Because it wasn't really an "attack". It was an *assist* by the right-wing of 1 country to the right-wing of another country — part of a global right-wing alliance that Putin's party and the GOP are just 2 members of.
They've all been helping each other for decades and decades.
They've all been helping each other for decades and decades.
The fact that most Americans don't realize this is because U.S. establishment media is controlled by people who benefit from right-wing policies.
So it benefits them to keep us hating other countries without giving us enough info that would make us evaluate our own systems.
So it benefits them to keep us hating other countries without giving us enough info that would make us evaluate our own systems.
The U.S, under Bill Clinton, helped Yeltsin win a second term to prevent the resurgence of Soviet communism. It's what eventually led to Putin being in power.
Aug. 18, 2018:
How to interfere in a foreign election.
bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/0…
Aug. 18, 2018:
How to interfere in a foreign election.
bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/0…
"Without the chaos and deprivations of the US-backed Yeltsin era, Putinism would surely not have established itself."
Americans can spot election meddling because they’ve been doing it for years.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Americans can spot election meddling because they’ve been doing it for years.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"What many Russians, but few Americans, know is that 20 years before Russia tried to swing an American presidential election, America tried to swing a presidential election in Russia"
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries.
latimes.com/nation/la-na-u…
latimes.com/nation/la-na-u…
A nation of citizens who aren't well-informed (or don't care) about their *own* nation's history and their gov's bad foreign policy is a nation that falls easily into nationalism, authoritarianism, and war.
Putin sucks. Trump sucks. But what's happening didn't start with them.
Putin sucks. Trump sucks. But what's happening didn't start with them.
Sept 4, 2018:
Starting in the 1950s, but intensifying in the 1970s and 1980s, U.S. and European evangelicals presented themselves as intimately linked to the Christians who were suffering at the hands of communist governments. theconversation.com/why-putin-is-a… via @ConversationUS
Starting in the 1950s, but intensifying in the 1970s and 1980s, U.S. and European evangelicals presented themselves as intimately linked to the Christians who were suffering at the hands of communist governments. theconversation.com/why-putin-is-a… via @ConversationUS
The U.S, under Bill Clinton, helped Yeltsin win a second term to prevent the resurgence of Soviet communism. It's what eventually led to Putin being in power.
Aug. 18, 2018:
How to interfere in a foreign election.
bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/0…
Aug. 18, 2018:
How to interfere in a foreign election.
bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/0…
