Topper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:27 pm
Per and UK going nuts with ad hominums is the funniest part of this......but when the moral high road is already staked out, there is little alternative.
Moral high ground, now that is funny
but let us not get sidetracked, you said
There is no evidence and no crime.
Interesting that you talk about logical fallacies and factual argument while completely glossing over the very transcript that damns Trump's actions.
let's have a closer look shall we?
From the Whitehouse and Trump's own staff. Even after the doctoring done to the document that I won't accuse them of, but we all know they did because: nudge, nudge, wink, wink, Trump has refused to cooperate with Congress in releasing documents or allowing staff to testify.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u ... 9.2019.pdf
President Zelenskyy: Yes you are absolutely right. not only 100%, but actually 1000% right I can tell you the following; I did talk to Angela Merkel and I did meet with her I also met and talked with Macron and I told them that they are not doing quite as much as they need to be doing on the issues with the sanctions. They are not enforcing the sanctions. They are not working as much as they should work for Ukraine It turns out that even though logically, the European Union should be our biggest partner but technically the United States is a much bigger partner than the European Union and- I'm very grateful to you for that because the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine Much more than the European Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russian Federation. I would also·like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We. are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps. specifically, we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.
The· President: I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a
lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike ... I guess you have one of your wealthy people... The server, they say Ukraine has it.
There are three significant words that in fact prove Quid Pro Quo or "a
favor or advantage
granted in return for
something."
https://www.google.com/search?q=quid+pr ... e&ie=UTF-8
Specifically is the request by Zelensky He is
almost ready to buy more Javalins but for the
aid already promised and committed to by the United States. The money to buy these missiles is clearly the
favour being asked by Zelensky
Crowdstrike "Crowdstrike gained notoriety in 2016 when the Democratic National Committee paid the company to investigate a hack of its server, which it determined emanated from Russia. The company was the first to publicly sound the alarm about Russia's interference in the 2016 election and CrowdStrike's assessment was later confirmed by US intelligence agencies blah blah blah." is the
something in return.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/26/tech ... index.html
Though is the subordinating conjuction that
connects and suborinates Zelensky's missiles to Trumps favor.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/gramma ... ontrasting
Viola - Quid Pro Quo - done and dusted.
The alleged crime is
extortion for personal gain and Trump's actions during the investigation, the additional crime of
Obstruction of Justice is tacked on.
Now you can say he is innocent and you can try to prove that, but you
CANNOT say there is no quid pro quo and therefore no crime...
