US walks back claim Russia put bounties on troops — but no Biden apology to Trump

The US government on Thursday downplayed a bombshell report that Russia may have placed bounties on US troops in Afghanistan — but White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged questions about whether President Biden regrets attacking former President Donald Trump over the issue.

A senior administration official told a group of reporters that the US intelligence community “assesses with low to moderate confidence that Russian intelligence officers sought to encourage Taliban attacks [on] U.S. and coalition personnel in Afghanistan in 2019 and perhaps earlier.”

The allegation that Russia offered cash to the Taliban to kill US troops was politically explosive last year during the presidential campaign. Biden repeatedly attacked Trump for not punishing Russia over the claim.

Trump administration officials said at the time that the intelligence was unverified.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/15/us-walks-back-claim-russia-put-bounties-on-troops/

So... the intelligence was, after all, unverified, just like President Trump told us? Who would have guessed? Certainly not our esteemed Democrats PF friends... they were adamantly convinced that Putin was out paying bounty to the Afghan freedom fighters to kill Americans...

Do you yet see the pattern, our Democratic PF friends? The famous pee file, the russkie collusion... the russkies this and russkies that.

The Democrats who have engaged in this disinformation campaign are a vile partizan dogs (no offense, dogs) and if I was a Democrat (G *d forbid) I’d disassociate myself from Democratic Party.

Really.

 

The left doesn't seem to understand that everything the Russians do is targeted to influence democrats, so the question is why democrats? Up until 2016 the left loved Russia. Ask comrade Sanders.

 

So we think they did but we’re not positive. And you want an apology? Lmao

 

Some still do I’m sure. But they seem to own your party already.

 

No, I do not expect Democrats to apologize, the word “apology” is not in your vocabulary.

 

Apologize to them for something they probably did? Lol

 

Probably? What did President Trump do, anyway? But you and yours were pissed at Trump more so that you and yours were pissed at Putin. Right?

Outrage mounts over report Russia offered bounties to Afghanistan militants for killing US soldiers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-militants-killing-us-soldiers-report-outrage

 

Democrats, MSM, Big Tech don't mind lying constantly. If it forwards their Globalist / Oligarch agenda, they are all for not telling the truth. We all know the retractions on huge lies get little attention and the idiots that believed them in the first place will believe them on their next lie.

 

Trump ignored it, Biden sanctioned them

 

It was nice of trump to lie about it, but the news reports were correct. Wonder why he’d lie for Russia?

 

The moronic left will keep using Russia Russia Russia as the boogieman if they think it helps them brainwash their masses.....all the while they are putting our very existence in jeopardy to gain some political points among their socialist democrat following.

That just underlines how stupid the left is....screwing with a superpower that could wipe us out to gain a couple of points in the echo chamber of liberal bliss.

 

what did Trump lie about?

Trump administration officials said at the time that the intelligence was unverified.

 

What did Trump ignore, and what did sleepy Jope sanction the russkies for?

Trump administration officials said at the time that the intelligence was unverified.

 

This event is just more evidence regarding the incessant propaganda efforts of the federal government and its media lapdogs regarding the demonization of Russia.

 

You don't downplay something that probably happened.

 

Yes, it's a bad look. It looks like we're blaming Russia for everything, and if we don't blame Russia for something it's actually breaking news then. Here's a hint to our esteemed intelligence community: The Taliban, wants Americans dead. It doesn't care if it's paid to murder our soldiers or not, they will fire at American soldiers.

So who gives a damn whether a bounty was or wasn't placed(probably wasn't). This is just another sad example of the intelligence community failing the American Government. Only this time, they can't blame Trump for their failures.

 

I don't think so. I think this was the deep state in action....just more bullshit to try to get rid of Trump. The US Government has become the most corrupt government in the world...and this deep state crap that goes on...the people behind the scenes (that actually write the bills and regulations) are an existential threat to the country.

We're at the point now when you can't hardly even turn on any news channel because it's basically state-run propaganda. Stalin would love it.

 

Have the Republicans or Trump apologized for Benghazi yet? How about that last minute investigation into emails on Weiner's laptop?

"But everyone is so unfair to Trump!"

 

Benghazi was Hillary's Waterloo. Weiner's laptop was Hillary's another screw-up and Democrats' National embarrassment.

Why should Trump or Republicans apologize for either? Are you feeling OK this fine morning?

 

IT WAS NEVER RAVELED: The New York Times’ ‘Russian Bounties’ Story Just Unraveled.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/444565/

 

Lol...two sides of the same coin.

 

And all the consumers of propaganda bleeted "orange man ba baaa bahhh baddd, see"?

And ran across the web like the unpaid volunteer shills they are to spread the bullshit like manure on a grove.

 

Low to moderate confidence certainly isn't no confidence...

SNIP
In intelligence parlance, moderate confidence means the information is plausible and credibly sourced, but not quite corroborated enough to merit a higher rating.
ENDSNIP

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/na...bounties-dead-u-s-troops-biden-admin-n1264215

Much like everything else during the T**** administration, confirmation will be slow in coming...

 

Enter sleepy Joe stage left... he’s gonna show the russkies! He’s gonna show the Chinese!

 

The pencil-neck had irrefutable evidence of Trump colluding with russkies, in his back pocket as he often said on the morning talk shows.

Where the **** this irrefutable, high confidence evidence? Slow in coming?