Good lawd, it's hard to keep track of all the Libs/Dems who were/are all chummed up with the Russians.
You're fine with them interfering in our election? You're ok with the current administration, minus Trump, warning about them interfering again in the 2018 elections?
What a rough ridin' reach. When did I say that?
You're heroes were bought and paid for by the Russians long before Trump was even on the scene as a serious candidate.
Your hero "warned" about the Russians and then didn't do crap about it, well, he did. He tried to use the situation to spy on the political opposition. But insofar as actually stopping the Russians . . . nothing.
So you're in favor of levying additional sanctions on Russia to deter such an attack on our elections?
Or better yet, how about crushing them with economic and global energy dominance.
Say, how have all those sanctions worked in North Korea? How about Iran, has it deterred them anywhere on the terrorism front? Has it stopped Iran anywhere insofar as their ability to influence Middle Eastern politics? How about a few billion in ransom money, that hurt Iran any?
Iran and North Korea are completely different. Neither has the bomb and an ICBM. After they obtain those they know negotiations with the U.S. are much more advantageous for them. Cutting a deal with Iran has halted their pursuit.
You're essentially arguing that the U.S. shouldn't crack down on Russia at all for what they did/are doing. Us carrying on as usual is enough. Aka "crushing them with economic and global energy dominance."
North Korea doesn't have the bomb? Fascinating. Both Iran and NK are gaining momentum every day on missiles as well. If you need to believe that the Iranian nuclear program is "curtailed" that's cool. Dumb, but cool. Is Iran a disruptive entity in the M.E?
The U.S. already has sanctions against Russia. NATO troops are as forward deployed towards the post Soviet Union frontier as they've ever been. But by all means Bucket, continue to drive Russia towards China (as they seek to collectively spend about a Trillion or so on making the Arctic their own). (Sadly) The Trillion dollar nuclear modernization program that your guy signed off on (but hey, he wanted to get rid of Nukes) has now manifested itself into the beginning of development of two new nuclear weapons delivery platforms for the U.S. military. Does that help Russia? How about the (sadly) increased military spending, does that help Russia?
Maybe if your guy had spent less time trying to use the Russians to spy on the political opposition, and more time trying to actually, you know, stop the Russians, we wouldn't have these problems.