Replies to post #314492 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Yet the Obama administration made the dossier the centerpiece of its Russia investigation.

No, the dossier was peripheral and if any of it were used inappropriately in the indictments then appeals on that basis would have been filed by now. There have been none.

The article that I posted confirmed that Trump dragged his feet on all Russian sanctions, and that his heart was in none of them.

And your claim about Obama is contra-factual:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Ukrainian_crisis

International sanctions were imposed during the Ukrainian crisis by a large number of countries against Russia and Crimea following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, which began in late February 2014.

The sanctions were imposed by the United States, the European Union (EU) and other countries and international organisations against individuals, businesses and officials from Russia and Ukraine.[1] Russia responded with sanctions against a number of countries, including a total ban on food imports from the EU, United States, Norway, Canada and Australia.

[BullNBear52]

Oligarchs in Russia have been challenged way more than during the Obama Administration.


You really can't be that stupid?

Trump lifts sanctions on firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
This article is more than 4 months old
Democrats in Congress opposed move to lift restrictions
Deripaska is ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/us-lifts-sanctions-oleg-deripaska-russia

[arizona1]

Trump arms the Ukranians. Obama did not. Obama did not place sanctions on Russia. Oligarchs in Russia have been challenged way more than during the Obama Administration.

[fuagf]

conix, At least two lies from you there. One "Obama did not place sanctions on Russia."

...I [Obama] have sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is designating two Russian individuals for using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information. The State Department is also shutting down two Russian compounds, in Maryland and New York, used by Russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes, and is declaring “persona non grata” 35 Russian intelligence operatives. Finally, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are releasing declassified technical information on Russian civilian and military intelligence service cyber activity, to help network defenders in the United States and abroad identify, detect, and disrupt Russia’s global campaign of malicious cyber activities.

These actions are not the sum total of our response to Russia’s aggressive activities.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/29/statement-president-actions-response-russian-malicious-cyber-activity

And two (dealt with within previous replies to yours there)

"Yet the Obama administration made the dossier the centerpiece of its Russia investigation."

Duly noted that last is another lie which you and others here have been told repeatedly to go easy on. Along with your "open borders" bullshit.