Sen. Grassley: The US shouldn't blame Russia for meddling cause of... Italy 1948

[ApatheticAustrian]

Re: Russian meddling in election, @ChuckGrassley says U.S. is not innocent of such activity, notes CIA influence in 1948 Italian election.





https://twitter.com/jasonnobleDMR/status/831925845627457545


didn't realize mister chomsky and glenn greenwald are the avantgarde of modern GOP thinking.

[ApatheticAustrian]

I for once wouldn't allow Russia this meddling cause of their annexation of the Kuril Islands in 1945...they need to take responsibility!

(or....to kill the joke...how about russian involvement in the failed Coup d'etat in Montenegro 2016?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegrin_parliamentary_election,_2016#Conduct )

[ApatheticAustrian]

More relevant would be the US helping Yeltsin win. They sure don't like his chosen successor, though.

Yeltsin also wouldn't have liked him, without getting all those guarantees about his own safety.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Justified Retaliation would come from Italy itself, not Russia. I believe Grassley is a good senator, but he needs to have more of an ability to stand up to Trump.

-The cult of anti-personality around Trump is truly horrifying. There's no good reason for Grassley to be a blind opponent of everything Trump does.

if a party rides a narrative and an image for 8 to 16 years....getting even more radicalized each year...and then, after a suprise victory, suddenly decides to ride the opposite direction...also as radical as possible.....its politicians look like spineless cowards imho.