All of what you write can be true without contradicting or minimizing the effectiveness of well documented foreign influence. These issues are not at all mutua

All of what you write can be true without contradicting or minimizing the effectiveness of well documented foreign influence. These issues are not at all mutually exclusive. I was responding to the claim that foreign influence was "minuscule" in comparison to local issues. You cannot quantify the effect of foreign influence until all the facts are known.