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Germany must rearm! I actually agree that Germany should invest more, but -- HoosWillWin 07/11/2018 1:10PM Well, now he's urging NATO to double the military spending target to 4%, -- Hoo TV 07/11/2018 2:07PM Yepa, he told us his thinking before the election -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 11:38PM That's just a bargaining statement. It means nothing. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 07/11/2018 10:57PM Nope, guess who sits on the board of GAZPROM? Former German Prime minister -- Charleston Cav 07/11/2018 10:04AM Merkel is Queen Entity...Putin is Master Blaster...He run Bartertown ** -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2018 10:08AM Well T is an expert on crony capitalism. ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 07/11/2018 10:07AM So 70% of Germany's ENERGY will be coming from Russia? Voluntarily -- Charleston Cav 07/11/2018 10:09AM That number was completely made up by Trump. SHOCKER! I believe its -- THECZAR 07/11/2018 11:12AM The German government response: it's actually 9%. -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 12:27PM At this point, why should we ever believe anything Cheeto Mussolini says? -- Hood 07/11/2018 12:45PM El Douche ** -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 4:00PM He knows his audience is dumb, impressionable, and doesn't care if he's -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 1:23PM His audience does not care -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 2:34PM DT will keep claiming that Germany gets 70% of its energy from Russia until -- NJHoo 07/11/2018 1:41PM I met a unemployed janitor in his forties -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 2:38PM 40-50% of gas consumed. So Energy is way below that -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 12:05PM And does buying gas from Russia make them totally controlled by Russia or -- KCHoo 07/11/2018 1:11PM Hoo ever said totally controlled? More dependent on Russia, yes. While -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 2:10PM Trump did. ** -- KCHoo 07/11/2018 2:17PM Ahh, that's true. Thought you were saying I suggested that. Geez, I just -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 2:22PM He said it in his opening statement at a NATO meeting with -- KCHoo 07/11/2018 3:15PM So, you have a habit to just -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 2:47PM Sadly yes I have. Just as I have for most of the exaggeration and hyperbole -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 3:26PM I think you missed my point -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 4:09PM No argument that Trump takes not caring about accuracy to levels never -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 4:18PM No. He LIES. All the time. When he is not telling -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 10:30PM He knee jerk defends whatever the guy does -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 4:11PM Yep (link) -- Hoo TV 07/11/2018 2:19PM That's the nature of populism. Populist leaders reinvent reality. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2018 12:21PM No other leaders have reinvented reality just populist ones -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 2:14PM How did you get to that article? I saw it and wanted to read it, but -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 12:14PM It says I have 9 free articles remaining -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 12:16PM Thanks. Those bastages wouldn't even let me get it incognito. BTW we're -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 12:41PM What do you mean? Which Trump point is confirmed? -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2018 1:31PM That's a fair point about Russia being beholden to their largest customer -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 1:55PM I actually agree about China. If Trump's trade war were only directed at -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2018 2:09PM Not sure where the 70% came from but have to assume it pertains to -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 12:03PM Trump was wrong or was lying. It would save you a lot of time just to pick -- KCHoo 07/11/2018 1:17PM Charleston Cav said 70% of Germanys ENERGY comes from Russia. Parroting -- THECZAR 07/11/2018 12:44PM And uses the same type of distortion and dishonesty you're using. I don't -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 1:02PM Are you arguing with yourself? What distortion am I using calling out -- THECZAR 07/11/2018 1:15PM Yes, now that I've seen Trump's quote, he should've said -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 1:42PM But THECZAR's "attempt to use a different statistic" is FACTUAL. It is -- southdenverhoo 07/11/2018 2:55PM Actually it's not as he pulled that number out of his arse, or at best -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 3:14PM That statistic is in the article I linked to you. I initially used -- THECZAR 07/11/2018 3:43PM You are correct that it was in the article you later linked. Please also -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 4:14PM Oh, I see the confusion. You think I said oil and gas is 20% of -- THECZAR 07/11/2018 4:31PM No I understood what you were saying, and why I never took issue with that -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 5:39PM You've been braying, kicking, hee-hawing, and making a regular idiot of -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 5:42PM Troll on TrollQ. Let us know when you finally have some substance to add. ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 5:51PM Self-aware too. Love it. -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 5:56PM I think he's more just embarrassing himself .... but he's gotten quite good -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 1:16PM IMHO, that is a skill he has been working on for decades -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 1:55PM Well, the Paris Climate Agreement would help reduce Russian dependence ** -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 12:13PM How? Your own post just showed their dependence will have to go up. Germany -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 12:18PM If they cut more emmissions by adding more solar or wind -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 12:24PM Oh I get the ideals, but I'm talking actual practicality. They are reducing -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 12:47PM Now you know why he made his "shoot somebody on 5th Avenue" statement. ** -- HowieT3 07/11/2018 11:39AM What a fucking surprise. