Posted on 01/09/2017 7:35:26 PM PST by MtnClimber
In its remaining days in power, the Obama administration suddenly punished Vladimir Putin’s Russia for allegedly interfering in the U.S. presidential election. It claimed that Russian or Russian-hired hackers tapped into the records of the Democratic National Committee as well as the correspondence of John Podesta, a Clinton advisor.
But what the Obama administration did not say was that such cyber-crimes are by now old hat. Both the Russian and Chinese governments have been hacking into far more important U.S. records and government archives for years without earning retaliation
The administration also did not mention that the election hacking occurred largely because of Podesta’s own carelessness in using his security password. Moreover, it failed to acknowledge that the Republican National Committee was likewise targeted, but apparently had enough safeguards to prevent successful entry into its records. Finally, the administration refused to mention that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange went on the record saying that he did not receive the email trove from the Russians.
The truth is that Obama, throughout his presidency, has appeased Putin. As president, Obama ended the previously agreed-on Eastern European missile defense; he made open-mic promises to be more flexible with Putin after his reelection; he barely responded to Russia’s aggression toward Crimea and Ukraine; and he constantly criticized both George W. Bush and Mitt Romney for being inordinately tough on Russia.
Until now, he saw no reason to stop enabling Russia. Had Hillary Clinton won the election, Putin’s alleged hacking would not have earned any administration attention. But this time around, an emboldened Putin allegedly went too far and crossed the only red line that Obama might have enforced by supposedly enabling the release of information that might have turned off some voters on Clinton.
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I bet the Russians had voodoo operatives to make hillary’s go all crazy, have falling down spells and lie much less convincingly than bill.
Putin could have owned Hillary by simply donating to the Clinton Foundation.
Putin already obtained 20% of our Uranium from crooked Hillary.
I can’t believe all the leftist noise about the conflict of interest in the Trump administration.
Never forget that Obama whispered to Medevev about how much more FLEXIBLE he’ll be with Putin after his re-election!!!
Putin when he was a baby made Stanley Ann Dunham have sex with a married African student. Later he forced her to give birth in Canada so her baby Barack couldn’t have American citizenship.
“...Obama administration suddenly punished Vladimir Putin’s Russia Obama administration suddenly punished Vladimir Putin’s Russia...”
Obama looked like he hit Putin with his purse.
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