It was brought to Trump's attention back in February 2019, that Russia hired Afghan bounty hunters to kill U.S. and British soldiers in Afghanistan. American officials discovered money transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia military intelligence, and uncovered a list of names of Afghan soldiers who were involved in the operation. In a raid at one of the homes in Afghanistan, $500,000.00 for payments to Afghan soldiers for killing American soldiers was seized.
Kayleigh McEnany claims Trump's had no knowledge of Russia paying Afghan soldiers to kill American soldiers and coalition forces. It is both an asinine comment and a ludicrous assertion for such a serious matter. White House and National Security Council officials said intelligence claims could not be substantiated, so therefore no one reported the findings to Trump from the intelligence community. Wow, if the defense department neglected to tell Trump something of this nature, than what's the point of them sticking around?
I guess Trump's lies has been so prolific spreading through out the White House, now various branches of government are infected. For Trekkies out there, it appears the justice, defense, and intelligence departments have now been assimilated by the Borg (Trump). I think any one with half a brain knows Trump simply sat on the information and chose not to act on it. Additionally, Trump being a sociopath makes him incapable of caring about the lives of our soldiers. There is only one life that matters to Trump in this world, and it's his own.
McEnany and Trump are two highly skilled and proficient liars, and are incapable of feeling guilt, even when it comes to betraying their own country. Given the circumstances there are only three possibilities here, and none of them are palatable. The White House claims Trump typically do not read his briefings, which every president as far as collective memory have done so every morning. The second is the defense and intelligence departments did not inform Trump - which I do not believe even for a second. It would be remiss for Trump's intelligence and defense department not to apprise him of this situation, and at the bare minimum have a verbal discussion with him.The third possibility which I believe is the truth, is Trump knew about the bounty on soldier's heads, and chose not to act upon it due to his relationship with Vladimir Putin.
The White House unabashedly claims Trump does not like to read. Now, this I wholeheartedly believe. It is probably the only true thing I have ever heard coming out the White House since Trump took office. Trump's vocabulary is quite limited, and he typically says the same verbage over and over. For example, "tremendous," "many," "Hilary Clinton," "fake news," "pu**y," "golf," liberal media," "Democratic conspiracy," "great," "nig**r", according to his niece and others, "nice," me, me, me," "blue state," "Make America Great Again," etc. Other than what words are written in advance for him to read, it should be readily apparent Trump does not read very much. It might sound a little arrogant for me to say, but this has been common knowledge for quite some time.
You do not need to convince me Donald Trump put Russia first over protecting our soldiers on the front line in Afghanistan. After all, in the election of 2016, Trump implored Russia's help with the so-called Hillary Clinton email scandal. It's interesting how Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump's use of state and federal email for personal use fell by the way side. Bulldog Barr strikes again - no wonder he is Trump's favorite pet. (Heads up Moscow Mitch, you got competition). Intelligence is indicating Russia is now tampering with our 2020 elections, but Trump is fine with their sabotage, as they endeavor to make sure their unwitting idiot (Trump) is reelected.
The New York Times first broke the investigation to the American public about the bounties and Trump's lack of response towards Russia. Putin and Trump are far more chummier than I initially thought. There is another possibility I have wondered about - and it would answer a lot of things. For some time I have suspected Putin has something major on Trump. Having prostitutes urinate on Trump's body (a.k.a. "golden showers" which is disgusting) has already came out, so my guess is it must be something more nefarious. Trump admires manipulation and criminal behavior even among his adversaries - he sees it as being "smart" and showing "strength." I admit it is speculation on my part, but I think it is very plausible Russia is holding something very significant over Donald Trump's head.
After September 11, 2001, US invaded Afghanistan which already had a prominent Russian force established there. It ended up, however; with U.S. and Russia working amicably together against the Taliban. But gradually Putin soured against the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, and began to work with the Taliban unbeknownst to U.S. In the late 1980's, it was actually the United States who armed a resistance group within Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. I guess according to Putin turn about is fair play. In this current situation, the fact money had already been dispensed, is indicative that American soldiers had already been killed for the bounty.
Trump's inaction is demonstrative of what his response would be towards Russia if they further choose to harm our soldiers covertly, or openly take some form of aggressive action. Trump was enamoured with Putin from the get go, which has been really nothing short of a gift to Russia. World leaders marvel and are astonished with Trump's affinity towards Russia and Vladimar Putin. Perhaps it is intertwined with Trump's business endeavors in Russia, which really should had disqualified him from running for President to begin with it. But with Trump's enablers; Mitch McConnell, William Barr, the Republican Senate, it seems there is no crime Trump can commit and would be held culpable for.
One of my favorite programs is the Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell. O'Donnell marveled as to how Chris Wallace from Fox News interviewed Trump, without bringing up the issue of Russia paying bounties on the head of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Fox News know what issues to avoid as they are Trump's propaganda machine. Indeed, at the very least, the safety of our American soldiers should had been brought up in the interview. FYI, Trump tried to say we had one the lowest death rate from coronavirus in the world, and finally that was too much even for Wallace. Don't expect to hear much, if anything about Russia hiring Afghan soldiers to kill Americans in Afghanistan on Fox News.
My father was a Sargent and fought on the front lines of the Korean War. If I had learned that President Harry Truman knew of a foreign entity paying Korean soldiers to kill Americans and did nothing about it, I would be mortified and furious. This is exactly what Trump did to our soldiers in Afghanistan. Do you believe with the thousands of lies Trump and his administration have told they would ever admit to such a thing? Again, there is only three possibilities. Trump disregards vital intelligence briefings, the defense department hide facts from him because of his ineptness, or Trump chose to not take action because of his bromance with Vladmir Putin.
When our soldiers put their lives on the line for our country, we should do every thing in our power to protect and defend them. When foreign plots are executed against their safety, the U.S. should issue a stern response back to the people or nations responsible.Donald Trump knew about Russia hiring mercenaries to kill U.S. soldiers and did nothing about it. He and the intelligence community intentionally hid this from the American people. Our soldiers and veterans deserve so much better, and it is reprehensible the president of the United States stood by and refused to hold Russia accountable.
For all our veterans and those serving in action, thank you for your service, thank you for putting your life on the line, and thank you for all you have sacrificed. You deserve better than this.
