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To: koan who wrote (1057680)	2/28/2018 10:12:04 AM
From: koan	Respond to of 1572298

Kushner cannot get security clearance and his clearance was just reduced further, and yet for a year has had access to top secret information and been traveling around the world talking with government leaders. What has he inadvertently told them? Four countries have said he can be compromised. China, Mexico, Israel and UAE. This is shameful and dangerous to our country and yet the Republicans back Trumps play here! Very unpatriotic.

To: koan who wrote (1057680)	2/28/2018 11:28:36 AM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572298

More fake news only subscribed to only by morons.... NONE of these agencies need a push from POTUS to DO THEIR JOB.

To: koan who wrote (1057680)	2/28/2018 1:47:49 PM
From: RetiredNow	2 Recommendations Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572298

Well, I've explained to you why. With all problems, we need to understand the root causes and then do a Pareto Analysis to tackle the root causes. Simply put, that means dealing first with the largest root causes and don't worry about spending scarce resources on small problems. The fact remains that Hillary and the DNC's subversion of 50% of our Democratic processes remains the elephant on the table. The pathetic $12M Russian attempt is like the knat stuck to that elephant's ass. If we want real progress, then let's focus on the elephant. Also, the NSA, FBI, CIA, and every other organization in our security apparatus already has their marching orders on cyber security. They don't need any additional authorization from Trump to do their damned jobs. They are just grand standing and virtue signaling, because they want to extract another $300M (as per Pelosi) to do what they already should have been doing with the $1 Trillion a year we give the military industrial complex. So your faux outrage is coming across as naive and disingenuous. Also, what the Dems want Trump to do is essentially ratchet up tensions with Russia to a fever pitch by applying more sanctions and other ineffective non-sense. Do you understand that we are already in a shooting war with Russia in Syria? We have slaughtered Russian paid mercenaries over there and we have taken the opposite side of Russia in supporting the Kurds. We're threatening Russia's Western borders with NATO. We're dismantling the cold war philosophy of nuclear disarmament in favor of tactical nukes...and that started during the Obama administration. In addition, we are very close to war with North Korea, whose norther borders have tens of thousands of Russians troops and hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops standing by waiting for orders to invade, should we start a war with NK. Both Russia and China are the only 2 other super powers. If they ally against us in a war, we might very well lose in a very big way. China is no longer inferior to us militarily. What you and the Dems are suggesting is that Trump keep ratcheting up our provocations against Russia until they break. Breaking Russia's resolve will not result in capitulation. It will result in massive Putin retaliation. Putin is not some two bit dictator that we can push around. That man has proven to be cunning, powerful, and ruthless. He's not afraid to use his might and he's been playing the long game against the US. He bears watching and I'm sure our good people in the alphabet soup of security organizations are watching him closely and countering his moves on a daily basis. No additional incentive is needed. My bottom line is that Trump is absolutely correct in not going with the flow here and getting us into a bigger, broader war with Russia. He's using caution and sticking to his desire and the American people's desire for a detente with Russia and a collaboration on areas of common interests. It would be good for us to work with them to get help on tightening sanctions on NK. Also, how about us restarting denuclearization talks with Russia. With every enemy, there is common ground, if you look hard enough. Our first response should not be to elevate tensions until we go to war. That should be our last response.