From Russia, Not With Love

Has our victory in the Cold War come to this?

I have never seen such useless handwringing, gnashing of teeth, rending of garments and hair-pulling over such an inconsequential issue in my life.  Sure, if it were proven that the Russians aided or abetted voter fraud to throw a presidential election, it would be troubling.  Any American who participated in that would go to jail for a very long time.  But for all the noise we've heard about this, we've seen precious little evidence of any wrongdoing.

Make no mistake:  The Russians love to meddle.  Since the days of Peter the Great, Russia has longed to keep its outsiders at arms' length.  By destabilizing one of its biggest competitors, Russia stood not only to secure its existence (did I mention Russians are paranoid...?) but also to elevate itself in the eyes of the rest of the world.  Given its size, its military and its oil reserves, Russia is in a position to dominate other countries and thereby preserve its hegemony over them.  Unless, of course, the United States with our myriad assets exists to nullify the Russians' advantages and overtake them.

But is it really in Russia's best interests to weaken the US?  A growing and aggressive Chinese military threatens to shut down the Pacific to the Russians.  Its population is some eight times the Russian population, outstripping it by a factor of ten in the Far East.  With the United States as a counterbalance, the Russians can breathe a little bit easier, although they'd still have to be wary of a belligerent China. 

Still, even assuming Russia interfered in the 2016 general elections, where's the proof?  Wouldn't the intelligence agencies be releasing information to Congress or the White House showing that the results were rigged?  Why is Congress wasting its time chasing these non-starters about how Jr. met with this operative or Kushner talked with this lawyer or Ivanka shared a drink with this Russian?  For virtually every alleged sin committed by the Trump campaign and administration there's at least one story debunking the allegation.  Meanwhile, judicial positions remain unfilled, Obamacare remains unrepealed, tax reform is stalled and we look like a laughingstock to the rest of the world.

I can't say categorically that nothing happened.  But unless and until someone proves otherwise, enough is enough.  Especially when one considers the relative yawn coming from the MSM regarding the misdeeds of the Clintons when it came to selling assets of the country for personal profit.  Again, there are two sets of standards:  One for liberals and another for everyone else.

What the Russia adventure proves is the fecklessness of our MSM.  There is no one willing to look beyond this Potemkin village (sorry, had to use it) and go after the Clintons, or take the Democrats to task for obstructionism, or report on the ills of sanctuary cities.  Instead, the MSM has appointed itself President Trump's Javert and will dog his every step until it ousts him from the Oval Office.

Only partially sardonically, if the Russians in fact meddled in our election, they might have done us an invaluable service.  If they hadn't, Cankles might have won.

What would the MSM have to do were she president...?

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