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So what? I'm fine with interfering in other country's elections if it advances America's interests, the important thing is that we not let anyone do it to us. Foreign policy isn't a friendship circle, you're supposed to look out for your country's interests.
Y'know, at least Santander embraces and admits to being a piece of s**t.
Unlike the vast majority if not everybody on this form, I actually read with great interest that Time magazine article when it came out. The comparisons to the vast government-sponsored efforts to undermine our elections, no matter how much Trump apologists poo poo them, aren't apples and oranges compared to the support our government informally gave Yeltsin, it's comparing raisins to watermelons. Or more apsley raisins to entire watermelon Farms.
the Clinton administration Set It Off several campaign strategists to teach them how to run a modern 1990s media election. I seem to recall James Carvel was among them, but don't quote me on that. Basically they took yeltsin's people who obviously knew nothing about waging a democratic campaign to fight the ultra-nationalist Pro communist forces that are embodied by Putin, and might kill Russian democracy in its cradle. Furthermore, this was hardly a top-secret CIA operation. It obviously wasn't advertised by the Yeltsin campaign, but it's not like this was done with CIA funding or the like. It was given President Clinton's blessing, and for damn good reason. What in hell is so bad about teaching a previously non democratic Nation the skills of campaigning in a new democracy? Oh yeah, maybe that little thing that it also benefits American National interest unlike Putin?
That is an idiotic bordering on disingenuous comparison to the near 200 full-time Russian government paid hackers and trolls employed explicitly to spread disinformation and Alexei Putin backed government.
Lol you're literally admitting the USA helped Yelstin, yet think some Russian teenage trolls affected the election?
Come on man, do you think we're stupid or something?
Judging by your inability to reply correctly, yes?
