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U.S. Interfered in scores of other countries' elections...

Gonzo Rodeo said:
But interference is not collusion.

At this point, who cares if Russia did the thing everyone knows they did (and we apparently do all the time as well)? All I can reason out of this is that Hilary would have a slightly larger dead horse to keep kicking.

I repeat my question to you from earler: What does interference mean to us? Is it an act of aggression that must be answered? Is it such a moral wrong that we should punish those in our own government who have interfered with other nation's democratic processes?
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You still keep going down the rabbit hole above, where my problem is specifically with the citizens that seem to be saying, "we should accept interference since we interfere with others".

I don't buy that moral equivalency argument. And yes, since as far is known the Trump administration is the beneficiary of the interference, it's their responsibility to do their best to insure election integrity. If they ignore the help they're receiving, I see them as complicit. Regardless of active collusion, or not.
 
MaggieD said:
...latest being during the Obama Administration...



The United States is no stranger to election interference. We've done it extensively. Those of you who use an IPad know that copying/pasting is awkward at best. So I've only included one example here. It happens to be one done under former President Obama.

One need only Google "U.S. interference in foreign elections" to see those scores.

Here's the link to the one above. Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu - Washington Times

So those who are so worried and incensed that Russia may have done the same really ought to look much closer to home. Your faux outrage slip is showing.

Your thoughts?
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You do wonder if the political opposition in Israel drummed up a special prosecutor initiative to out and prosecute all those in the Netanyahu Administration who colluded with the Americans with their primary goal to find something, anything, they could use to impeach Netanyahu.
 
Chomsky said:
You still keep going down the rabbit hole above, where my problem is specifically with the citizens that seem to be saying, "we should accept interference since we interfere with others".

I don't buy that moral equivalency argument. And yes, since as far is known the Trump administration is the beneficiary of the interference, it's their responsibility to do their best to insure election integrity. If they ignore the help they're receiving, I see them as complicit. Regardless of active collusion, or not.
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...so, before his administration was elected, Trump was responsible for the integrity of that election? Am I reading you correctly there?
 
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