To Obama-era Democrats, arguing that Russia was a real threat, that it longed for a return to Soviet hegemony, was akin to calling for the return of Jim Crow and the adoption of protectionist practices that helped ignite the Great Depression.
Turns out the Cold War isn't "So last century." Since November 8, 2016, in ever-evolving Democratic dogma, Russia has gone from a quaint obsession of neocon warmongers to an existential threat on the order of Climate Change!
At the same time, Putin's Russia is not the Soviet Union.
Behind the façade of democratic elections and constitutional restraints, Russia has less a principled system of government than a marriage of rulers, oligarchs, and organized crime.
Does Russia have the wherewithal to "Interfere in our elections," as the media-Democrat trope puts it? If by "Interference" - or its frequently invoked synonym, "Meddling" - we refer to the ability to inject propaganda and attempt to influence the campaign debate, then of course it can interfere.
President Bill Clinton labored to ensure that Russia's reformer president Boris Yeltsin would not be defeated by a Soviet-style Communist in 1996.
Putting aside the Russians' general penchant for anti-American mischief-making, in 2011 Putin had publicly blamed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for inciting unrest following Russia's typically rigged parliamentary elections.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/ball-of-collusion-book-excerpt-democrats-true-election-meddlers/
Turns out the Cold War isn't "So last century." Since November 8, 2016, in ever-evolving Democratic dogma, Russia has gone from a quaint obsession of neocon warmongers to an existential threat on the order of Climate Change!
At the same time, Putin's Russia is not the Soviet Union.
Behind the façade of democratic elections and constitutional restraints, Russia has less a principled system of government than a marriage of rulers, oligarchs, and organized crime.
Does Russia have the wherewithal to "Interfere in our elections," as the media-Democrat trope puts it? If by "Interference" - or its frequently invoked synonym, "Meddling" - we refer to the ability to inject propaganda and attempt to influence the campaign debate, then of course it can interfere.
President Bill Clinton labored to ensure that Russia's reformer president Boris Yeltsin would not be defeated by a Soviet-style Communist in 1996.
Putting aside the Russians' general penchant for anti-American mischief-making, in 2011 Putin had publicly blamed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for inciting unrest following Russia's typically rigged parliamentary elections.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/ball-of-collusion-book-excerpt-democrats-true-election-meddlers/
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