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LTC(R) Ralph Peters definitely not on board with Rex Tillerson pick (Video)

2016-12-13

[Right Scoop] Wow. Peters is even suggesting that Tillerson got ’dirty’ in his dealings with Putin!

I love how Peters says he’s not a conspiracy theorist, but even he is wondering why Trump will never criticize anything Putin does and why he constantly surrounds himself with people who are pro-Russia.

I do wonder if Tillerson’s name was floated out there this weekend so Trump could get a feel for just how difficult this nomination would be, knowing that since it isn’t official yet he can still nominate someone else. And from all the media reports, it looks like this is the one that would get the most scrutiny from the Senate.

I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

Posted by:Besoeker

#8 Exxon's fortunes in Russia as compared with BP are instructive. Tillerson won't get rolled as SoS.

Posted by: Hupaigum Elmolurt9204 2016-12-13 14:42

#7 Question, IMO, you (Americans) should ask yourself "Does believing that Russia is a rival, but not an enemy makes one a traitor?"

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-13 10:13

#6 US Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday formally announced Exxon-Mobil Corp chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson as his nomination to serve as US secretary of state.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-13 09:29

#5 What's the flip side of getting along with the Russians? He appears to have survived his long-standing relationship with them. Perhaps Tillerson's expertise can be leveraged.

Ralph Peter's views aside, I suspect a great deal of the anxiety with Trump's appointments can be attributed to class envy.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-13 08:41

#4 I'm not adverse to Mr. Tillerson for Secretary of State. He has many years of international and domestic negotiating experience plus, already having made his money, won't turn the State Department into a storefront for money laundering.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-12-13 08:34

#3 Peters is even suggesting that Tillerson got ’dirty’ in his dealings with Putin!

Someone needs to inform NASA about that. Then again, the dudes at the space station might want to get some resupplies.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-13 07:47

#2 Is he a cunning linguist?

Posted by: Raj 2016-12-13 00:45

#1 I believe Peter's is an RU linguist and regional expert whose last active duty assignment was with the POW/MIA commission. I suspect at least some of his contempt toward Russia stems from that assignment. I have an abiding respect for the man.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-13 00:35

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