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2018 11:14AM We should pull troops from a lot of other countries as well, particularly -- Hooooooooooooooo 07/11/2018 10:21AM That's the dumbest gdamn thing ever posted on this board. ** -- hooshouse 07/11/2018 10:18AM Oh? what do you know about it? -- Charleston Cav 07/11/2018 10:51AM And yet you seem to have no concept of geopolitical strategy or European -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2018 11:02AM Strategy? get out of Europe, they've been on our tit for too long -- Charleston Cav 07/11/2018 12:20PM Simple as that, huh? Just another made up grievance from a Trump fan. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2018 4:53PM The answers to your questions: -- HowieT3 07/11/2018 11:11AM Thats intelligent thought NOT ** -- Charleston Cav 07/11/2018 12:22PM I can't stand Trump, but you guys really are ridiculous. If he -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 09:51AM The opposition could do a better job in picking their battles. -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 10:00AM Yeah that's my point. They don't pick battles at all. EVERYTHING is -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 10:07AM It doesn't matter if it's legit criticism or not -- wahoo138 07/11/2018 12:11PM I’m not joining that group. I’m just pointing -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 1:03PM I understand, but the more -- wahoo138 07/11/2018 4:07PM He is an absurdity. But when you criticize him for taking a position you -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 4:12PM No but we SHOULD point out every -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 11:17AM And how is that working for you? -- Faz d. Hoo 07/11/2018 10:21PM So, read exactly what I said. I said nothing about lamenting something -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 10:42PM I did. -- Faz d. Hoo 07/11/2018 10:56PM Right but my point is his detractors criticize him for both sides of every -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 11:25AM Consistency. -- PalmyraHoo 07/11/2018 11:39AM I agree with that ** -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 11:27AM The problem now is, there's so much to complain about, where to begin -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 11:01AM I think you nailed it. -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 10:15AM I honestly think this is part of Trump's "strategy". I posted this -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 10:27AM Sure and it is not really new. -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 10:42AM They love to “get Trump.” ** -- Hokieesith 07/11/2018 09:58AM Trump's behavior is disgraceful ** -- hooshouse 07/11/2018 09:53AM I agree. My problem with this tweet is he -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2018 10:02AM Wow are you guys desperate, it’s nice having someone demand -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 08:42AM Goddamn you’re stupid. Mississippi State must even be embarrassed to have -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 09:04AM Limited benefit like 75 years of relative peace. Reagan roll over ** -- WarmHoo 07/11/2018 09:03AM Here is a sentiment that I would assume both our domestic socialist -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2018 08:49AM As per usual the reality you describe doesn't really exist. -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 09:38AM Balz must be on one of his cross-country trips...He would be glad that -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2018 10:04AM I am, I am and he beat me to it ** -- 111Balz 07/11/2018 11:19AM Yet you are still here, making one false claim after the other............. -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 10:17AM So...NATO is paying their fair share AND more!!! Glad that is settled, we -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2018 10:20AM When someone starts a sentence with "so", it is always an attempt to....... -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 10:34AM You are fully convinced that NATO (esp. Germany) is paying their fair -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2018 11:05AM Do you believe the US would pay less if Germany spent more on its military? -- KCHoo 07/11/2018 1:27PM I am fully convinced that you see the world thru a political lens. ** -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2018 11:23AM So you want Germany to have a larger military? Yeah, why not? Nothing bad -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2018 11:16AM I was gonna say. I can remember a time when Germany wasn't allowed to have -- Hoo TV 07/11/2018 12:33PM It’s totally phony. NATOs budget is agreed on and not that large. What -- KCHoo 07/11/2018 09:05AM Our military is basically a giant economic stimulus program - just the kind -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 10:55AM And here I thought the GOP opposed socialism. Where's my head at? ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2018 11:18AM How about Trump just stop embarassing us. -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2018 08:58AM Why 2024? Start today ** -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 09:34AM Because that was the agreement reached in 2014 among all the members. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2018 09:59AM Actually, he's got three tricks -- Hoodeac 07/11/2018 11:18AM Gets really worked up over Kendrick Lamar and BLM, but totally not a racist -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 1:16PM How long have these members been underpaying? I have no problem with the -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2018 09:15AM It's not "uderpaying"; there is no pile of cash at NATO HQ. -- HowieT3 07/11/2018 09:46AM Very simple, US will pay the same percentage as the lowest contributor -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 09:55AM Dude im pretty conservative and the hypocrisy about govt largesse is sadly -- ftwuva 07/11/2018 10:50AM Maybe you are the one who needs to brush up on the issues -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 1:38PM As usual, you write 3 whole sentences to try and make a very complicated -- ftwuva 07/11/2018 3:03PM You are struggling here, I never said match dollars I said match percents -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 4:25PM Ouch Tom, i think you don't have a clue what you just argued. shocking -- ftwuva 07/11/2018 5:01PM Im guessing you are going to continue being face with us protecting the -- TomKazanski 07/11/2018 6:09PM So you are good with cutting military spending? just making sure im hearing -- ftwuva 07/12/2018 09:51AM It's almost like we're an imperial power that wants to be able to station -- WahooRQ 07/11/2018 3:15PM Tommy doesn't defend American conservatism. He defends right wing -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2018 12:11PM That is a great post -- VaTechie 07/11/2018 11:41AM Lol...yeah the world takes advantage of us yet somehow we benefit the most! ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 07/11/2018 10:17AM We do? You don't think Germany and other NATO countries don't benefit more, -- Hoodafan 07/11/2018 10:39AM No reason unless you are a Putin useful idiot. ** -- WarmHoo 07/11/2018 09:04AM
