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LuvNewcastle

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11. I find it hard to criticize them for resurrecting the KGB

Reply to megahertz (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:23 PM

Sep 2016

when we have the CIA, DHS, NSA, and god knows who else not only spying on foreigners, but people right here in the U.S. Is anybody on this thread experiencing any cognitive dissonance here?

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Russian President Vladimir Putin Reportedly Planning Reforms to Effectively Resurrect KGB [View all] megahertz Sep 2016 OP

Hillary must win. Then we must Dawson Leery Sep 2016 #1

Wow. Have you or your kids enlisted and suited up for this fight? eom Purveyor Sep 2016 #3

Don't be a neo-con. Wilms Sep 2016 #4

Bullshit. The West will do this with the same method they used to conquer East Germany and Ukraine: DetlefK Sep 2016 #6

Post removed Post removed Sep 2016 #16

Well, what's YOUR take on the topic? DetlefK Sep 2016 #17

And this is who Trump and his mob of authoritarians want to emulate... backscatter712 Sep 2016 #2

Not sure how they are all going to fit in there... EX500rider Sep 2016 #5

I'd love to have that car madokie Sep 2016 #18

Putin's policy summed up succinctly: tclambert Sep 2016 #7

The old KGB guy never stopped being what he is. Dubya was a fool and DTs is a tool. Hekate Sep 2016 #8

"The new body would be known by the acronym “MGB.”" Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #9

Snowden was unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #10

I find it hard to criticize them for resurrecting the KGB LuvNewcastle Sep 2016 #11

Not much ! Beyond laughable. Joe Chi Minh Sep 2016 #14

Aw, shit George the Retiree Sep 2016 #12

Sheesh, did they have to call it "MGB"? JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2016 #13

Then there were the Motor Gun Boats in WWII. Joe Chi Minh Sep 2016 #15