In an astonishing turn, George Soros and Charles Koch team up to end US ‘forever war’ policy

BOSTON GLOBE ^ | 6/30/2019 | STEPHEN KINZER

[MarvinStinson]

The Boston Globe is a laughable leftwing rag.

[Jane Long]

I have NO idea who you are and certainly don’t give a flip what YOU think, regarding sign up dates.

Even though you are a new s/n to me, your very rude *routine* is more than just old...it’s repulsive and obnoxious.

If you/poster you pinged are so tenured....why not consider becoming a regular (monthly/quarterly) donor in support of this great site?

Please do not post to me, again.

[sourcery]

The FDR Democrats were proudly racist, anti-Black, anti-Jew and anti-foreigners in general: Take down 'racist' Theodore Roosevelt statue, activists tell New York museum

[Dave W]

Sorry, Jane. My comment was accurate. Anyone who says Soros and the Koch brothers are the same has no intellectual capacity. If you can prove the comment correct, I will apologize. Yes, I am aware the Koch brothers like the open borders but there are many more dozens of issues where they do not agree. I will be waiting.

[Dave W]

Sorry Mr. Grey, but prove Soros and the Koch brothers are the same. I expect no response.

[Jane Austen]

The Koch brothers actions pretty much have revealed that they are NOT conservatives.

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In one of the most remarkable partnerships in modern American political history, Soros and Charles Koch, the more active of the two brothers, are joining to finance a new foreign-policy think tank in Washington. It will promote an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats, sanctions, and bombing. This is a radical notion in Washington, where every major think tank promotes some variant of neocon militarism or liberal interventionism.

I doubt it.

Aren't there libertarian think tanks (CATO, etc.) that don't support interventionism?

And hard left ones (IPS) equally opposed to US policy?

This may just be an outfit in the billionaires' back pocket that they can use to do their bidding.

[grey_whiskers]

They both like open borders.
Koch Bros. are big fans of gay marriage. I’ll bet Soros is, but he has other fish (buying DA seats) to fry.

[Dave W]

Sorry but that's not good enough. I know the Koch brothers like open borders, but there are hundreds of other issues they disagree on.

To say they are the same is intellectual dishonesty. For one, the Koch brothers spent $100 million dollars in the 2016 campaign to elect republicans. The did not campaign for Trump directly, but they spent millions to register republican voters and to elect republicans in the House and Senate. In 2018, they focused to keep the Senate republican. So that proves they are not the same.

Soros spends his money to elect radical democrats in literally everywhere in the US...both local, state and federal. Soros is a true menace to not only the US but the world.

[grey_whiskers]

They are common friends of the Deep State, and enemies of ordinary working Deplorables, the overlap is Open Borders / Immigration / Deplorables Replacement.

This is not to say that the overlap, is the only area they are active in.

They both are finding different areas to make pests of themselves with.

Someone on one of these FR threads was a discussion of how awful the Koch Bros. are / were to work for.

They don't like their employees, and probably begrudge every nickle spent on their salaries and benefits.

[Jane Long]

Sorry, Jane. My comment was accurate. Anyone who says Soros and the Koch brothers are the same has no intellectual capacity. If you can prove the comment correct, I will apologize. Yes, I am aware the Koch brothers like the open borders but there are many more dozens of issues where they do not agree. I will be waiting.

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Dave....I’m sorry....but, as a very tenured FReeper, you, more than most, should see right through what the evil Koch Bros have done to not just compare to the anti-American, anti-Trump $oros, but to actually be considered his evil equal.

Here is just a short sampling for you of their very similar, if not exact, stances that they have, that side with evil Soros....

Koch Brothers Team Up With George Soros, Patreon and Airbnb to Fight Online Extremism

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3756663/posts

Billionaire Kochs to Financially Back Democrats Pushing Amnesty, Free Trade

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3755772/posts

Billionaire Kochs Fight Trump’s Economic Nationalist Agenda Ahead of 2020 Election

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3729446/posts

Koch-backed group offers to help Pelosi limit Trump tariff powers (Americans for Prosperity)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3729374/posts

Billionaire Koch Brothers: ‘Against Our Principles’ to End Anchor Baby Policy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701830/posts

Koch-Backed CATO Institute: ‘Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3675584/posts

The Koch network’s top brass distance themselves from Trump

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3675109/posts

Charles Koch: Trump Tariffs ‘Unfair’ to Foreigners

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3675357/posts

Koch network freezing out Republicans who have crossed them

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3675176/posts

Pro-Mass Immigration Koch Brothers Threaten GOP: Pass Amnesty for Illegal Aliens or Lose Our $$

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3650217/posts

Marc Short (Koch admin): We Need a ‘Conversation’ About ‘Definition of a Wall’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3586549/posts

Conservative Koch brothers spending millions to stop GOP health care bill

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3537461/posts

Koch network launches effort to kill Republican border tax plan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3519250/posts

And, last, but NOT least....

.....Charles Koch condemns Donald Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ travel ban [tr]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3519173/posts

So, it appears that anyone who is so blinded by what ever keeps them in the Koch Korner are the ones with ‘no intellectual capacity’....at the very least...and, certainly not enough intellectual capacity to prove worthy of this CONSERVATIVE website.

Promoting the $0ros Bros/Koch partnership just seems anti-American, Dave. Not a thing to be taken lightly, in these dangerous times.

I’ve given you ample proof. Now, you tell all of us why YOU think the Koch Bros are NO DIFFERENT than your man $oros....other than that they give $$ to Open Borders RINOs.

Don’t feel bad...many of us were also fooled by the evil Koch Bros/American for Prosperity/Cato, etc. My eyes (as were many other’s, here) were opened the moment they announced their anti-Trump meeting, near Cochella, CA, during the primary.

[JimRed]

Where do you go for intellectual stimulation, MSNBC?

[ssaftler]

What’s so “astonishing” about this? Soros and the Koch boys pray to a common god: $$$. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them in cahoots on a lot of other things.

[NKP_Vet]

David Koch died today, but David Koch was a big supporter of abortion and queer “marriage.” Charles was the “conservative” of the two, a Mitt Romney GOP establishment, open borders type.

[piasa]

bump in light of Biden getting Iran to return Siamek Namazee

[DouglasKC]

IF they are united it’s because they see the idealogy of perpetual war being exposed for what it is...a moneylaundering scheme to rob the US treasury. Thanks to Trump.