Please read it for yourself. It’s easy reading and remarkably short. Understanding the implications is more difficult. Form your own thoughts. Mine will come later.
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Please read it for yourself. It’s easy reading and remarkably short. Understanding the implications is more difficult. Form your own thoughts. Mine will come later.
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The Trump reference to seeking friendly relations between himself and Valdimir Putin resembles a “reset” doesn’t it? Putin’s Russia is a small government compared to the US and relations with the US would largely benefit Russia more as is the case with every nation except a few enemies. US business can benefit from a warming when less prohibited engagements involving major banks open up. Sanctions have mixed results politically and poor results where the foreign gains are highly valued. Tillerson’s view of Putin’s policy regarding Russian gains through smoother relations are based on a multinational’s viewpoint, not a military one. Trump seems to think Russia is a natural ally based on a secular white world viewpoint.
My personal opinion of candidate Hillary was not changed by Wikileaks releases, I never liked or trusted her but I feared Trump more as a populist fascist. GOP government without a Democrat President will be a Trojan Horse with a “liberal” ideology regarding US business interests. “What is good for Bull Moose is good for America”, Lil Abner.
There is little doubt that cyber warfare between Russian and the United States has been going on for years. There is also little doubt that both Russia and the United States do everything they alone deem appropriate, to influence elections in other nations.
But I do wonder why Russia does so much to discredit our electoral process when we seem to have already done so much to turn it into a circus sideshow. In 2016 both parties nominated candidates who achieved an unprecedented level of unpopularity among the electorate and who skillfully avoided actually confronting inconvenient issues and major challenges facing the nation. The media, as usual, focused on the horse race and provocative comments instead of taking an issues oriented approach. The electorate, except for extreme partisans, reacted to the candidates with disinterest and disdain.
Perhaps we have a front seat view to a powerful nation already traveling the road to decline. Our political processes have become ineffective and our political parties feed on polarization rather than vision. Perhaps it will take a crisis severe enough to focus the attention of the people, the media, the parties and the government to avoid further decline.
Mike, I wish I could disagree but I think you are correct. We have a narcissistic President who sees all who disagree with him as enemies to attack. We have a congressional majority that seems willing to abandon cautious traditions such as pre-vetting cabinet nominees prior to confirmation. And we have no generally accepted source for truthful information. That could be a recipe for immense civil discord. A future generation will write our history…
Thanks for providing this link, Bob. We have received this declassified document because the present administration believes the US public deserves to know as much detail as possible about the threats we face. I am not optimistic that the next administration will be as willing to share this much information, however. There are clearly carefully classified matters that must remain held within a small group of decision makers. But such threats as these require the general public’s input on how to react.