1837179 wrote:Republican controlled Congress could launch an investigation. That would require putting country over party though.

Time will tell.

Con_Alma;1837182 wrote:I support such an effort.

sleeper;1837188 wrote:Please run for office.

sleeper;1837107 wrote:Russia has compromised this administration. We need a full investigation all the way to the top on this and TREASON charges need to be levied for everyone involved in this scandal. It's been less than a month; when are Republicans going to grow a spine and remove this clown from office?

majorspark;1837195 wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/republicans-want-flynn-investigations/

Heretic;1837045 wrote:It's always entertaining in a sad way to see a brain so twisted that it feels "doing right by 'THE PEOPLE'" involves building walls, instead of assisting with overly-priced medical costs.

sleeper;1837176 wrote:And there it is. The spin is real.

No accountability anymore in the Republican party. Just blame and deflect. Embarrassing.

QuakerOats;1837209 wrote:Sweet Jesus, talk about delusional.

QuakerOats;1837211 wrote:Funny. Had there been no accountability or an ounce of integrity he would still be holding the job, no? Hard to understand for you, I know, given your party's 'circle the wagon at all costs' philosophy.

QuakerOats;1837218 wrote:Treason could be illegal leaks, or enslaving The People with $10 trillion in debt in just two terms in office.