Monday, July 25, 2016

The Russian Conspiracy

The Clinton campaign has let it be known that the Russians are behind the WikiLeaks' DNC email dump, the reason being that they want to torpedo a Clinton presidency.  Really?  That's the story you're going to run?  Under the strong leadership of Secretary Clinton, we were just so confrontational with the Russians.  Look at how we foiled them in Syria.  Or what about the brilliant statecraft in Ukraine?  Selling out the Poles and the Czechs on the missile defense deal was a stroke of genius.  Sadly, Hillary was gone before the excellent Iran Deal was inked but she was involved in the early negotiations.  Truly, she must have counseled President Obama on the Green Revolution and dodged the potential overthrow, or even moderating, of the Mullahs.  Yes, I can see how the Russians would be concerned by such a foreign policy guru having the top reins of power in the United States.  Of course, the Russians probably have all the missing emails from Hillary's server, some of which might be embarrassing.  Wow, that could be handy for arm-twisting.
 
Amazingly enough, Hillary is the more hawkish candidate.  Hillary's desire for a more muscular involvement in Syria was vetoed by President Obama.  Her press for an attack on Libya worked and has been nothing but trouble since.  By comparison, Trump is an isolationist who wants allies to reimburse the US for deploying its military.  The Russians have seen Hillary in action and know that she has been beneficial for their goals.  Trump may be a boon but he might be influenced by competent foreign policy experts.  Hillary is probably the surer bet for the expansion of Russia but Trump could be a jackpot if he implements some of his loonier foreign policy ideas.

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