{"id":136204,"date":"2018-05-02T22:09:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T04:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136204"},"modified":"2018-05-06T00:30:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T06:30:25","slug":"its-good-to-be-the-king-and-weapons-dealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/02\/its-good-to-be-the-king-and-weapons-dealer.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s GOOD to be the king (and weapons dealer)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because a great way to quash cooperation with investigations into your political campaign is to let folk know that approval of their critical weapon purchases is kinda-sorta-probably contingent on their doing so.<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Ariev, a member of Parliament who is an ally of President Petro O. Poroshenko, readily acknowledged that the intention in Kiev was to put investigations into Mr. Manafort\u2019s activities \u201cin the long-term box.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn every possible way, we will avoid irritating the top American officials,\u201d Mr. Ariev said in an interview. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t spoil relations with the administration.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How convEEEEnient.<\/p>\n


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\nUkraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation<\/a><\/span>
\nUkraine, deeply dependent on the Trump administration for financial and military aid, froze its cooperation with the special counsel\u2019s office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because a great way to quash cooperation with investigations into your political campaign is to let folk know that approval of their critical weapon purchases is kinda-sorta-probably contingent on their doing so. Volodymyr Ariev, a member of Parliament who is an ally of President Petro O. 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