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Soundwave on 13 December 2016
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UnderstatedCornHole said:
Soundwave said:

There is more to business than just existing deals, Exxon also was being held back from pursuing future deals in Russia due to sanctions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/world/europe/rex-tillersons-company-exxon-has-billions-at-stake-over-russia-sanctions.html?_r=0

"Exxon Mobil has various projects afoot in Russia that are allowed under American sanctions. But others have been ground to a halt by the sanctions, including a deal with the Russian state oil company to explore and pump in Siberia that could be worth tens of billions of dollars.

Russian officials have optimistically called the agreement a $500 billion deal."

 

So please tell me that the Exxon Mobile CEO being named to Secretary of State, who has in the past lobbied for dropping sanctions against Russia, is all just a magical coincidence. 

I'm not disputing the notion that there exists potential motive for abuse of power.

I'm arguing that's all there is. You and a few others here seem to think that potential motive = guilt.

That's a liberal fallacy that I have grown out of, one I do not subscribe to, if it benefits my beliefs or discredits them.

Use some freaking common sense, lol. 

It's not a "liberal fallacy", if Saudi Arabia was doing the same (active hacking Trump's emails and then getting a Secretary of State elected that was three feet up their asshole) there would be large raising of eyebrows on the right and I would AGREE with that too. 

This whole situation is fairly troubling. I notice none of you guys have much to say either when it comes to Trump choosing several high level Goldman Sachs folkes for his cabinet either (including the freaking president of Goldman Sachs), after spending months hammering Trump's opponents for ties to Goldman Sachs. War on elitists my ass.