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The irony of Hillary losing because of some kind of interference by Putin is that he's only in a position to do so because her husband and other Americans inter
by quirkafleeg 10y ago
The irony of Hillary losing because of some kind of interference by Putin is that he's only in a position to do so because her husband and other Americans interfered in the Russian presidential election 20 years earlier in support of Putin's mentor, against a Communist Party that was virtually certain to win (and by some accounts did). Nobody seems to be losing any sleep over that one though.
- jwtadvice2 10y agoThe analysis had no finding on the effect of the leaked emails on the general election. Indeed, all of the political analysts who are tasked with determining this have not made this claim. In fact political analysts - knowing about the illuminated political corruption in the Democratic Party - still assessed that Clinton would win, and by a landslide. Basically, it may be the case that Clinton lost the election because of this. It's not likely, and I know of no scholarly study making the claim that that's the case: including the intelligence community. But I think what you said is absolutely right. Putin is only in power today because of political meddling that goes back decades. This kind of political meddling is nothing fantastically new. Though I fear we are on an escalatory trajectory. Hopefully Russia and the United States (and China!) can keep the peace and cool the state competition.