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former9thward

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42. Doesn't didnify an answer because you have none

Reply to ffr (Reply #38)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 08:01 PM

Mar 2017

If something is an act of war then you go to war. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's statement was irresponsible. I will go with President Obama who said last night that "this is nothing new. Russia has been doing this stuff since the end of WW II when it was the Soviet Union".

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Dem senator: Russian hacking may have been 'act of war' [View all] n2doc Mar 2017 OP

IIRC, there's a Sun Tzu comment about the best way to win a battle... CincyDem Mar 2017 #1

this eShirl Mar 2017 #11

Thank you for defending your country! Marthe48 Mar 2017 #2

Ding ding ding. byronius Mar 2017 #3

Obama stopped short of that in April bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #4

k and r niyad Mar 2017 #5

Ha-ha! I'm waiting for the DU jury to call out Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) ffr Mar 2017 #6

So you wish to have a nuclear war? former9thward Mar 2017 #35

Doesn't dignify an answer. What is your question as it relates to what I said? ffr Mar 2017 #38

Doesn't didnify an answer because you have none former9thward Mar 2017 #42

This is more like it. aquamarina Mar 2017 #7

Which makes it treason---for all the 'it wasn't treason' people. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #8

Indeed. nt JTFrog Mar 2017 #10

I couldn't agree more! Plucketeer Mar 2017 #13

Damn right LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #16

Treason BadgerMom Mar 2017 #20

I have thought it was an act of war from the beginning. Doreen Mar 2017 #9

Treason FakeNoose Mar 2017 #12

Every Republican Plucketeer Mar 2017 #15

Step right up, Mitch McConnell. JudyM Mar 2017 #37

Welcome to DU, FakeNoose! calimary Mar 2017 #39

This would be the legal connecting tissue to treason Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #14

thanks senator. that's how to do it - put the statement out there and let repubs defend themselves n msongs Mar 2017 #17

I agree every repug should be tried for treason gopiscrap Mar 2017 #18

... LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #19

This is what I keep wondering, re: treason More_Cowbell Mar 2017 #21

Legally, what constitutes an "act of war?" malthaussen Mar 2017 #22

"Germans bombed Pearl Harbor"? Ligyron Mar 2017 #30

A reference to the film "Animal House." malthaussen Mar 2017 #31

Oh yeah, nosw I get it. Ligyron Mar 2017 #32

an action by one country against another with an intention to provoke... LanternWaste Mar 2017 #36

And if it is acknowledged as an act of war, those who colluded with the Russians should tblue37 Mar 2017 #23

Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tut. Forget about Russia. Iran tested a missile. And they fired on a US Navy ship. tclambert Mar 2017 #24

I've been saying this since the election! Initech Mar 2017 #25

War on the Democrats. marybourg Mar 2017 #26

Sorry, that's a non starter Bozvotros Mar 2017 #27

Nah, it's not a non-starter. malthaussen Mar 2017 #33

"Espionage" is a stronger word than "hacking," and it points more towards War. NBachers Mar 2017 #28

Exactly. malthaussen Mar 2017 #34

Treason ananda Mar 2017 #29

Oh hell yes it was kimbutgar Mar 2017 #40

Is Shaheen calling for the US to terminate diplomatic relations with Russia? onenote Mar 2017 #41

How many elections has the United States hacked around the world? Bucky Mar 2017 #43