by ruskyed » Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:29 am
Taking all this and more into consideration, I've reached the following conclusion:
Russian Hackers? I'm not buying that story at all. At any time there are dozens of hacking groups attempting to compromise servers belonging to major corporations and governmental agencies. Russia, China, India, and just about every other country on the planet along with even more groups of independent hackers are constantly working to break into systems all around the world. Our intelligence agencies do exactly the same thing and our tendency to meddle in the affairs of foreign governments has been fully documented by Chomsky and dozens of other reputable journalists. At best it would be hypocritical of us to accuse Russia of interfering in our election process, but it's much worse than that. First of all, I seriously doubt that there is any evidence to suggest that Russia (and in particular government officials in Russia) are involved in the hacking since it could just as well be any of dozens of other groups based on any evidence that may or may not exist. Just as was the case before the attack on Iraq, government officials are attempting to trick the people of the USA into believing something which just simply is not true. Whether this is simply a diversionary tactic to keep the focus off the emails or this is part of a larger strategy to demonize Russia is difficult to determine. However, it does appear that Obama has abused his power and influence to get the FBI to support a false narrative. This could be interpreted as a form of treason since misuse of power in this manner could be seen as compromising national security.
Putin seems to be aware of this as he has called countrymen to return home. Probably not a good sign, but something the USA has been pushing towards for the last few years.