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Are you implying that we drew first blood?

• WalterSear 10y ago
  That was Iran, not Russia. But, we threw the first stone.
• celticninja 10y ago
  I think that the US govt is now throwing it's toys out of the pram because it thinks other countries (Russia) are using the same methods that the US employs to attack it's enemies and to influence the elections of other nations against them (the US). Personally I think it shows a huge degree of paranoia within the US govt, either that or it is a handy way to try and elicit support for future actions (further economic sanctions) against Russia. Especially as this comes a day after Russia brokered a peace deal in Syria, something the US could not achieve.
  • rhizome 10y ago
    I saw some speculation that the DNC hack was retaliation for something the US had done previously.
    • chris11 10y ago
      Hillary Clinton is saying it was retaliation for her claiming that the Russian parliamentary elections in 2011 were rigged. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/politics/hillary-clinton-russia-fbi-comey.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/politics/hillary-clinto... I'm not saying that is true, but it does makes sense.
      • rhizome 10y ago
        I made a tendentious statement, but a 5 year lag on even that seems unlikely.
        • dogma1138 10y ago
          Why? It seems to be an eye for an eye. 5 years is geopolitics is nothing everyone plays the long game.