It disappoints me when you start to get personal. It is also amusing considering that a former intelligence analyst who served in both defense and private roles, has Top Secret security clearance, and who served in Afghanistan, agrees with me.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Following your logic, the NSA and ODNI let the CIA speak for it, and the FBI allowed details of an active investigation to be leaked through the CIA. Does this illegal conspiracy to get the truth to the American people make sense, or does it make more sense that the Director of the CIA is playing politics?
You have yet to address any of my points regarding the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by almost all of the retired intelligence and national security community, which you yourself lauded months ago as a demonstration of her worthiness. Now that she has lost, this community is suddenly apolitical and beyond reproach.
We have witnessed the politicization of intelligence to support military operations from Vietnam on, most recently during Operation Inherent Resolve.
Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
- Which stories were fabricated, exactly?
- How can you determine the impact of misinformation on those people that voted for Trump?
- Are you claiming that misinformation was absent from presidential election campaigns prior to 2016 and that it is solely from Russia?
There is no evidence that Russian interference had a significant impact on the election. You continue to question Trump’s legitimacy because of your preferences for defense and foreign policy.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Hillary Clinton was the establishment candidate who had the political, financial and security elites on her side, including in the GOP. Trump won in an upset, fighting an uphill battle against his own party, backed by significant grassroots support, and yet now he is suddenly an agent of the Kremlin.
It is curious that you live in Germany and yet deny that Russia has any legitimate grievances with the United States or NATO. Had it not been for the Soviet Union and fear of Communism, Germany would have been more likely to have been subject to the Morgenthau Plan rather than the Marshall Plan.
As China becomes the primary threat to the United States, there will have to be rapprochement with Russia...
Given the sore losing on the part of Democrats, it seems that Russia has indeed discredited American democracy
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