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flying-skeleton

(698 posts)
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:13 PM Mar 2017

OMG ... Paul Manafort

Putin is clearing house. With one loose end taking a dive (thrown?) off the fourth floor and another shot to death in broad daylight, how long before Paul Manafort ..... (I am not advocating anything happen to Paul Manafort ... just gauging the possibilities)


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Seeks asylum in Russia
1 (14%)
Disappears
0 (0%)
Is poisoned
0 (0%)
Is found dead - mysterious circumstances
0 (0%)
Dies in an accident
1 (14%)
Turns State Witness
5 (71%)
Other
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OMG ... Paul Manafort (Original Post) flying-skeleton Mar 2017 OP
The question is does Putin care if we know the truth, is it too late? Is he in charge now Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #1
At this point, he probably does not care NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #3
Trying to Be a glass-half-full type here. dchill Mar 2017 #2
Right now, Putin needs to protect his own house. haele Mar 2017 #4
he is gonna need to disappear. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
1. The question is does Putin care if we know the truth, is it too late? Is he in charge now
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:16 PM
Mar 2017

regardless?

Remember, either we have patriots in the GOP or Putin takes over completely.

That we know they are all guilty of espionage or treason, means nothing.

THEY are in charge.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
3. At this point, he probably does not care
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:20 PM
Mar 2017

if it comes out in the coming months that Trump colluded directly with Putin and Trump gets impeached, the entire electoral process here in the US will be questionable for the foreseeable future. Are we going to get into a full war with tanks, bombs, planes, etc with Russia over it? Probably not? If we tighten sanctions in turn, he uses the US as a scapegoat back home for the people starving and the Russian economy tanking...

haele

(12,676 posts)
4. Right now, Putin needs to protect his own house.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:22 PM
Mar 2017

It doesn't matter what happens here. Putin succeeded in both destroying the credibility of the U.S. abroad, and the ability for the U.S. to respond to anything that happens outside its borders. The leadership he helped put in place makes money off Russia's successes, so Drumpf's Russia allies are nice to have around, but he wouldn't care if they ended up in jail, because for at least the near future, the U.S. can't do anything to Russia.

But... Manafort, Stone, Page, Miller, et all are liabilities to Putin if any of them return to Russia or to any of the satellite countries Russia is focusing on. Tillerman, too - if he's not going over there on State Department business. Expect them to be disappeared or suddenly take ill should they go anywhere near Eastern Europe.

Haele

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